We had a fantastic day in Nottingham yesterday as guests of Giles Croft and Stephanie Sirr and their team at Nottingham Playhouse. We ran two workshops – for playwrights, and for emerging companies – and we were thrilled to attend the launch of the Playhouse’s exciting new season, replete with cocktails and canapes and some wonderful entertainment.
Then five incredible Nottinghamshire playwrights took to the stage to read their plays in the latest installment of COME TO WHERE I’M FROM which saw a sell-out crowd revel in stories of mining communities, the Radford estate, Robin Hood and the imagined kidnap of Kirsty Allsop as Leah Chillery, James Graham, Laura Lomas, Beth Steel and Mufaro Makubika told their homecoming tales.
Huge thanks to the team in Nottingham and everyone who came along to the show.
A rare day in London for us today as we met lots of fantastic actors for Mike Bartlett’s sensational new play LOVE, LOVE, LOVE at HQ, rounded off by a well earned pint in our local round the corner.
Tomorrow, we’re back on the road and heading back to Oxford where TINY VOLCANOES went down a storm a couple of nights ago at North Wall. This time we’re heading to the beautiful Oxford Playhouse where we’re running a combined workshop for playwrights and emerging companies at 3pm, followed by two performances by some very special writers in the Oxford edition of COME TO WHERE I’M FROM.
On the cusp of opening Earthquakes In London at The National Theatre, Mike Bartlett comes home to to tell his tale, alongside fellow Oxfordians Alice Birch, Catriona Kerridge, Duncan Macmillan and Penelope Skinner. It’s a stellar line-up, and you can catch the show at either 7:30pm or 9pm. Full details and booking information is here.
See you there…