Acts of Resistance

by Stef Smith

  • “A passionate community play about the shifting sands of today’s society… Director Rob Watt has done a sterling job in uniting the four threads…”

    ★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage

  • “This piece couldn’t be more timely, as communities all over this island buckle down in hope. But as we were reminded at the end of the piece, hope alone isn’t enough.”

    Bristol 24/7

Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand, and story to story… Hope is not a form of guarantee; it’s a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.
— John Berger

In the not-so-distant future, England finds itself in the middle of yet another political earthquake. In our sitting rooms, on our streets, just off our shores, something is shifting under our feet and all across the nation communities are cracking.

But what would happen if people stopped keeping calm and carrying on? What if hope came from the most unexpected place…?

This brand-new play, created by four communities across England and Olivier Award-winning writer Stef Smith, is a playful and passionate new production that looks at what we have inherited and what, for the sake of all our futures, we are willing to leave behind.

Cast

Diane Natalie Bellamy

Enyo Kalila Mowatt

Jack Josh Bean

Jackie Muriel Hildrew

Jean Joyce Evans

Joanne Audrey Mason

Juliette Edna Maunder

Levi Thabo Kona

Linda Kath Valario

Margret Suzanne Sladen

May Macey Pownall

Mercy Liana Cottrell

Michelle Vicki Pownall

Nathanial Simeon Wynne

Neil Bill Barrington

Richard Raymond Sey

Simon Max Wescott

Stella Margaret Hesmondhalgh

Sylvia Kathy Talbot

Walter Nigel Rice

Chorus Ben Ford, Beryl Winter, Chrissy Ogilivie, Daniel Forbes, Eion Castaires, Hannah Davey, Julie Boswell, Michael Mulvany, Rosemarie Russell, Sinairie Mowatt, Wren Chasse, Yvonne Barrington

CREATIVES

Written by Stef Smith & the Headlong Futures Company

Director & Dramaturg Rob Watt

Associate Director (Bristol) Julia Head

Associate Director (Plymouth) Lucy Hirst

Associate Director (Kendal) Jon Randall

Associate Director (Mansfield) Jayne Williams

Design Basia Binkowska

Sound Ella Wahlström

Lighting Hector Murray

Movement Cressida Carré

Company Stage Manager Emily Walpole

Producer Alecia Marshall

Assistant Producer Tilly Taylor

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