Acts of Resistance
by Stef Smith
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“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
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“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
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