Space Chats

As SHE Likes It is coming to the Space NEXT WEEK on the 27th of February. To celebrate Chloe Wade (Writer and Actor) and Tilly Vosburgh (Director) from Chloe Wade Productions, talk to Bethany Sharp (Creative Producer at the Space)

We chat about #MeToo, the 'Golden' Age of Hollywood and much more.

Kiss the Hollywood happy ending goodbye! As SHE Likes It is inspired by the story of #MeToo pioneer Patricia Douglas. A darkly comedic explosion of multimedia, cabaret, and drag.

Transit is at the Space right now! To celebrate Bethany Sharp, Creative Producer, has been joined by Mikko Jaun and Megan Brewer from Halfpace Theatre.

In this final episode of the current season of Space Chats, we explore devising and the team collaboration which has made Transit.

Try, fail, repeat. Try, fail, repeat. This is a story of limbo. Of cycles. A light flickering in the darkness, guiding us towards a revolution.

All the details of Good Cop Bad Cop 28 Festival, how Rising Tides grew from what was meant to be a one-off, using theatre as a way to bring awareness to the issues plaguing the environment, a sneak peek at the staging of Newbie, pairing playwrights with experts in biodiversity to create Friction Burn, and so much more. Bethany Sharp, Creative Producer, discusses all this and more with Emma Griffiths, writer of Newbie, and Neil Sheppeck, Co-Artistic Director of Rising Tides.

Northern stories, the supernatural and more about new play, Alex and Maggie Go Ghost Hunting. Matthew Jameson, Deputy Director, discusses all this and more with Adam Sandy and Joe Facer.

The physical transformation of The Space into the desert of Nevada, raising audiences’ awareness of the world around them, exploring memory and what it means to remember, and the intricacies of bringing a show about a tiny town in the United States to UK audiences. All this and more is discussed when Bethany Sharp, Creative Producer at the Space, interviews Daniel Camou, writer, performer and producer of Now Entering Ely, Nevada- recorded on Daniel's birthday, no less!

How Adam Davies discovered the story of Kaspar Hauser, deciding on the best way to put a real man’s life on stage, heightening the senses of the audience, memory and recollection, the creation of Animikii Theatre, and much, much more. Creative Producer Bethany Sharp discusses all this and more with Adam Davies, Co-writer and Director of The Kaspar Hauser Experiment.

Politics, historical theatre, movement, Tango, and so much more. Bethany Sharp, Creative Producer, discusses all this and more with Tereza Briggs-Novaes, writer of September, and Annabel Rutherford, Director of Movement.

Using dance and movement to tell stories, how science fiction brings out the essence of human nature, using feelings of doom in order to inspire art, and just where the title The Pigeon and The Mouse comes from. Marketing and Production Intern Alana Cole discusses all this and more with Ingrid Kapteyn and Tony Bordonaro, creators and performers of The Pigeon and the Mouse.

Bringing Irish myth and poetry to theatre, the importance of retelling stories and holding onto oral tradition, how puppetry creates mystery and brings audiences to another world, and reconnecting with your heritage. Join Alana Cole, Marketing and Production Intern at The Space, and Charlotte O’Reilly, writer and performer, as they discuss Minikin Theatre’s upcoming show Three Things That Are Never Seen. 

How Odds and Sodds came to be, pirates as a metaphor for modern life and business conglomerates, the journey of putting a show together over Zoom, and the future of Odds and Sodds as a collective. All of this and more is the topic of conversation between Alana Cole, Marketing and Production Intern at The Space, and Fergus Ross and Alex Sheppard, company members of Odds and Sodds' upcoming show A Health to the Company.

The real-life man who helped inspire a play, bringing working class stories to the London stage, the journey of writing a play and bringing it to the rehearsal stage, how LH Productions came to be, and what exactly dramaturgy is… Join Deputy Director Matthew Jameson as he interviews Lauren Page and Hannah Petch of LH Productions about their upcoming show, Teacher of the Year.

The struggle to keep up with changing technology, whether or not Artificial Intelligence can feel emotions such as fear and love, moving towards the things that terrify us, and letting the audience decide the answers to questions posed by theatre. All this and more is the topic of discussion between Bethany Sharp, The Space's Creative Producer, and Jacob Kay (playwright/performer) and Helen Baird (producer/performer) of the upcoming show Highrise.

A radio show set in the apocalypse, how we find hope in dark times, the steep learning curve of putting on a one-man show, the Ghost of Radio Future, and so much more! Join the Space's Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson, as he discusses the upcoming show End of the World FM, winner of the Wandsworth Fringe 2023 Best Writing Award, with actor, playwright, and producer Kevin Martin Murphy.

The jump of a worm, the wonders of fungi and it's translation of interconnectedness into life and art, the joy of exploring and developing language and communication, and the multi-faceted layers of composing … we discuss all this and much more with Ariella Como Stoian and Zygmund de Somogyi, creators and collaborators of the mush moss collective of the upcoming show You wake up / Octopus , interviewed by the Space’s Artistic Director, Adam Hemming. 

Spreading dangers of fascism in the world today, rage on stage, activism, the me-too movement and its real-live implications… we discuss all this and much more with Marina Cusi, writer, director and producer of the upcoming show “The ’S’ is Silent , interviewed by the Space’s Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

We discuss the real history behind Hendrik Ibsen's early play Lady Inger and its fascination today, the far-reaching inspirational work of great teachers, the challenges of editing a long play, and medieval singing, with the show's director Mark Ewbank and creative team Holly Prescott and Joe Lewis, interviewed by Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. And why did the audience cry? … 

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to François Lockhart, playwright and director of the show Rachel. We discuss the lines between stand-up comedy and theatre, the sense of entitlement and the inspiration from corporative work for his writing, and the challenges of adapting theatre work into film, in advance of the run of Rachel at the Space (playing 20th - 25th June, including a livestream on the 24th and on demand access for two weeks after that). 

“During my lunch break, I stay at my desk. The only thing I hate more than wasting my time is wasting time realising that I’ve wasted my time.”

Rachel works hard. Rachel doesn’t ask herself too many questions. Rachel plays hard. Rachel doesn’t get burned out.
All seems well.
At her best friend Emily’s wedding, she found herself paddling in the blood of a fifty-year-old man as the newlyweds were about to start dancing on Charles Aznavour’s «She». How?

Inspired by the Gen Y anxieties, “Rachel” is a comic monologue written by playwright and comedian François Lockhart and performed by LAMDA Graduate Clara Courty-Zanca.

An extra special episode of Space Chats…

Following on from our episode in 2022 with director Charlotte Everest and the Space's Associate Company, Mrs C's Collective, where we heard all about their endeavour to bring a A Call for Safe Practice to rehearsal rooms. Their long-term ambition to provide accredited guidance and training on how to make trauma-informed art safely, received Arts Council Funding in early 2023 and the resulting handbook for safe practice has been used in rehearsals for DREAM SCHOOL playing at the Space RIGHT NOW!

We discuss all this and more with Caroline Brindle (Creative Psychotherapist) & Charlie Cassen (Actor) interviewed by the Space's Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson. 

Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson, chats to Grace O’Keefe, co-founder of The Queens of Cups about their upcoming show New Moon Monologues. 

We discuss the moon’s influence on energy levels, the need and accessibility of comedy, the new challenges for theatre and new writing in uncertain times, and cross-disciplines in advance of the run of New Moon Monologues at the Space (playing 15th - 17th June including a livestream on the 17th and on demand access for two weeks after that). 

Grace O’Keefe and Erin Holland (aka the Queens of Cups) launched New Moon Monologues as a platform for emerging artists back in 2020 as a digital new writing night. With each online installment reaching hundreds of viewers, the pair decided to bring the night to the Space Theatre for a sold out night as one of the first shows when theatres reopened.  

Following a sold out run of their solo-show, Bad Teacher at EdFringe, the Queens are heading back to the Space to host another night of New Writing.  

Helmed by Erin as Literary Manager and Grace as Director, the Queens will curate a night of new writing on a series of three nights  leading up to June’s new moon. 

Casting for all, playing card games on stage… we discuss all this and more with the creators of Our Last First, Lucinda Coyle (Writer) & Samuel Xavier(Director) interviewed by the Space's Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

Dancing at home, dealing with lockdown, making art out of restrictions... we discuss all this and more with the creators of Unlocked, Karen Hill (Choreographer) & Rosy Nevard (Producer and Co-founder) interviewed by the Space's Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

We discuss office culture, people who type too loudly and first visits to pantomimes with the creators of Working For Crumbs, Estelle Homerstone (producer) & Cecilie Fray (director) interviewed by Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson. 

We discuss relearning to juggle in three days, learning about ADHD through TikTok, and making work as a neurodivergent artist with the creator of CabarADHD, Rachael Bellis, interviewed by Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson. There is also a special visit from Rachael’s cat… 

We discuss acting for the first time and how hen parties are similar to ancient Dionysian rituals, with the creator of Maenad, Elena Sirett, interviewed by Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

We discuss writing about mother-daughter relationships with nuance, changing from acting to playwriting with the writer and wearing your Sunday-best to drama lessons, with the writer of The Wedding Speech, Cheryl May Coward-Walker, interviewed by Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

We discuss the work of ACT II, the student drama festival with its founder Amy Tickner, interviewed by Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson.

We discuss creating work for new audiences and bringing modern fairytales to the stage with director Lou Corben of Marvellous Machine Theatre Company, interviewed by Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp.

We discuss working as a team on stage, in drama school and on the soccer field with two company members of The Wolves, Alexandra Clare and Kaia Hickson, interviewed by Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

We discuss ten key days in the life of theatremaker Matthew Jameson as well as his play Ten Days, coming to the Space next month. We ask the question 'What is Dramaturgy?' and explore Matthew's previous historical adaptations. 

As Matthew is also Deputy Director of the Space, and in honour of this, we decided he needed not one, but two interviewers: Adam Hemming, Artistic Director and Bethany Sharp, Creative Producer. 

Ten Days will be at the Space from the 14th - 25th of March with a livestream on the 23rd which will then be available for two weeks on demand. 

'Correct' dramaturgy joke: How many dramaturgs does it take to change a lightbulb? Does it HAVE to be a lightbulb?

Creative producer  Bethany Sharp, chats to Julian Felice (Dramatis Personae), writer and director of the upcoming show The Blue Whale. We discuss the Gibraltarian arts scene and the differences between teaching and directing, in advance of the run of The Blue Whale at the Space (playing 23rd - 25th February, including a livestream on the 25th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

Creative producer  Bethany Sharp, chats to Claire Louise Amias (A Monkey With Cymbals), writer and performer of the upcoming show The Masks Of Aphra Behn. We discuss doing the PJ Harvey in theatre, the need for distance in creating work that includes our own experienced trauma, and the prolific work of arguably the first professional playwright and spy Aphra Behn, in advance of the run of The Masks of Aphra Behn at the Space (playing 17th - 18th February, including a livestream on the 18th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Stephen Smith (Threedumb Theatre), director of upcoming Notre Dame and producer of Six Plays One Day.

We discuss theatrical jet-setting, one shot films and acting inspiration from Lon Chaney. 

Catch Notre Dame online ONLY, livestreaming 26th - 28th January 2023 and on demand for two weeks after. Come to the Space in person to see Six Plays One Day on the 21st of January 2023.

More about Notre Dame: 

"Over time, civil unrest tips over into violence."

‘Notre Dame’ is an online ‘promenade digital theatre’ event: shot in one singular take and streamed 100% live for an at-home audience.

Paris, 1480s. Esmerelda is seen pursued by a merciless mob. Covered in blood, she flees the scene of a murder and claims sanctuary within the stone walls of the Notre Dame cathedral. Inside, she soon becomes trapped in a triangle of obsession and control between the perverse priest Frollo and his bellringer assistant, Quasimodo.

Brought to you by the same team behind our Offie Award-winning livestream production of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’, which we hosted during the lockdown of 2021, this new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s epic and timeless tale combines Threedumb Theatre’s signature style of innovative one-shot filmmaking, imaginative storytelling techniques and inventive use of livestreaming technology.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Tabitha Radcliffe & Lisa Hazel (ChopLogic Productions), writers and performers of the upcoming show Dots and Dashes. 

We discuss interrogating historical source material in order to tell lesser known stories, and making a show which is "too woke" (!), in advance of the run of Dots and Dashes at the Space (playing 3rd - 14th January 2023, including a livestream on the 5th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“Thousands of lives are depending on us, and we can’t afford to make any mistakes”

At Bletchley Park six young women are working to crack the German codes to aid the allied operation in World War two. A story of love, loss, secrets, and the sacrifices these women made to save millions of lives, to rise above their roles, and silently fight a war behind closed doors.

Entirely self-written and composed by Choplogic Productions Dots and Dashes: A Bletchley Park musical is a production telling the story of the unsung heroes of World War Two. Retelling the male dominated narrative of the war from a female perspective Dots and Dashes is an empowerment of women from then to now.

Creative Producer Bethany Sharp, chats to directors Trilby James and Jess Tucker Boyd, ahead of East 15's Very Like A Whale at the Space Theatre (7th - 10th December). We discuss the evolution of actor training, deconstructing Shakespeare and sharing decision making in rehearsal rooms. 

Creative Producer Bethany Sharp, chats to Charlotte Everest, Artistic Director and Co-founder of Mrs C’s Collective, an Associate Company of the Space Theatre. 

We discuss consulting with Creative Psychotherapists when making theatre about trauma, accidentally becoming a theatre producer, and attending pantomimes with tonsillitis. 

Mrs C's Collective is a fixture at the Space, so keep an eye out for their upcoming projects including The Writers' Collective and The Play Exchange.  

Creative Producer Bethany Sharp, chats to Bobak Champion, creator and performer of I’m Muslamic Don’t PaniK. We discuss his journey from Top of the Pops to Hip Hop to theatre, the often one-sided media narrative of the middle east, rearranging furniture in people’s minds, and the ongoing situation in Iran, in advance of I’m Muslamic Don’t PaniK's run at the Space (playing 22nd - 24th November, including a livestream on the 23rd, with on demand access for two weeks after that).

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Inyoung Lee (The ActorTects), writer and performer of the upcoming show Surviving Strangers.

We discuss the culture of stereotypes, the impact of movies, and the loneliness while being trapped in a foreign country during the pandemic, in advance of the run of Surviving Strangers at the Space (playing 17th -20th November, including a livestream on the 18th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

A: How do you say thank you in Korean?

E: 고마워. (Gomawo)

A: Then…. How do you say I love you in Korean?

E: 사랑해. (Saranghe)”

A Western metropolis. Sometime in a near future. A pandemic erupts and a couple is suddenly stuck in lockdown together. At first, it’s all love, fun and games, but very soon the situation becomes unbearable. While the virus is spreading outside, something is happening inside…  A dark dystopic comedy that casts light onto the daily struggles that constitute both the joy and hell of an intercultural relationship.

Director, producer and writer, Bethany Sharp, chats to Paige Canavan-Smith (UNSETTLED THEATRE), creator and actor of the show The Untold Fable of Fritz. We discuss the process of devising theatre, taming the chaos of the R&D process, the challenges of working on low budget and the inspiration by Philip Pullman’s short story, ‘Clockwork’, in advance of the run of The Untold Fable of Fritz at the Space (playing 29th November - 3rd December, including a livestream on the 1st Dec and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“This is a fable about a boy. A fable is a short story that illustrates a moral lesson. The moral here… Well, you’ll see for yourself.”

White snow seeps down from the mountain tops of the Neuchstein region, freezing over the valleys and the hearts of all the people that live within it. At the foot of the tallest peak, resides the inhabitants of Brutzenvien and their King. Through this everlasting stone-cold ice age, the King’s son soon falls ill and the King makes a pledge to do all in his power to save his heir. But how far will he go?

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Gabrielle Silvestre and Rachel Harley, founders of Fury Entertainment about their upcoming show Des Fleur. We discuss the need for queer theatre and voices , why representation matters, and the value of good preparation in advance of the run of Des Fleur at the Space (playing 25th - 29th October, including a livestream on the 27th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

‘My heart is so full of you I want to scream.’

An ageing Judith faces early-onset Alzheimer’s and the death of her husband John. As she argues with her children who insist that she moves into a care home, her past and present become blurred, memories come alive and she sees herself as a young wife and mother, surrounded by John and by her best friend and then lover Georgia.

Built around two colliding timelines, ‘Des Fleurs’ is an intricate play about choice, queerness and indentity.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Signe Ebbesen and Natasha Biggs,  writer and director of the show Prisms. We discuss the fascination of fairytales, the various styles of love and we talk about becoming a theatre maker at East 15, in advance of the run of Prisms at the Space (playing 18th- 22th October, including a livestream on the 20th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“When you fall in love colours change so maybe there are more colours once you find your soulmate“

With original live music, Prisms asks the question how far are you willing to go for love?  An intense play exploring early 20s angst, wilful optimism and experimental witchcraft in a world aiming to be aesthetically pleasing, alluring and correct.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Janette Eddisford and Amy Kidd,  director and performer of the show The Last. We discuss feministic roots and burning bras, the fight about acting methods and the artistry and relevance of Mary Shelly's work, in advance of the run of The Last at the Space (playing 11th - 15th October, including a livestream on the 12th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“Well, here is my story – the last story I shall have to tell. All that might have been bright in my life is now despoiled. I am a victim of fate, spared for reasons I cannot know or understand – bound for nowhere..."

Set in a 21st century world troubled by deadly plague, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man is poignant and hugely relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary’s own sense of loss and isolation.

This one-woman adaptation explores the book’s biographical elements along with Mary’s use of gender.  It draws on her graphic depiction of a world wracked by pandemic and her warnings of the dangers of mankind’s arrogance towards the world we live in.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Elin Doyle,  writer and performer of the show GUINEA PIGS. We discuss how to kill a play, silenced history of nuclear testing in Britain, moral injury and why we need a laugh when we're hurting, in advance of the run of GUINEA PIGS at the Space (playing 4th - 8th October, including a livestream on the 7th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“If Russia drops The Bomb on us, is that what it would be like, if it happens to us?”

“I suppose it would. We’d all be vapourised. But there’s that new man, Gorbachev, seems to have his head screwed on…”

It’s the 1980s. Coral O’Malley is discovering feminism, pacifism and Duran Duran. She’s a chip off the old block of her beloved dad, Gerry. Only he’s fighting a battle of his own with the British government over that time they dropped a nuclear bomb on him. And then there’s the small matter of the school public speaking competition…

The true story of Britain’s last great cover-up, GUINEA PIGS is a semi-autobiographical comedy/drama by actor and writer Elin Doyle, whose father served at the hydrogen bomb tests on Christmas Island in 1957.

Whilst highlighting the plight of Britain’s forgotten nuclear test veterans, GUINEA PIGS is also a coming-of-age story about a young woman trying to work out what kind of person she wants to be. It’s about intergenerational love and conflict, a celebration of the power of women and a reminder that we all have a voice.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Bettina Paris,  director of the show Cookie Jar and one of the founding members of Abeille Theatre. We discuss artistic influences, the need for change in modern theatre, the danger of tech and media,  and the romanticised idea of being an artist, in advance of the run of Cookie Jar at the Space (playing 27th September - 1st October, including a livestream on the 29th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“Beauty. No match. 4.75 rating. When hired, replace face.”

COOKIE JAR is a fast-paced, comedic drama play, that implores us to reflect on how much of ourselves do we actually own. Written by emerging talent, Kiran Benawra and produced by female-led theatre company Abeille Theatre, COOKIE JAR begs the question: In a world where new technologies are developing at lightning speed, how can we tell what’s real or not?

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Maria Laumark and Charles Sloboda-Bolton, creator of the show Mary & Mietek. We discuss love letters, our ancestral heritage and how it is reflected in our times, Brexit and its effects on personal life, and about providing accessibility in theatre, in advance of the run of Mary & Mietek at the Space (playing 13th - 17th September, including a BSL interpreted performance on the 14th, a livestream on the 15th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“Only things I have to offer you for certain are; my love, my respect and what is perhaps most important, my friendship. This is a lot, but sometimes it is very little” – Mietek, 1945.

Ben and Alma are feeling the strain, separated by Brexit, borders and uncertainty. Can they find help in Ben’s grandparent’s love letters? Presented by Katla theatre, Mary and Mietek is a testament to the power of love to overcome and break down borders.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Katie Bignell and Caitlin Lee Smith, creators of the show Post Sex Spag Bol and Winner of The Space Launchpad Award 2022. We discuss being a woman with thorns, comedy and the comparison to Fleabag and we listen to advice for dads with young daughters - in advance of the run of Post Sex Spagnol at the Space (playing 6th - 10th September, including a livestream on the 8th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“Now, girls. The pill can make you moody, borderline serious mental health problems moody, but it does give you big boobs, so depression can be worth it.”

After being handed a job as counsellor and sex-ed teacher, Krissy purposely leads a classroom full of goggle-eyed-girls down a motorway of mistakes. Fuelled by her own flaws, at a religious all-girls boarding school, she shaves away any expectation of a perfect role model. With a desire for destruction, Krissy intentionally feeds bad advice to the hormone-riddled girls, from questionable kinks, to the swimming pools secret-sex-shack. Told by a three women ensemble, this comedic story of sex, love, and spagbol explores self-love, womanhood and growing up … as well as, vibrators, funerals, the twelve disciples, piss play and that mint shower gel. BYOB – Bring your own Bolognese.

Artistic Director of the Space, Adam Hemming, chats to Júlia Arquillo and Mirea Juanals, who have created the show Muses. We discuss why playing wicked characters are the best, how mistakes in rehearsals often make the cut, and the evolution of Muses as a production, in advance of its run at the Space (playing 23rd - 27th August, including a livestream on the 25th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“The moment for liberation has arrived. We need your help. Join the union of the muses liberated, exhilarated, refrigerated, redecorated, friends of the fairies obliterated!"

The adventures of three muses who decide to free themselves and start their own journey as artists. They soon find out that, without economic privileges and connections, initiating an artistic career isn’t that easy. It is, at that moment, when they receive a call from divine inspiration, a business called Inspirations inc. The corporation has proudly helped many artists throughout history, from the cavemen of Altamira to Dalí.

The protagonists begin a journey in search of a pure and ancestral art, fight for their place in an industry dominated by the male gaze and navigate with humour and irony through a surrealist and absurd world.

Director, producer and writer, Bethany Sharp, chats to Daniel Passi, director and writer of Siblings. We discuss Cinderella in shopping malls, visual artistry in theatre work, poetry in the profane and the psychology of guilt in family dynamics, in advance of the run of Siblings at the Space (playing 9th - 13th August, including a livestream on the 11th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“Try to understand them…. That’s the way they’re made. And since they’re like that, you were bound to rebel.”

C., L. and B. have locked themselves up in an old theatre where they re-enact the killing of their own parents. A question arises: is this a rehearsal for a crime, a confession of guilt or a dead serious game of make-believe? Taking the theatrical act to its utmost consequences, the children soon discover what happens once the parental order is overthrown.

Siblings is an original translation and adaptation of the work of the Cuban playwright José Triana, a fundamental voice of 20th century Latin American theatre.

Director, producer and writer, Bethany Sharp, chats to Victoria Hadel and Megan Hanson, founders of Prudencia Productions about their upcoming world premiere The Brontës: A musical.

We discuss the life of the Brontë siblings, misrepresentation of female voices and spectacle versus intimacy in musical theatre in advance of the run of The Brontës: A musical at the Space (playing 16th - 20th August).

“To be judged on merit alone,
As neither men nor women,
we will be forever known.”

In the European premiere of this New York-originated musical, young authors Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Branwell Brontë navigate the turbulent world around them through both their art and their reliance on each other. As they mature and begin to experience love, loss, and the pressures of careerism, they find that their writing takes on a life of its own, empowering them as individuals and threatening to pull them apart as a family.

With a lush, intimate score and witty, emotive lyrics, The Brontës is a heartfelt take on one of the most impactful families of artists the world has ever known.

Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to Vilma Kitula, Madeleine Carter and Olivia Catchpole, founders of Sisu theatre and creators of the  show Our Field at Twilight. We discuss the privilege of theatre, the outreach to the community , puppetry, climate anxiety and alternative visions, in advance of the run of Our Field at Twilight at the Space (playing 2nd - 6th August, including a livestream on the 6th and on demand access for two weeks after that).

“In my dream, there were cows on a field”.