Hot weather is coming, or more accurately, has arrived but before the summer break Dreadnought SW‘s The Cause will be heading out for four more dates before we can hit the beach. Really looking forward to visiting new theatres in places I love, particularly looking forward to re-visiting the Lyric which is beyond charming and reminds me of the film … Read More
The Orchard – opening the Calm Down Dear Festival at the Bike Shed Theatre 4.10.16
Dreadnought South West The Orchard Tuesday 4th Oct 2016 at 19:00, Bike Shed Theatre This is a performed reading of a script in development, with live music and song, and will be followed by an invitation to debate the work in conversation with the cast & team. The Orchard is an imagined meeting between two extraordinary political leaders and thinkers: … Read More
Bringing the audience into the cultural conversation
In August 2014 four women came together to research and develop the first draft of a new play The Orchard. It wasn’t even a first draft, it was two monologues for two actors. Although intended to be a dialogue playwright Natalie McGrath wanted to find the voices of the characters, she was finding one easier than the other and so … Read More