Signal Fires Live Capture
Signal Fires was presented as an evening of rural stories by firelight, set against the atmospheric back-drop of the Shropshire Hills on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th October 2020.
Signal Fires was presented as an evening of rural stories by firelight, set against the atmospheric back-drop of the Shropshire Hills on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th October 2020.
The live capture was filmed at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm and includes readings of three of the plays commissioned for Come to Where I Am: Rural:
Crop Circles
Written by Tash Marshall and performed by Nathalie Codsi
Walking with Mum
Written and performed by Olivia Preye
Youth's Folly
Written and performed by Callum Beardmore
Music written and performed by Olivia Preye and Bertie Playle
Signal Fires is a collective touring initiative conceived to highlight the crisis faced by the theatre industry. Each fire signals the richness of touring theatre, and the threat our industry continues to face.
A Pentabus and Paines Plough co-production
Recommended for ages: 14+
Live Capture running time: 71 minutes
Content warning: Crop Circles contains reference to suicide, strong language and references to drug use.
Callum Beardmore - Writer
Tash Marshall - Writer
Olivia Preye - Writer
Sophie Motley - Director (Pentabus)
Charlotte Bennett - Director (Paines Plough)
James Mackenzie - Designer and Production Manager
Ollie Lansdell - Filmmaker