The climate is changing.
Are we?
Ice sinks into the ocean. Forests burn. Cities flood. The predictions get worse and worse. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere gets larger and larger.
Protestors take to the streets. Conferences meet. Inventors create. Some things get better. Some things change.
People change too. All the time. For better or worse. Everything can change. Will Change. Is Changing.
Four brand new plays by Hattie Collins, Natasha Lay, Hugh Malyon and Tom Stockley that tackle the climate emergency head on. Inspired by conversations and communities around the Community Climate Centre in Plymouth and along the Torbay coast.
Down Stage Write CIC is a theatre company growing new plays in Devon and Cornwall. From workshops to performances we run events across the region. To find out more visit: www.downstagewrite.uk
COAST TO COAST is part of the delivery programme for the Interreg-funded C-Care Project and Historic England’s High Street Heritage Action Zone programme.
Supported by Literature Works Seed Bed Fund.
Supported by Doorstep Arts.
MEMORIAL by Hattie Collins
SOPHIE - Samantha Tossu
FRAN - Grace Adenubi
RESOURCES by Hugh Malyon
KIERAN - Sam Hunter
DAVE - James Murphy Stevens
VEGGIE BURGER by Tom Stockley
NIKKI - Samantha Tossu
MICHAEL ‘NUGS’ - Sam Hunter
COVENANT by Natasha Anthea Lay
EMAK - Grace Adenubi
ANAK - Samantha Tossu
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Director - Jon Nash
Assistant Director - Dylan Harvey
Produced by - Sam Parker and Jon Nash
With thanks to: Matilde, Ash and Lucas from Community Climate Centre, Doorstep Arts, Plymouth Culture, Literature Works, Helen Chaloner, Heather Holcroft-Pinn, Artizan Gallery, Jacob Brandon, Lindsay Endean, Melanie Le Bans, Plymouth Conservatoire and Matt Dean
Sustainable Theatre
Down Stage Write seeks to reduce the impact of our work on the environment and explore ways of working sustainably in the theatre industry.
We’ve been rewriting our environmental policy and planning our productions using The Theatre Green Book and the Indoor Sustainable Events Guide (by Julie’s Bicycle) as well as attending sessions of Transitioning to Sustainable Production across the UK Theatre Sector.
For this show we are using low energy LED lighting, recycled paper and products, minimising our paper use with digital programme etc, borrowing or renting costume and props, newly purchased items will be reused or donated and tickets are booked online to limit waste.
For more resources on sustainable events and performances:
https://juliesbicycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sustainable-Events-Guide_Indoor.pdf
https://pec.ac.uk/blog/how-theatre-can-contribute-to-the-uks-net-zero-targets
Twitter: @GreenUKTheatre
Coast To Coast
COAST TO COAST is a project inspiring writers in Devon and Cornwall to respond to the climate emergency through performance. As the world moves towards the COP 27 Climate Change Conference in Egypt, theatre company Down Stage Write will be inviting professional and community writers to respond by taking part in workshops, sharings and performances in October and November.
Micro plays about the Climate Crisis will be displayed gallery style at the Community Climate Centre and Artizan Gallery (and online)
If you’d like to share your own one page play on the theme of Climate Change you can email to info@downstagewrite.uk and you’ll be added to the gallery!