Just over one week away!!!! we’re being nice to each other, so be nice to use and grab a ticket from our bio or on @thehopetheatre website 🌿🌿
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The Folk Revival is well and truly back. Nettle Soup’s first double bill at @thehopetheatre tells the stories of Devon old and new, and the things that never change: pagans, witchcraft, and tins of cider in a field. Two brand new short plays from Devonshire voices, TEMPERANCE and LEYLINES, celebrate the county of Celts and cream first, then jam.
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Introducing our brilliant director, @danjms2000 🦊
Dan spent two days in the studio directing 19 (!) actors to make sure 43 (!) characters came to life across our 7 (!) episodes.
We're talking foxes, a holy heron, sheep, a neurotic hedgehog, a mouldy ol' rat, badgers, a Canadian Goose, a posh cat, an owl, a squirrel more foxes, a dog, HOUNDS the list goes ON!
Actually, that's pretty much the list.
Many sheenanigans were had.
We love Dan.
He's even got a cheeky director's cameo in episode 3 that you're gonna absolutely love. Stay tuned!
-The Maid of Orleans-
They gave Joan of Arc a pair of wings and a massive set
it didn’t sit right
nor do I think it will with the trans sapphic catholic sect
of which I know
suprisingly
or not so
many
two abeulos by the door
I pay the entry
three euros and on the floor
a spot of blood, leading up to the gantry
and then some more
I reckon those two planted it there
look ye upon christ my girl, my whore
and when I come to the balcony, I feel a tremor down below
the spirit does not get me
just the vertigo
forever an unwilling devotee
fidei defensor exordi
and there she is
the maid of orleans
and in a monastery
where they have always been
monks ‘mericans nuns prophets pilgrims popes santa maria AirBnBer
give respect
give worship
give me six euros
I give you fridge magnet
someone stands in the window, but I don’t think anyone’s noticed
or they’re -
they stand in the window, in full gaze
binding their breasts down with yellow tape
a holy site and a wolf cut for the girls gays theys
and then
a vision of joan begins to take shape.
ECHO BEACH: A READING
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‘Play Happy Families!’ - Butlins, 1982.
An empathetic look into British scab culture, the ultimate sin for a left-winger. A tragicomedy. The Summer of 2011, Haplins Holiday Camp, Minehead. ‘Play Happy Families!’ is the slogan drilled into guests’ heads, and also into the workers. Over a minor pay dispute, the entertainment team at Haplins decide to go on strike, yet we follow those who choose to cross the picket. Shell, Murph, Erasmus and Gem rehearse the routines to the greatest hits of S Club, and the strike rolls on. And it’s looking increasingly likely that the Mayans’ prediction for 2012 is true. Echo Beach looks at the genuine reasons behind people’s inaction when it comes to unionisation and class solidarity, something that has been lost. Miseducation, complicated legality around visas and immigration status, and historically, more politically sinister reasons. Inspired by ideas outlined in Ash Sakar’s Minority Rule, Echo Beach is challenging, intensely camp and ultimately, futile.
Creative Team (Reading)
Writer - Dan Sinclair
Director - Tomas Howells
Technician - Maddy Whitby
Murph - Ciara Southwood
Gem - Samuel Glyde-Rees
Shell - Ines Aresti
Raz - Teddy Robinson
Libby - Aoife Mac Namara
NETTLE SOUP SOCIAL CLUB
Join us for our first writing social at the Swimmers at the Grafton Arms on 31st July 2025!! 📝
We wanted to create a space for artists to come together, make work and share, without the pressure of deadlines or academic constraints.🎨
If you're a creative, this club is for you: a great chance to meet other artists, make work and get feedback, at a beautiful pub situated in North London🍺
Sign up for the first session FREE OF CHARGE via the link in our bio now!!🫶
poster by the amazing @elizasouthwood
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