What’s On @ The Lantern Calendar
Being Human is a given, being humane is a choice. I am Home is a hard hitting verbatim piece, focusing on the perspectives of those who are living or have lived the homeless experience. From where home was, to what it has become and what it means to be homeless in 2022. There’s a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they are the way they are. Something in the past created them and unless we address the stigma, sometimes it is impossible to fix.
I Am Home
I Am Home
The piece fuses devised imagery and physical theatre with verbatim story- telling.
God On High
God on High
Tulip, a young, free spirited vicar, whose debt-ridden church is on the brink of closure, needs a miracle.
Living in a parish with a rising drug problem, trying to revive her failing love life, dealing with her bankrupt church, her oversexed nan, plus horny parishioners, she now has to acknowledge her grief after the recent, unexpected, death of her mother. With wavering faith, and bombarded with what appear to be signs from God, Tulip needs help. When an unexpected inheritance from her mother is announced, she finds herself asking is God testing her faith or has He found the perfect way to solve all her problems?
God on High is a loosely autobiographical play by Rhoda Dell. Four years ago Rhoda heard a spiritual voice announcing that her mother, who was in good health, was going to die and how. And then she did… on Good Friday!
Since then life has continued to demonstrate to Rhoda that she may not be the sole author of her story. Following this realisation, she has found life a lot more interesting- when you let go of how you think life should look, to endless possibilities appear.
Rhoda holds a Masters in Theology from The University of St Andrews, and trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Acting and Singing.
Directed by Karen Rabinowitz:
An international director, choreographer and movement director, and from 1995-2014 she was Course Leader for the Musical Theatre Course at the Royal Academy of Music. Karen is particularly interested in working on new musicals and plays.
Original Music by Sam Hall:
A Kent based composer, lyricist, musical director, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist. Sam is currently the Musical Director for The Bodyguard UK Tour 2023/24. Sam studied contemporary classical composition at the Royal College of Music with his music and arrangements being played by first class orchestras including the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recently, Sam’s musical On The Edge was included in the MMD Claude-Michel Schönberg Masterclass.
Poster design by Nigel Hook:
Who has designed a wide range of drama, musical and opera productions throughout the U.K. & Europe.
He is the winner of the 2017 Tony Award for best Set Design and The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for The Play That Goes Wrong.