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. From The Last Man by Mary Shelley “I am a victim of fate – bound for nowhere, adrift and alone” Set in a 21st century wracked by deadly plague, Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man is poignant and hugely relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary’s own sense of loss and isolation, and features characters based on Mary herself, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and sisters Fanny Godwin and Claire Claremont. This one-woman adaptation explores the book’s biographical elements and Shelley’s graphic depiction of a world wracked by pandemic. “Superb” – Hidden Gem, Fringe Review, 2022 Adapted by award-winning writer Sam Chittenden This 5-star Brighton Company is back with a brand new comedy eco-thriller A new play by award winning Brighton based playwright Susanne Crosby Twilight Theatre premiered Susanne Crosby’s critically acclaimed “Waiting for Curry” to Hove Grown Festival in 2017. After sold out shows in Brighton Fringe Festival 2018, they were invited to perform at Kings Head Theatre, London in January 2019. “Waiting for Curry”: ★★★★ (James Roy, Meridian FM) “Highly Recommended” (Fringe Review) Audience feedback: “It’s like The Peep Show meets Pinter, without the pauses” From The Last Man by Mary Shelley “I am a victim of fate – bound for nowhere, adrift and alone” Set in a 21st century wracked by deadly plague, Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man is poignant and hugely relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary’s own sense of loss and isolation, and features characters based on Mary herself, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and sisters Fanny Godwin and Claire Claremont. This one-woman adaptation explores the book’s biographical elements and Shelley’s graphic depiction of a world wracked by pandemic. “Superb” – Hidden Gem, Fringe Review, 2022 Adapted by award-winning writer Sam Chittenden This 5-star Brighton Company is back with a brand new comedy eco-thriller A new play by award winning Brighton based playwright Susanne Crosby Twilight Theatre premiered Susanne Crosby’s critically acclaimed “Waiting for Curry” to Hove Grown Festival in 2017. After sold out shows in Brighton Fringe Festival 2018, they were invited to perform at Kings Head Theatre, London in January 2019. “Waiting for Curry”: ★★★★ (James Roy, Meridian FM) “Highly Recommended” (Fringe Review) Audience feedback: “It’s like The Peep Show meets Pinter, without the pauses” From The Last Man by Mary Shelley “I am a victim of fate – bound for nowhere, adrift and alone” Set in a 21st century wracked by deadly plague, Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man is poignant and hugely relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary’s own sense of loss and isolation, and features characters based on Mary herself, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and sisters Fanny Godwin and Claire Claremont. This one-woman adaptation explores the book’s biographical elements and Shelley’s graphic depiction of a world wracked by pandemic. “Superb” – Hidden Gem, Fringe Review, 2022 Adapted by award-winning writer Sam Chittenden This 5-star Brighton Company is back with a brand new comedy eco-thriller A new play by award winning Brighton based playwright Susanne Crosby Twilight Theatre premiered Susanne Crosby’s critically acclaimed “Waiting for Curry” to Hove Grown Festival in 2017. After sold out shows in Brighton Fringe Festival 2018, they were invited to perform at Kings Head Theatre, London in January 2019. “Waiting for Curry”: ★★★★ (James Roy, Meridian FM) “Highly Recommended” (Fringe Review) Audience feedback: “It’s like The Peep Show meets Pinter, without the pauses”
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.
The Last
The Last
Directed by Janette Eddisford
Days
Days
In a future where the world is running out of energy, teams are looking for new ways to create power. One team suddenly comes up with an idea and plan that could solve everything, but this has disastrous unforeseen repercussions… and only one of them remembers. What starts as exciting and fun suddenly becomes a thriller race against time. A play about the moments that fuel our lives, about thinking things through; of risks, loyalty and love. The Last
The Last
Directed by Janette Eddisford Days
Days
In a future where the world is running out of energy, teams are looking for new ways to create power. One team suddenly comes up with an idea and plan that could solve everything, but this has disastrous unforeseen repercussions… and only one of them remembers. What starts as exciting and fun suddenly becomes a thriller race against time. A play about the moments that fuel our lives, about thinking things through; of risks, loyalty and love. The Last
The Last
Directed by Janette Eddisford Days
Days
In a future where the world is running out of energy, teams are looking for new ways to create power. One team suddenly comes up with an idea and plan that could solve everything, but this has disastrous unforeseen repercussions… and only one of them remembers. What starts as exciting and fun suddenly becomes a thriller race against time. A play about the moments that fuel our lives, about thinking things through; of risks, loyalty and love.