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Signal fire (n)
A fire or light set up in a prominent position as a warning, signal, or celebration.
In October and November, fires will light up across the UK with storytellers and audiences sharing in one of the original forms of theatre. The fires will signal the vibrancy of touring theatre, and the threat our industry continues to face.
Companies involved are;
1623 Theatre, 45North, Actors Touring Company, Alhambra Theatre, ALP Musicals, balletLORENT, Beyond Face, Big Telly, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Boundless, Diverse City and Extraordinary Bodies, Eastern Angles, English Touring Theatre, fEAST, Fio in association with Tara Arts,Fen in Association with Out of Joint, Fuel, Graeae, Headlong, High Tide, Highly Suspect, Kestrel Theatre Company, Kneehigh, Luxi in association with Hannah Bruce & Co, and Northern Rail, Middle Child, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, National Youth Theatre of Wales, New Old Friends, New Perspectives, Pentabus, Pilot, Paines Plough, Potential Difference, Proteus, SBC Theatre, Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Slung Low, Spare Tyre, The Wardrobe Ensemble, This is My Theatre, Told by an Idiot, Wildcard and Yellow Earth Theatre
These are the fires currently on the map
Plymouth, 5 Nov
Buckinghamshire, 17 Oct
Icklingham, 20 Oct
Suffolk All Saints' Church, 21 Oct
Cambridge, 22 - 23 Oct
Sandwich, Kent 24 Oct
Brighton, 25 Oct
Albury, 27 Oct
Stockbridge, 28 Oct
Petworth, 18 Oct
Salisbury, 30 and 31 October
Wiltshire Upper Beeding Pharmacy, 1 Nov
Crawley, 29 Oct
Upper Beeding, 16 Oct
Bradford, 7 November
Betteshanger Park, 7 Nov
Somerset, 10 and 11 Dec
London, 4th November
Soulton Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire - 21st Oct - 22nd Oct
Peterborough, 24th October
Harkstead, Suffolk - 30th October
Dartington, 28th - 30th October
Shropshire, 28th - 29th October
Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk - 30th October
The Holbeck, Leeds - 31st October
Basingstoke, 31st October
Postponed
Manchester, 31st October
Hull, 5th November
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - 6th November
Westleton Village Hall, Suffolk - 29th October
Bristol, TBC
London, Postponed
Portrush, Northern Ireland, 1st Nov
Scarborough, North Yorkshire - w/c 26th October
London, 5th Nov
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Online, 30 Oct
Boundless TheatreVarious Locations, 26th - 31st October
Diverse City and Extraordinary BodiesOnline, 2 Nov
Fen in association with Out of JointOnline, 5 Nov
Highly SuspectOnline, 28-29 Oct
Fio in association with Tara ArtsOnline, 28 Oct
Scottish International Storytelling FestivalOnline, 27, 29 and 31 Oct
Fio in association with Tara ArtsOnline, 28 Oct
Fuel TheatreDigital, 2-7 Nov
Alhambra TheatreOnline, from 5 Nov
1623 Theatre Company and Circus ZambiaOnline, 30 Oct
Blackpool Grand TheatreOnline, Date TBC
HeadlongLiverpool, 4th - 5th November
Kestrel TheatreAsthall, Oxfordshire, 8th November
KneehighOnline, 26 October
English Touring TheatreOnline, 5 Nov
Actors Touring CompanyOnline, 24th Oct - 30th Nov
National Youth Theatre of WalesOnline throughout Wales, w/c 2 Nov
Spare TyreZoom and YouTube, 4th November
GraeaeOnline, 7th November
WildcardOnline, 26th October
From spectacular bonfires to digital blazes;
the nation’s leading touring theatre companies will present a series of theatrical events at locations across the UK in celebration of our fundamental need to tell stories.
Get involved
Each company involved in the project will self-produce an evening of work – a signal fire – at a different location from Devon to Inverness in celebration of our fundamental need to tell stories, in order to help make sense of the world around us and reimagine the future.
The project will see new work from:
Mike Bartlett and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi (English Touring Theatre); Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Chloe Moss, and Ella Carmen Greenhill (Headlong); Kiki Katese, Alice Oswald, Hema Palani, Will Power, Sara Shaarawiand Kim Scott (Fuel); Rob John (fEAST Theatre); Beth Flintoff (Proteus); Yolanda Mercy, Chinonyerem Odimba, Koko Brown, Lakesha Arie-Angelo and Lekhani Chirwa (45North); Houmi Miura, Chris Shapiro, Jasmine Chong, Mei Yuk Wong and Anna Nguyen (Yellow Earth); Simon Longman (Kestrel Theatre); Asma Elbadawi, Charley Miles, Zoe Cooper andMaureen Lennon (Pilot Theatre); Nassim Soleimanpour, Josh Merritt, Tricia Wey, Sky Yang, Samantha O’Rourke, Conor Hunt, Natasha Brown, Lauren Lopez and Steffi Igbinovia (Boundless); Maya Arad Yasur, Stephanie Street and Kimber Lee (Actors Touring Company) and Sarah Gonnet (Graeae).
If you would like any information in a different format, please email [email protected]
The health and safety of audiences, artists, creative teams and staff alike is of the upmost importance. All companies involved in the project will implement COVID secure measures to ensure that their full process, from rehearsal to performance, is in line with the current government guidelines, following strict hygiene protocols and allowing for social distancing