HighTide Festival Theatre has produced over forty-five new productions, working with leading theatres such as the National Theatre, Old Vic, Headlong, Public Theatre New York and the Bush Theatre to stage work by newly emerging playwrights across the UK and internationally. This May will see the seventh Festival in Halesworth, Suffolk with an extraordinary array of new plays, music, comedy and readings.
Steven Atkinson, Festival Artistic Director, said, "The programme for our seventh festival is our most diverse and strongest to date. This is the first time that all the major productions, of which there are five this year, have lives beyond Suffolk, with transfers already confirmed with the Soho and Bush Theatres, to Southampton, and on tour. 'See it here first' is our moto for the year".
The festival is also acting as a showcase to brilliant new touring work, such as Michaela Cole's Alfred Fagon Award winning Chewing Gum Dreams and Eastern Angles' latest production. And rounding off thr 'total festival' experience, there will be talks, late night comedy and music.’
The five main plays being staged are...
Neighbors by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins directed by Steven Atkinson. This is a wildly theatrical comedy exploring identity, intolerance and tensions in ‘post-racial‘ America. Neighbors is a co-production with Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.
Pastoral by Thomas Eccleshare directed by Steve Marmion, Artistic Director of Soho Theatre. An inventive and unnervingly original play, winner of the Verity Bargate Award 2011. Pastoral is a co-production with Soho Theatre.
Smallholding by Chris Dunkley directed by Patrick Sandford, Artistic Director of Nuffield Theatre, Southampton starring Chris New. As Andy and Jen try to make a fresh start, trust, responsibility and bio-dynamic farming challenge their relationship in this comic love story. Smallholding is a co-production with Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.
Moth by Declan Greene directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah. A haunting black comedy about what it means to be young and damaged in a damaging world. Moth was cast through an open-call audition targeted at the 85,000 members signed up to IdeasTap, the charity set up to support young people at the start of their career.
Bottleneck by Luke Barrnes directed by Steven Atkinson. Bottleneck was first staged as a reading at HighTide 2012 and now returns after performing at Soho Theatre and a UK wide tour. Bottleneck is a vibrant coming of age story about becoming a man through adventures big and small.
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