Burnout
by Sarah Williams
"Flying isn't a show. It's not a performance.
It's an art"
Robert Fenwick is making waves with his forward-thinking and revolutionary airplane designs. He and his partner, Sydney Swaby, are busy crafting the Mersey Monoplane, and are fêted for their ingenuity not only by the Liverpool Post and Echo, but also nationals such as the Guardian.
That is, until the ascendance of Cecil Paterson - baby-faced boaster and handsome hotshot. Suddenly, Fenwick is yesterday's man, with all he believes in choked by the vacuum of celebrity.
A re-imagining of the lives of real aviators, and looking at the dented pride of the humble engineer, Burnout asks: is it better to burn out than fade away?
Funders and Friends
CREATIVE TEAM
Cast
Lindsay Goulbourne
Hayley Greggs
Rachel Hankin
Rose Hardy
Zoe Marras
Rachel Molloy
Amber-Page Moss
Katy Owens
Keri Spellman
Directors
Ursula Carey-Jenkins
Natalie Ann Dowdeswell
Chris Fittock
Designer
Grace Stead
Composer
Christopher Johns
Film Maker
Natalie Humphreys
Historians
Nicola Jones
Dr. Reg Yorke
David Davies
Bob Jones
The Theatre in the Rough Festival 2012 is funded by:
The Heritage Lottery Fund
Arts Council England Grants
for the Arts
And is supported by:
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Sefton MBC Arts & Cultural Services
Friends of Old Christ Church
