Did history really happen if there is no one to say so? And how do we restore the stubborn voices of a silent past?
TitR 2011 staged two nights of exciting new work by young people, bringing to life the compelling stories of Sefton's hidden history.
From Dark Age enigma to the dare-devil pioneers of early aviation, this programme of bold new writing brought the past tearing into the present.
TitR 2011 took place on 1 - 2 April at Unity Theatre Liverpool. An accompanying exhibition also ran at Southport's Botanic Gardens Museum, drawing 19,500 visitors.
An anthology of all the writers' plays was also published to coincide with the festival, and is available to buy here.
by Sarah Williams
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?
Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd April
Particular Friends of Paterson
by Hayley Greggs
Much in the vein of The Importance of Being Earnest, Particular Friends of Paterson pits modern celebrity worship against the Edwardian mask of manners.
Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd April
by Phil Montgomery & Tom Martin
The ghosts of the dead haunt J. Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic. One spectre haunts him in particular: William Brailey, a member of the ship's band...
Saturday 2nd April
by Kathryn Owens
Diesel Heart is a play about betrayal: about what happens when our aspiration abandons us and we are seduced by a broken promise.
Saturday 2nd April
by Jessica Buxton
Jez, Audrey and Pauline. The flyer, his wife and his lover. Based on the real lives of the original jet set, a dark romance about devotion and desertion.
Friday 1st April
by Alex Moran
A bare room above an inn. Belle Boyd, the 'Cleopatra of the Secession', stands in the corner, as a sickly man asks her to tell him their story...
Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd April
by Jessica Frackelton
North and South. Father and Uncle. On his deathbed, an ailing Theodore Roosevelt is visited from the past by the ghosts of his divided house.
Friday 1st April
by Helena Lea, Rebecca Leatherbarrow, Emily Maguire, Victoria McCluskie
A comic look at complacent male society and the desire to succeed.
Friday 1st April
by Katie Cook
Inspired by the history of the Crossens Canoe, which dates from between the Roman withdrawal of Britain and the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons.
Saturday 2nd April
The Boy, the Bird and the Sword
by Sarah Hall, Rachael Hassett, Georgia Lomax, Lucia McGuiness, Charlotte Price, Hannah Reese
Based on the legend of King Arthur, and inspired by the Crossens Canoe.
Friday 1st April
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
