Scene from The Long Way Home – photographer: Mike Kwasniak
Eastern Angles come to Diss!
The Long Way Home
Written by Charles Way
Directed by Naomi Jones
Designed by Mika Handley
The highly-respected theatre company Eastern Angles are coming to Diss Corn Hall on Thursday 13th May 2010 with a brand new theatre production.
Directed by talented young theatre director Naomi Jones – who also directed last year’s glowingly reviewed production Return to Akenfield – The Long Way Home is inspired by traditional folktales and the production uses original music, puppetry and storytelling techniques to bring this latest production to life.
The play has received many positive reviews from the press.
“Ingenious, entertaining and moving with flashes of humour”
Eastern Daily Press
“Susan McGoun is excellent”
The Guardian
“This production will thrill audiences far and wide”
The Stage
The story revolves around a spirited old woman and her pilgrimage across country back to the seaside village of her childhood. As she treks across the land the ‘old mother’ meets an abandoned dog-boy and a tender friendship is forged.
On the way, the two companions encounter a series of strange and unsettling characters – a distraught mother, a proud farmer, dangerous bandits and ghosts from the past all fighting their own personal battles.
The playwright, Charles Way is an award-winning writer of over thirty plays. Eastern Angles audiences will remember his wonderfully atmospheric play In The Bleak Midwinter which toured the East of England back in 2000.
Tickets: £10 / Concessions £8
Box office: 01379 652241
www.disscornhall.co.uk
Eastern Angles is the regional touring theatre company for East Anglia. It has a national reputation for producing high-quality, new writing with a regional flavour. Based at the Sir John Mills Theatre in Ipswich, the company has been touring professional theatre productions into the towns and villages of East Anglia since 1982. Eastern Angles have also staged productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at London’s Bush Theatre www.easternangles.co.uk
For more information visit our website www.easternangles.co.uk or contact
Karen Goddard on 01473 218202 [email protected]
