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The Savage (2010)

adapated from the book by David Almond

Casterton School, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria

23rd – 24th August 2010 Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th August 2010 (Doors open at 7pm, Performance at 8pm)

An image of savage boy holding an axe deep in the woods

Credit: Alpha Diallo

Imagine you wrote a story and that story came true. This is exactly what happens to Blue Baker when he writes about a savage living alone in the woods near his home. After his dad’s death, Blue finds comfort in dreaming of a wild kid who survives on a diet of berries and the occasional hapless passer-by. But when the savage pays a night-time visit to the local bully, boundaries become blurred and Blue begins to wonder where he ends and the savage begins.

This amazing graphic novel will be our starting point for exploring how storytelling works, and how myths are made. We’ll be devising this work together, with a strong focus on dance and choral singing and searching for the Savage in all of us. We’ll be working in a beautiful location in Cumbria, the place where Charlotte Bronte went to school, and the final performances will be site-specific, which means we’ll be using strange and unusual performance spaces, possibly including the local churchyard and Charlotte’s old school room. In time we hope to develop something which could be performed at festivals and site specific venues anywhere in the country.

Company members are subject to change

Cast

Cambria Baily- Jones

Francesca Cameron

William Chambers

Siwan Clarke

Alexandra Coleman

Daniel Conway

Rhianna Davies

John Dawton

Ollie Dibben

Tristan Fanning

Harriet Garner

Sophie Garner

Jennifer Haynes

Hannah Hilliard

Laura Hunt

Matthew James

Rory Jones

Matthew Knock

Amelia Landon

Nathan Larkin

Mei Mac

Azlee Manley

Charlie Mills

Grace Mitchell

Lauren Morgan

Rebecca Murphy

David O' Grady

Emilie Perring

Timothy Praed

Matthew Richardson

Beth Robertson

Ronan Sheils

Edward Street

Isobel Taylor- Herbert

Anya Wanke

 

Musicians

Louise Anderson

Danielle Audley- Wiltshier

Emma Beesley

Jennifer Cohen

Enya Doyle

Charlotte Grantham

Stephanie Hall

Kathryn Jennings

Eleanor Mace

 

Assistant Stage Manager

Edward Street

Information for participants

Friday 13th August 2010 – Wednesday 25th August 2010
Casterton School , Casterton, Cumbria
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You will be sent details of your Head Chaperone before the project begins, including an emergency telephone contact number.

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