A double bill featuring Open Theatre and Stories of Hope & Home

Open Theatre present Welcome Home  

Home is where the heart is…. 

But how much can you take before you SNAP! 

An experience on the borderlines of theatre, dance and mime, devised and performed by Open Theatre‘s ensemble company 

Ensemble work has been at the centre of the company’s work for many years, involving a long-term improvising and devising process, and drawing on all the elements of our nonverbal physical theatre practice. In particular music is used to support the development of character, situation and narrative, replacing the use of text as the usual driving force behind theatre-making.

Working in this way ensures that every member of the ensemble is able to contribute to the way a piece of work grows and develops and places them at the centre of that process.   

Presented as part of Home & Horizons Festival.

Director: Richard Hayhow

Assistant Director: Melissa Daly

Stories of Hope & Home present Home Is Where We Belong.

Home Is Where We Belong is devised, written and performed by members of Stories of Hope and Home, a group of people with lived experience of seeking safety in the UK.

In this year’s piece, the group will be exploring what makes a home and in particular what it is like to have multiple places to call home, none of which feel fully like the place where you truly belong: a lived reality for so many people in the world. 

Presented as part of Home & Horizons Festival.

Content Advice: Please note this performance contains references to violence, insecurity and forced displacement.