Rootstock Theatre
Rootstock Theatre is the company that I have set up to grow my theatre making and writing. The company aims to create theatre that is engaged with the natural world and is currently developing the original play, Spring.
Spring
Spring, a show about (in)fertility and nature’s uncertainty. The play is set in a garden over three consecutive springs and follows a couple as they journey from miscarriage to facing infertility to attempting IVF. Spring connects deeply with nature and uses poetic interludes to explore the pain and trauma of struggling to conceive.
The play received Arts Council England funding to support a period of research and development, which was held at The Old Courts, Wigan. Gathering a creative team, the script was interrogate, movement explored and a sound track was created.
Gallery
Photos from the R&D by Brian Fowler
Riana Duce and Tom Rigby as Freya and Aaron
Director Sameena Hussain leading the R&D
Bridget Fiske leading the movement
Freya and Aaron in the garden
Freya and Aaron struggling to conceive
The design team, sound designer Barry Han and designer Ting Huang
Writer and Artistic Director of Rootstock Theatre, Laura Atherton
Working on the script