HIGHTIDE announces new artistic mission and new season of work
HighTide, a writer-centred theatre company based in the East of England has announced a first season of work programmed by new Artistic Director Clare Slater, as she sets out a refreshed Artistic Mission for the company. The renewed focus will be on nurturing and producing work from the pool of playwriting talent in the region, working in collaboration with local partners, to create a thriving community of playwrights in the east.
With all the work by writers who come from, or live in, the eastern region, the new season includes:
HighTide Rising, an informal and intimate one-day play reading festival on 20 May, hosted by leading playwrights Lucy Kirkwood and Juliet Gilkes Romero in the beautiful, countryside location of Wingfield Barns near Diss, mid-Suffolk.
Herring Girls: Greater Than We Are Alone is a unique, community choir song cycle, commissioned by HighTide, celebrating the legacy of the herring girls' protest over fair pay on Lowestoft beach in 1936 – to be performed on that same beach as part of First Light Festival on 17 June
Ghost Stories by Candlelight, created by East Anglian playwrights opens on Friday 13 October at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Ghost Stories by Candlelight will then transfer for a short run to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe in late Autumn.
HighTide’s East of England Playwrights’ Community, co-created with writers in the region. Including workshops, peer to peer conversations, mentoring opportunities and career surgeries, it hopes to create a thriving community of playwrights across the region.
Also joining HighTide are Zoë Svendsen as an Associate Artist, Emma Butler Smith as new Executive Director/Joint CEO and Nicola Werenowska as Writer in Residence in 2023, supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation/Film 4 Playwrights’ Award Scheme.
Further Information: Productions | HighTide