Pleasant Land

A story of identity, belonging and growing up along the way.    

Three presenters will lead us through a Game of Life, putting our identities under the microscope and making sure those boxes we need to fit into are nice and snug!

Our past shapes us but does it define who we become?

This is a game about identity. These are stories about how we identify ourselves and how people identify us. It’s about the identities we choose, it’s about the identities we’ve been given. The ones we love, the ones we hide, the ones we share, the ones we ink onto our skin, the ones we mine and extract, and the ones we try to cremate and bury.

This exciting new production is brought to you in a co-production between Derby Theatre and  Teatro Elsinor, Milan.   Expect live music, a few magazine quizzes and a big dose of hope.

Pleasant Land  was inspired by the work undertaken with teenagers across the city, in particular Bemrose School.

credits Chris Webb

Trailer

Short Info

Premiere: 6 July 2023
Age: 14+
Co-production: Derby Theatre | Elsinor

Direction Team

Writer Nathan Powell

Director Sarah Brigham

Assistant Director Andy Mandoiu

Movement Director Aishwarya Deshpande

Designer Annamaria Cattaneo

Lighting David Coull

Theatre Mediator Sarah Hailstones

Movement Teacher Rosamaria Cisneros

Cast

with Tara Christian, Martha Godber, Linh Huynh

ABOUT

Union of Diversity

ConnectUp sets in place an international cultural initiative for the target group 12+ in order to counteract the process of increasing social and cultural division across Europe. To achieve the aim of cultural inclusion it is essential to provide opportunities for young people to actively engage with different nationalities, cultures and social groups and to remain open to other people and life experiences.

OUR CONTACT

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LEADING ORGANISATION

The University of Agder (Faculty of Fine Arts) is an internationally oriented university in Norway aiming to be on the cutting edge of innovation, education and research.

SUPPORT

ConnectUp is a larger scale cooperation project under the EU Culture Funding Stream Creative Europe for the four-year-period 12/2019 till 11/2023. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.