The Ragged Walkers is a contemporary ghost story with its roots in the conflict between Saxon, Norman and British people on early medieval Dartmoor, a time when three different ethnic groups were living side by side. Based around the clearance of a village to create a deer park, the story stretches from the documented release of slaves at a crossroads in Saxon times, to an impoverished young couple negotiating with a modern-day landlord. It examines concepts of ownership, good and bad, and how the way we treat property and land is inextricably bound up with the way we treat each other.

MED Theatre's new community play brings to life a fascinating archaeological landscape whose centrepiece is the deserted medieval village in the shadow of Dartmoor's highest tors.

John Young has lived in the Okehampton area all his life, and brings a great knowledge of local history and folktale, as well as hair-raising personal experience, to the writing. Performed by a cast trained in the MED Theatre tradition, with costumes designed by Fiona Avis and a floor canvas painted by Olivia Young and Sandy Berridge, The Ragged Walkers is directed by John Young and Mark Beeson.

Henry and Father Ralph

Alduulf and Rohese

Discussing costumes

Fiona Avis, Costume Designer, measures up

The Ragged Walkers in rehearsal