Community Play

Project
Category
Date

Granite (2023)

GRANITE AT BREAKING POINT MED Theatre’s 2023 community play was written collaboratively by a group of 10 Dartmoor writers as part of our ‘Stark Reality…

2023

Peat (2022)

PEAT An environmental play about the past and future At a time when the climate crisis is at a possible turning point – or a…

2021

Salmon

SALMON A bright burst of pure hope MED Theatre’s latest community play commission, SALMON , was part of the River Teign Restoration Project, a 4…

2021

The Magistrate (2021)

THE MAGISTRATE (2021) A WORLD AT WAR AND A FRACTURED COMMUNITY NOW AVAILABLE TO LISTEN – SEE BELOW! The final output of MED Theatre’s ‘Dartmoor, Devon…

2020

Daughters of Sunset (2020)

DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET (2020) DARTMOOR AND EXMOOR, RULED BY QUEENS ‘Dart, Eske, sisters. Two great beech trees. Sheltering their flocks.’ Set in 1100BC: two queens…

2020

Rocks (2019)

Rocks (2019) A futuristic comedy set among Dartmoor’s tors MED Theatre’s community play ‘Rocks’ put Dartmoor’s unique tors centre stage. MED Theatre toured ‘Rocks’ in…

2019

Stapledon (2018)

STAPLEDON (2018) An ashburton community play ‘Stapledon’ was commissioned from MED Theatre by the Guild of St Lawrence in Ashburton. Written by MED Theatre’s Artistic…

2018

The Coast (2018)

the coast (2018) a coastal tale told on the moors MED Theatre’s community play The Coast explored the relationship of Dartmoor to the coast of…

2018

The Howling (2017)

THE HOWLING (2017) A MODERN ‘HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES’ The Howling was devised and written by Mark Beeson in collaboration with Wild Nights Young Company…

2017

Refuge (2016)

Refuge (2016) The ENGLISH CIVIL WAR ON DARTMOOR It doesn’t take an expert historian to know that the English Civil War was a conflict that…

2016

Badgerland (2015)

BADGERLAND (2015) A DARTMOOR COMEDY MED Theatre’s 2015 community play, Badgerland, took a comic look at Dartmoor’s contemporary climate, both ecological and political. As well…

2015

Whitehorse Hill (2015-19)

As part of the Moor than meets the eye Landscape Partnership scheme, MED Theatre is reviving a play that explores how our ideas of heritage, knowledge and female strength have been passed down and evolved through time.

2015

Chasing Kitty Jay (2014)

CHASING KITTY JAY (2014) THE CREATION OF A WARTIME MYTH The modern myth of Kitty Jay is perhaps one of the best-known stories from Dartmoor’s…

2014

Catchment (2012)

CATCHMENT (2012) OTTERS AND FLOODS A significant number of properties are at risk from flooding along catchments that include Dartmoor. For example across the South…

2012

No Access (2011)

no access (2011) A Comedy About Land Use on Dartmoor A contemporary comedy about conflict over land-use on Dartmoor, ‘No Access’ was a story about…

2010

Hinterland (2010)

hinterland (2010) The true story of thomas tyrwhitt One man had a dream of creating a utopia in the centre of Dartmoor, a new colony that…

2009

Snow (2009)

SNOW (2009) THREE MONTHS OF SNOW ON DARTMOOR MED Theatre’s 2009 community play ‘Snow’ took a retrospective look at the famous winter of 1962-1963, when…

2008

Hot Air (2008)

HOT AIR (2008) An environmental comedy on dartmoor MED Theatre’s 2008 community play Hot Air was an environmental comedy, set during an outdoor party on…

2007

Cassiterides (2007)

CASSITERIDES the romans on dartmoor Cassiterides (2007) told the story of the end of Roman rule in Devon, following the lives of Roman noble Gaius…

2006

Loricum (2006)

loricum (2006) A divided community with hidden secrets A dramatic debate formed the basis for MED Theatre’s 2006 community play Loricum, which explored what it…

2005

The Ragged Walkers (2005)

The ragged walkers A MEDIEVAL HISTORY PLAY BY JOHN YOUNG The Ragged Walkers (2005) was a community play for North Dartmoor written and directed by John…

2005

Melys (2004)

Melys FIRST OF MED THEATRE’S NEW STYLE PLAYS Melys (2004), written by Mark Beeson, made used of the Dartmoor story of the Tinner of the Redbrook,…

2004