MED Theatre’s 2015 community play, Badgerland, took a comic look at Dartmoor’s contemporary climate, both ecological and political. As well as badger culling, other pertinent topics explored in the play included the proposed new railway line through the southwest and the lack of amenities for local teenagers living on the moor.
‘Mark Beeson, the well known and respected playwright of Easden, has once more pulled off an imaginative and thought provoking triumph… what made it a particular pleasure was seeing the wide age range and the involvement of young adults and children discussing major topical issues in a way which reflects their own problems and concerns’ (James Crowden – Western Morning News, March 18th 2015)