A huge thank you to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting our new exciting project ‘What if…?’

‘What if…?’ is an in-depth exploration of the historical impact humans have had on the planet since the hunter-gatherer era. We’ll ask the questions: What if the introduction of farming and deforestation in Devon had never happened? What if the road building of the Improvers on Dartmoor and the digging of peat for fuel hadn’t happened? How would our landscape look now, and what would our current-day life be like?

This ‘research into performance’ project will use a combination of educational, artistic, and research activities to investigate the local history of the climate crisis with Devon communities. It will lead to exciting creative and educative interpretations including a young people’s festival of plays and a rural touring intergenerational community play.