Lovedale by Fiona Padfield

12/10/2024

THANK YOU TO THE VERY BRILLIANT STEVE KEYWORTH FOR HIS COMMITMENT & DIRECTION:

10/10/2024

THANK YOU STEVE KEYWORTH FOR YOUR FOCUS TODAY!

10/10/2024

REHEARSALS LOVEDALE KEY THEATRE

09/10/2024

Second Feature in High Tide Newsletter:

07/10/2024

Scrap trigger warnings for theatre audiences, says Ralph Fiennes

Audiences should be ‘shocked and disturbed’ by the impact of theatre, says Schindler’s List and Harry Potter actor.
He said: “Shakespeare’s plays are full of murderers, full of horror. As a young student and lover of the theatre, I never experienced trigger warnings telling me: ‘By the way in King Lear, Gloucester is going to have his eyes pulled out’ … Theatre has to be alive and connect in the present.

05/10/2024

WGGB showcase propels Padfield's play to the stage
A play that first saw light of day as part of a WGGB night of new work is appearing in a producer showcase at the Key Theatre, Peterborough next Friday.

Written by WGGB member Fiona Padfield (above left), Lovedale is based on the story of a woman who escapes a traumatic history in India and tries to start a new life in Wales.

An excerpt of the work (pictured, above right, in rehearsal) received its first public airing at a WGGB showcase of new work organised by our East Anglia rep Steve Keyworth, who went on to direct the play.

Keyworth said: "I first encountered Lovedale when Fiona submitted a scene for a Writers’ Guild scratch night at the Norwich Theatre Royal. I was attracted by her fascinating and often alarming characters, by the tightly written scenes and the sense of menace. I wanted to try and understand these characters and bring them to life. Most of my directing experience is in new writing, and it’s the most exciting aspect of theatre for me, helping a writer put their particular vision on to the stage."

The play, which is supported by Landmark Theatres, will be performed next Friday at 7pm at the Key Theatre in Peterborough in front of an audience of top producers (Information and bookings).

Writer and director were interviewed last night on BBC Radio Essex (you can catch up on the interview on BBC Sounds).

Padfield has been published by Oberon Books, Bloomsbury, Tangerine and Casa Forte Press. She has had plays produced at the Lyric, Hammersmith and Manchester Royal Exchange and work broadcast by the BBC. Commissioned by Hampstead Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, and Carlton Warner Sisters, she was a recipient of the Wingate Scholarship for her play The Millennium Tapestry. She is part of the Paines Plough, Mercury Theatre cohort 2024/25.

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01/10/2024

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25/09/2024

LOVEDALE featured 3rd October: BBC UPLOAD

It’ll be on both Thursday & Saturday night from 6pm available on the radio or you can listen via the free BBC Sounds app, here -> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08q3hsh

16/09/2024

16/09/2024

A few more pics from rehearsals!