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A theatre company inspired by nature 🌳🌿🌻

Artistic director Laura Atherton. Currently working on the R&D for Laura's new play 'Spring'.

11/04/2026

Join our FREE seed planting and Scriptwriting workshop!

📅 Sunday 19th April
🌿 St Anne’s Community Garden, Beech Hill, WN6 7TA
🕐 1:00–3:00pm
🎟️ Get your ticket:
https://www.ticketsource.com/rootstock-theatre/t-kdddxor

10/04/2026

Don’t miss out!

We’re running two completely FREE events in Wigan next week.

Work in Progress Sharing:
📆 Friday, 17th April,
📍 The Victorian Court Room, The Old Courts
🕐 2:00 - 3:30 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-work-in-progress-sharing-tickets-1980956189288?aff=oddtdtcreator

Scriptwriting and Seed Planting Workshop:
📅 Sunday 19th April
🌿 St Anne’s Community Garden, Beech Hill, WN6 7TA The Community Patch CIC
🕐 1:00–3:00pm
https://www.ticketsource.com/rootstock-theatre/t-kdddxor

31/03/2026

Don’t miss out on the FREE work in progress sharing of original play ‘Spring’ at The Old Courts.

‘Spring’ is a play by Wigan born actor, writer and theatre maker, Laura Atherton about infertility and climate anxiety.

📍Where: The Victorian Court Room, The Old Courts
📅 When: Friday, 17 April, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
🎟️ Tickets available now https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-work-in-progress-sharing-tickets-1980956189288?aff=oddtdtcreator

27/03/2026

Happy World Theatre Day! 🎭

Let’s celebrate the importance of storytelling, community and connection.

🔔 Did you know you can support and get involved with local theatre in Wigan via our two FREE workshops in April?

Work in Progress Sharing:
📆 Friday, 17 April,
📍 The Victorian Court Room,
🕐 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Scriptwriting and Seed Planting Workshop:
📅 Sunday 19th April
🌿 St Anne’s Community Garden, Beech Hill, WN6 7TA
🕐 1:00–3:00pm

Book your place via link in bio

25/03/2026

Excerpt from ‘Spring’ a new play by Laura Atherton about infertility and climate
anxiety. 🌿

Join Laura Atherton for a FREE work in progress sharing of Spring to get an exclusive first look and give your feedback.

📍Where: The Victorian Court Room, The Old Courts

📆 When: Friday, 17 April, 2:00 - 3:30 pm

📣 Book your free place: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-work-in-progress-sharing-tickets-1980956189288?aff=oddtdtcreator

22/03/2026

📣 Calling all budding gardeners, creative writers and theatre makers!

Join playwright and actress Laura Atherton and The Community Patch CIC for a Sunday afternoon of seed planting and scriptwriting inspired by nature. 🌱

This FREE workshop is open to everyone, aged 14 and above.
*Under 18’s to be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

📅 Sunday 19th April
🌿 St Anne’s Community Garden, Beech Hill, WN6 7TA
🕐 1:00–3:00pm 🔗 Book your place https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rootstock-theatre/t-kdddxor

21/03/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 ✨

Laura is an actor, writer and theatre maker, with a BA in Acting and an MA in Creative Writing. 🎭

With experience as a long term Associate Practitioner with NPO theatre company Imitating the dog, Laura recently received funding from Arts Council England to develop her original play, ‘Spring’. 🌿

She’s also the director of artsdepot Youth Theatre where she’s currently staging the National Theatre Connections play, ‘Wildfire Road’.

📍Discover more about Laura’s passion for gardening and theatre via her Substack ‘The Gardening Playwright’ – https://substack.com/

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