These shows will be performed by Rose Bruford Wigan students.
The Trials by Dawn King
The near future. The climate emergency is gathering pace, and our generation is being judged. The world we want to live in is affected by the actions of the past, and now relies on the ones we’re about to take.
The jurors are young people. But are they delivering justice, or just taking revenge?
Dawn King’s searing play The Trials was first performed at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in January 2022, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It received its British premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in August 2022, directed by Natalie Abrahami.
Wednesday 1 November – 7:30pm
Thursday 2 November – 7:30pm
Friday 3 November – 7:30pm
Saturday 4 November – 2pm
Venue: The Mill at the Pier Theatre, Trencherfield Mill, Heritage Way, Wigan, WN3 4EF
This amateur production of The Trials is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Bassett by James Graham
Students of Citizenship class at Wotton Bassett school have been locked in and are frustrated. Tensions run high as another repatriation of fallen British soldiers is happening along the high street and this one’s more personal than most. As their confinement grows more claustrophobic, they begin to see things differently, asking questions about conflicts, their country, and themselves.
James Graham’s Bassett is a pacy, funny and urgent play that shows the struggles of young people who have inherited a world at war: a world that they will do anything to try and make sense of…
Bassett premiered in March 2011 at the Soho Theatre as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival.
Wednesday 29 November – 7:30pm
Thursday 30 November – 7:30pm
Friday 1 December – 7:30pm
Saturday 2 December – 2pm
Venue: The Mill at the Pier Theatre, Trencherfield Mill, Heritage Way, Wigan, WN3 4EF
This amateur production of Bassett is presented by arrangement with Curtis Brown Group Ltd
Recommended age 14+