ON TOUR

Documentary meets dance to celebrate allotments and the communities around them.

THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is a new piece of Documentary Dance Theatre by Casson & Friends, that celebrates allotments and the communities around them!

With interviews from allotment owners & community gardeners of all ages, intercut & combined with compelling movement, THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is a unique performance that reveals our relationship to the land, nature and each other.

A heartwarming duet that is gentle, human and humorous, the performance connects audiences with the joy of growing plants, food, and relationships across all four seasons.

credits

Choreographed by Tim Casson in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Lucy Starkey & Bethany Edwards
Original Score by Paul Rogerson
Co-Created with Allotmenteers & Community Gardeners in Chatham, Corby, Wellingborough, Kettering and Peterborough
Commissioned by Applause Rural Touring, Creative Estuary and Made With Many
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Created with additional support from Peterborough Presents, 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space, Live & Local, Restoke, Westraven Community Garden, Arches Local, Green Patch, Ladywell Allotments, & Wellingborough Eco Group
Production Manager Samuel Parker
Production Assistant Helen Dawson
Special thanks to Sally Lampitt, Ryan Stafford, Leo Kay and Naziha Arebi
Age recommendations
- half-plot version is suitable for all
- full-plot version is suitable for ages 10+

tour dates

half-plot version (20 minutes) & full-plot version (60 minutes)

2024

16th March - ORDSALL - Ordsall Parish Hall - Rural Touring with Live & Local (full-plot)
23rd March - TUTBURY - Tutbury Village Hall - Rural Touring with Live & Local (full-plot)
11th May - WALSALL - Caldmore Community Garden - Rural Touring with Black Country Touring (half-plot)
16th May - WELLINGBOROUGH* - Ladywell Allotments (full-plot)
18th May - SHEFFIELD - Sheffield University Drama Studio (full-plot)
19th May - SMETHWICK - Dorothy Parkes Allotments - Rural Touring with Black Country Touring (half-plot)
21st May - KETTERING* - The Green Patch (full-plot)
23rd May - PETERBOROUGH* - Westraven Community Garden (full-plot)
24th May - HARROGATE - Harrogate Theatre (full-plot)
25th May - THURROCK - T100 Garden Party - Rural Touring with Applause (half-plot)

*Community Performances - contact us for more information

2023

6th May - LODSWORTH - Rural Tour with Applause (half-plot)
7th May - SELLINDGE - Rural Tour with Applause (half-plot)
29th June - SHREWSBURY - National Rural Touring Forum Conference with Applause (half-plot)
1st July - CORBY - Family Arts Festival (half-plot)
2nd July - CHATHAM - Thank You Day with Applause (half-plot)
27th July - LONDON - Crossrail Roof Gardens (half-plot)
26th & 27th August - LEICESTER - Re/action Festival (half-plot)
14th October - IPSTONES - Ipstones Memorial Hall with Live & Local (full-plot)
20th October - CHATHAM - Luton Invicta Club with Applause (full-plot)
21st October - YAXLEY - Yaxley Apple Day with Applause (half-plot)

Programming Information

THE ALLOTMENT PROJECT is presented in the round, and has a flexible, self-sufficent technical setup; making the work ideal for touring to a range of theatre spaces, and for presentation in rural settings, off-site, and in unusual locations - including on allotments. The show can be presented outdoors and is COVID-Safe - adaptable to follow evolving government guidelines.

The performance is available as a 20 minute 'half-plot' extract performance suitable for outdoor performance, or a 60 minute 'full-plot' performance suitable for indoor/outdoor/off-site/rural presentation.

We can also offer a Q&A and a ‘Grow Your Own Dance’ workshop alongside the performances.