Space Chats

How Odds and Sodds came to be, pirates as a metaphor for modern life and business conglomerates, the journey of putting a show together over Zoom, and the future of Odds and Sodds as a collective. All of this and more is the topic of conversation between Alana Cole, Marketing and Production Intern at The Space, and Fergus Ross and Alex Sheppard, company members of Odds and Sodds' upcoming show A Health to the Company.

A Health to the Company will be at the Space from the 22nd to the 27th of August.

Join the crew in hoisting the true-colours of our past high and blowing the ‘golden age of piracy’ myth out of the water!

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Learn more about 'A Health to the Company' and Odds and Sodds on their website: https://www.oddsandsodds.com/

Or on Twitter: @TheSodds

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The real-life man who helped inspire a play, bringing working class stories to the London stage, the journey of writing a play and bringing it to the rehearsal stage, how LH Productions came to be, and what exactly dramaturgy is… Join Deputy Director Matthew Jameson as he interviews Lauren Page and Hannah Petch of LH Productions about their upcoming show, Teacher of the Year.

Teacher of the Year will be at The Space from the 8th to 12th of August.

Liverpool, 1989. A troubled teenager, poverty, political injustice and the power of local community.

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Learn more about 'Teacher of the Year' on Twitter: @LaurenPage_37 and @hannahEP123

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The struggle to keep up with changing technology, whether or not Artificial Intelligence can feel emotions such as fear and love, moving towards the things that terrify us, and letting the audience decide the answers to questions posed by theatre. All this and more is the topic of discussion between Bethany Sharp, The Space's Creative Producer, and Jacob Kay (playwright/performer) and Helen Baird (producer/performer) of the upcoming show Highrise.

Highrise will be at the Space from the 15th - the 19th of August. 

Memory is deceptive, malleable. What if it could be designed?
Are anger and love a prerequisite of humanity?
Explore a world in which humans and AI have grown eerily similar.

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Learn more about 'Highrise,' Jacob Kay, and Helen Baird on our website at www.space.org.uk/event/highrise/

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A radio show set in the apocalypse, how we find hope in dark times, the steep learning curve of putting on a one-man show, the Ghost of Radio Future, and so much more! Join the Space's Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson, as he discusses the upcoming show End of the World FM, winner of the Wandsworth Fringe 2023 Best Writing Award, with actor, playwright, and producer Kevin Martin Murphy.

End of the World FM will be at the Space from the 25th - the 29th of July. 

15 years after the apocalypse, a lone radio host struggles to keep his show on the air. He ponders the warning signs that spelled our doom. Is anyone listening? Have they ever...?

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Learn more about 'End of the World FM' on their Instagram: @endoftheworldfm

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The jump of a worm, the wonders of fungi and it's translation of interconnectedness into life and art, the joy of exploring and developing language and communication, and the multi-faceted layers of composing … we discuss all this and much more with Ariella Como Stoian and Zygmund de Somogyi, creators and collaborators of the mush moss collective of the upcoming show You wake up / Octopus , interviewed by the Space’s Artistic Director, Adam Hemming. 

You wake up / Octopus will be at the Space from the 14th - the 16th of July. 

You wake up / Octopus is an immersive journey where you play a newly conscious octopus searching for their missing mother. Co-created through your collaboration and discovery.

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at ⁠www.space.org.uk⁠

Learn more about 'You wake up / Octopus' and the mush moss collective on their website: https://www.mushmosscollective.com/

Or on Instagram: @mushmosscollective⁠ And Twitter: @mushmossco

If you want to find out more about Zygmund de Somogyi: https://www.zdscomposer.co.uk/

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Spreading dangers of fascism in the world today, rage on stage, activism, the me-too movement and its real-live implications… we discuss all this and much more with Marina Cusi, writer, director and producer of the upcoming show “The ’S’ is Silent , interviewed by the Space’s Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. 

The ’S’ is Silent will be at the Space from the 11th - the 13th of July, with a livestream on the 13th of July and on demand for 2 weeks after that. 

‘’All flags look the same once they have been stained with blood.’’

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Learn more about 'The 'S' is Silent' and the Mad, Who? Theatre company on Instagram: @mad.who.theatre

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We discuss the real history behind Hendrik Ibsen's early play Lady Inger and its fascination today, the far-reaching inspirational work of great teachers, the challenges of editing a long play, and medieval singing, with the show's director Mark Ewbank and creative team Holly Prescott and Joe Lewis, interviewed by Creative Producer, Bethany Sharp. And why did the audience cry? … 

LADY INGER will be at the Space from the 27th of June - 8th of July, with a livestream on the 6th of July and on demand for 2 weeks after that. 

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Find out more about ottisdotter on twitter: @ottisdotter and Instagram: @ottisdotter

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Artistic Director, Adam Hemming, chats to François Lockhart, playwright and director of the show Rachel. We discuss the lines between stand-up comedy and theatre, the sense of entitlement and the inspiration from corporative work for his writing, and the challenges of adapting theatre work into film, in advance of the run of Rachel at the Space (playing 20th - 25th June, including a livestream on the 24th and on demand access for two weeks after that). 

“During my lunch break, I stay at my desk. The only thing I hate more than wasting my time is wasting time realising that I’ve wasted my time.”

Rachel works hard. Rachel doesn’t ask herself too many questions. Rachel plays hard. Rachel doesn’t get burned out.
All seems well.
At her best friend Emily’s wedding, she found herself paddling in the blood of a fifty-year-old man as the newlyweds were about to start dancing on Charles Aznavour’s «She». How?

Inspired by the Gen Y anxieties, “Rachel” is a comic monologue written by playwright and comedian François Lockhart and performed by LAMDA Graduate Clara Courty-Zanca.

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk 

Find out more about the play Rachel by following them on twitter: @Rachel.The.Play

Or on Instagram: @Rachel.thePlay

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An extra special episode of Space Chats…

Following on from our episode in 2022 with director Charlotte Everest and the Space's Associate Company, Mrs C's Collective, where we heard all about their endeavour to bring a A Call for Safe Practice to rehearsal rooms. Their long-term ambition to provide accredited guidance and training on how to make trauma-informed art safely, received Arts Council Funding in early 2023 and the resulting handbook for safe practice has been used in rehearsals for DREAM SCHOOL playing at the Space RIGHT NOW!

We discuss all this and more with Caroline Brindle (Creative Psychotherapist) & Charlie Cassen (Actor) interviewed by the Space's Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson. 

Dream School is at the Space until the 3rd of June.

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk

Find out more about Mrs C's Collective here.

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Deputy Director, Matthew Jameson, chats to Grace O’Keefe, co-founder of The Queens of Cups about their upcoming show New Moon Monologues. 

We discuss the moon’s influence on energy levels, the need and accessibility of comedy, the new challenges for theatre and new writing in uncertain times, and cross-disciplines in advance of the run of New Moon Monologues at the Space (playing 15th - 17th June including a livestream on the 17th and on demand access for two weeks after that). 

Grace O’Keefe and Erin Holland (aka the Queens of Cups) launched New Moon Monologues as a platform for emerging artists back in 2020 as a digital new writing night. With each online installment reaching hundreds of viewers, the pair decided to bring the night to the Space Theatre for a sold out night as one of the first shows when theatres reopened.  

Following a sold out run of their solo-show, Bad Teacher at EdFringe, the Queens are heading back to the Space to host another night of New Writing.  

Helmed by Erin as Literary Manager and Grace as Director, the Queens will curate a night of new writing on a series of three nights  leading up to June’s new moon. 

You can find out more about the Space, connect with us on the socials and see what's coming up at www.space.org.uk 

Find out more about Grace O'Keefe by following them on twitter: @grace_o_keefe

Or on Instagram: @grace_o_keefe, @thequeensofcups

Find out about The Queen of Cups: https://thequeensofcups.com/

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