June 2025: Purfleet-on-Thames
Over 18 months we worked with locals from Purfleet-on-Thames to develop a show that represented their area. Commissioned by Start Thurrock the show eventually included groups performing songs, dances and text they had written alongside a team of professional performers.
Directed by Kas Darley and Mark Stevenson
Initial idea by Will Close, Kas Darley and Mark Stevenson
Dramaturg: Vic Bryson
Producer: Esme Cooper
Producers for Start Thurrock: Roxie Curry and Katie Beadle
Production Manager: Betsy Boe
Community Engagement Manager: Bid Mosaku
Assistant Producer: Laurel Jumeau
Designer: Alice Neale
Performers: Emma Cater, Kas Darley, Jim Fish, Natasha Magigi, Mark Stevenson, Michael Wagg
Composer and Community Director: Grace Lambert
Choreographer and Community Director: Temujin Gill
Work Experience: Maeve Dillon
Pirate Chorus: Cameron, Daniel, Daniella, Ebony, Elsa, Ethan, Kelsi, Lexi, Madi, Piper, Sailor, Victory
Queen Elisabeth’s band: Gemma Aigbe, Caro Hatt, Aditi Kaushiva
Soldier Chorus: Inderjit Batra, Sarah Bisholo, Kieran Das Gupta, John Quan, Brian Ward, Danny Worthington and Sheila
Producing partners: Start Thurrock, Purfleet-on-Thames Community Forum, Purfleet Community Pantry & Café Purfleet Community Hub , Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre,
With Thanks to: The Royal Hotel Purfleet, Mulberry Drive Centre, Purfleet Primary School, Riverview Charitable Trust and St Stephen, Purfleet
Special Thanks to: Joanne Potter and Kyra Hodgins
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