An immersive theatrical experience made in North Devon
created by Red Herring Productions & commissioned by Landmark Theatres
Welcome to our street cafe. Take a seat and take in the atmosphere. You’ll spot Tina. She is our host – part agony aunt, part enigma. She keeps the café going. And it all goes on here: ups and downs, ins and outs, regulars and blow-ins.
You’ll get a cuppa and an egg butty. At some point. Pete’s a bit slow flipping eggs and the service is haphazard to be fair.
And you’ll be invited to follow a staff member to a vehicle on the edge of the carpark. Step inside, meet a character and experience a snapshot of their life – on the road, in a pickle, or waiting for something…
Back at your seat, things have changed. But life goes on. And the disco ball beckons!
Important Information:
You will be divided into groups with whom you will share your experience of the Egg Shack. This experience will differ from other groups so each journey will be unique!
Please let us know in advance if you have limited mobility or use a wheelchair, contacting fiona@redherringproductions.co.uk
Dates
Stepping Out Festival, Bideford
Friday 30 & Saturday 31 August , 7.30-9pm
Port Memorial / Pill Car Park
Landmark’s Welcome Weekend, Ilfracombe:
Friday 13 and Saturday 14 September, 7.30-9pm
Clapping Circle, Ilfracombe Promenade
You can listen (or listen again) to our two audio pieces which feature in the show, created by Donald Craigie and Ed Jobling. Please scan the QR code to the right to find our playlist on Spotify.
We would love to know what you thought about the show – what you enjoyed and how we could do better. Click on the QR code to take you to a quick and simple form. Thank you for your time!
Creative Team
Devising Performers: Donald Craigie, Fiona Fraser Smith, JJ McColl, Estere Slare, Paschale Straiton, Kim Tilbrook
Designer: Jasmine Fessenfelt
Sound Designer and performing Stage Manager: Ed Jobling
Writing Facilitator: Callum Mitchell
Outside Eye: Emma Williams
Community Cast: John Baldwin, Ali Campbell, Rosemary Dymond, Liz Hill, Rob Sharrock (Bideford); John Baldwin, Cecily Blyther, Rosemary Dymond, Matthew Jones (Ilfracombe)
Thanks to the folk of Bideford and Ilfracombe who talked to us about their love of vehicles, adventures on the road, the need to get away and the pull to return. These conversations informed our characters and the stories they share. Thanks also to a volunteer community cast who have helped to bring the cafe to life.
The Performance is outside and lasts 1 ½ hours at dusk. Please wear suitable clothing.
This is a ticketed event. Suitable for children aged 12+
Ticket price includes a cuppa and an egg butty (gluten free and vegan snacks available).
This show was developed from a previous production – The Drive In – which was made at the New Vic Theatre, Stoke on Trent as part of the New Vic Fringe in 2011, recommissioned by South Street for their Sitelines Festival in 2012 and by Hogarth Productions for the Wycombe Awakes Festival in 2014. Thanks to Theresa Heskins and the New Vic stage management department, John Luther and Edmund Harcourt for their support and to devising performers Paul Greenwood, Michael Hugo, Emma Noakes (New Vic, Stoke on Trent), Nicole Davis, Edmund Harcourt, Richard Worland (Sitelines Festival, South Street); Nicola Davis, Elliot Fitzpatrick, Richard Worland (Wycombe Awaits Festival, Hogarth Productions).