An immersive theatrical experience made in North Devon
created by Red Herring & commissioned by Landmark Theatres
Welcome. Take a seat and take in the atmosphere. You’ll spot Tina. She is our host. She keeps things going – the ups and downs, ins and outs, regulars and blow-ins. You’ll get a cuppa and an egg butty…at some point as the service is haphazard to be fair.
And you’ll be invited to follow a staff member into the carpark. Step inside a vehicle, 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!
The performance is outside and lasts 2 hours.
This is a ticketed event suitable for children aged 12+. Ticket price includes a cuppa and an egg butty (gluten free & vegan snacks available).
The audience is divided into groups with whom you share your experience and each journey is unique.
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.
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)
The show featured in Stepping Out 2024 and at the Landmark Theatre Welcome Weekender 2024.
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!
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).