Fern the Folklorogist lives in the woods and has secrets and stories to tell. An immersive, magical storytelling show about trees, friendship and the importance of nature. From Brambledash theatre in association with the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
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Fran Moulds is a theatre maker based in Brighton and London. Fran makes inventive, provocative theatre as a director, writer, and performer. She also creates magical immersive theatre to inspire young people and connect them with nature, through her company Brambledash.
Education projects
Storyhaven
Deep into Earth’s next ice age, stories have become the fuel for life. In the remote outpost of Storyhaven the townsfolk gather to tell their tales while the shaman intensifies their power to stoke the fablehearths that keep the townsfolk warm and alive on the frozen wastes.
The Lost Lending Library
An interest in books leads a local librarian to a primary school, where they discuss literature and favourite books and stories. The discovery of a strange mysterious locked book and a shared love of the book ‘How to Live Forever’ by Colin Thompson leads to the mysterious arrival of the Lost Lending Library.
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Theatre projects
Foreign Body
A beautifully crafted show about hope, healing and forgiveness after sexual assault. Told from a unique and challenging perspective, using a charged combination of verbatim and physical theatre, Foreign Body is a brave, liberating and life-affirming story.
Passion of Christa
On Good Friday, the story of the Passion is retold and reimagined through the eyes of a female Christ. An evening of performance, ritual and music exploring suffering and grief from a unique perspective, in the atmospheric Union Chapel.
Witch
At Halloween, when the veil is thin between the world of the living and the dead, Union Chapel hosts an immersive theatre piece exploring the witch craze that took place across Europe during the 15th to 18th centuries.