Lark Rise

by Keith Dewhurst

A community and professional production, Chipping Norton Theatre, June 2024

“As she went on her way, gossamer threads, spun from bush to bush, barricaded her pathway, and as she broke through one after another she thought, ‘they're trying to bind me’. But the threads which were to bind her to her native county were more enduring than gossamer. They were spun of love and kinship and cherished memories.”

A summer’s morning at the close of the 19th century. 14 year old Laura, half playful, half astute, journeys through the first day of harvest to meet an extraordinary, eccentric and loveable cast of characters.
From field-workers’ chants in golden cornfields to long-lost songs in smoky taverns , the songs, laughter and everyday tragedies of the villagers of Lark Rise will immerse you in a forgotten, rural England.

Lark Rise was performed in immersive promenade as part of our fiftieth anniversary celebrations.