“A woman is missing… I don’t know when we stopped noticing her, but she’s gone.”
Sixteen-year-old Ophelia is stuck. Stuck with the name of a dead girl from years ago. Stuck in a rural community where she doesn’t belong. Stuck in her own head, trying to figure out how to be the person she thinks she should be. The person everybody expects her to be.
And then there’s the lake, which calls to her. The lake where they used to drown the witches. Where she can finally think, finally feel.
With nods to Shakespeare and Cumbrian folklore, Ophelia is a modern take on growing up with mental health problems in the Lake District.
Written and performed by Hannah Roze-Lewis, this is a work-in-progress showing of Ophelia
CREATIVE TEAM:
Written and Performed by Hannah Roze-Lewis
Dramaturgical support from Box of Tricks and Amy Allenby
Creative Support and Remote Producing by Amy Allenby
Production Company - The Moonlighters Collective
The Moonlighters Collective are a theatre company originally from Cumbria, working across the UK, led by Hannah Roze-Lewis and Amy Allenby. We create work that is northern-led, explores political and feminist issues and encourages conversations. Our previous work includes an Arts Council funded R&D or Dear Beryl, our original dystopian drama exploring the privatisation of healthcare and the rise in online influencers, and Fringe play I Am Not Your Woman (5* British Theatre Guide), which explored victim-blaming in cases of sexual assault. Ophelia is our current work-in-progress piece, supported by Box of Tricks and Theatre by the Lake.
You can find out more about us here: www.themoonlighterscollective.com
