Feral brings fresh perspective to familiar environments.
Giving voice to the essence of place through site-specific, multi-sensory productions.
For those of you hungry for love this Valentine’s special combines live theatre with legendary Beefy Boy burgers…
It’s 1981 and Bea is hosting a dinner in memory of her dad Alfie. In his honour, she takes us back to 1913 when the younger Alfie met the love of his life Rose, amidst the racket and muck of Hereford’s old cattle market. Alfie was a ruddy-cheeked farm boy with rough hands and big ideas, Rose the bohemian daughter of a local landowner, dreaming of art and romance. They fell and they fell hard but their young love was star crossed. Their parents, the class divide and the horrors of the first world war would try to tear them apart. As this love story for the ages unfolds it reveals a tragic secret that has defined Bea’s very existence…
Love will Tear Us Apart is about standing in the mud whilst looking at the stars, trying to hold on to each other when the sky falls in and the heartbreak of saying goodbye. Expect laughter, tears and a banging 80s soundtrack.
Performances:
Tuesday 11th February 7.30pm
Wednesday 12th February 7.30pm
Thursday 13th February 5.00pm & 8.00pm
Tickets £35 including performance & meal.
Written by members of The Courtyard’s Writing Room Extra, co-produced by Feral Productions and Open Sky Theatre in partnership with The Courtyard. With thanks to Arts Council England for their support.
The Ground Beneath Our Feet
We have been working with ‘We Are Farming Minds’, finding out more about life in our local farming communities & exploring the experience together in artistic ways. We’ve been told many personal, beautiful & profound tales, elements of which provided the springboard for community writing workshops and for our upcoming devising workshop on 29th January.
In time the project will grow, but for now we will finish with a series of free, family friendly art workshops, taking elements of farming life for inspiration, which will be followed by a planting of spring bulbs as we look ahead to the future. These will be:
Sun 16th Feb: Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall (HR2 0EW) 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Mon 17th Feb: Weobley Village Hall (HR4 8SN), followed by the planting at The Ley (HR4 8QR) 10am-12pm.
Thurs 20th Feb: Much Birch Community Hall (HR2 8HT) 10am-12pm
Friday 21st Feb: Pembridge Village Hall (HR6 9EB) 10am-12pm
Fri 21st Feb: Craswall Village (Hall HR2 0PH) with the planting at Great Blackhill (HR2 0PH) 2.30pm-4.30pm
Please note there is a short drive between the halls & planting locations in Weobley & Craswall. Suitable painting & plating clothes are advised
Free Schools Workshops
We’re excited to be able to offer a limited number of fully funded workshops for schools throughout April & May, tying in with ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ and ‘The Word on The Street’. We’re able to come to your school and adapt the workshop to your needs - our speciality is, of course, celebrating the place where we live!
If you work for a school and are interested in learning more/taking up the offer, you can reach us via info@feralproductions.org.
In Development
The Word on the Street
The Writing Room will be bringing a new iteration of The Word on the Street to Hereford High Town this summer. Join us as we uncover more real-life Herefordian tales in the unlikeliest places!
Discover our work
Last Call
Last Call is a series of site-responsive short films based on the poetry of Jean Atkin, inspired by stories centred around the old village stalwart — the red British telephone box.
Love Bites
Five short plays by local writers were performed in and around the Beefy Boys while our audience munched on the best burgers around. Inspired by local stories of romance from the Old Cattle Market there was drama, love and laughter Hereford style.
Feral Tales
An otherworldly collection of digital performances born of a unique period of forced isolation in a time of national upheaval.
Classes & Education
Writing Room
As part of The Courtyard/Feral Productions partnership, the Writing Room aims to fully drive new writing to the forefront of the Herefordshire arts scene.
Writing Room Extra
Supporting experienced writers in the creation and development of long-form scripts.
Reading Room
Reading scripts of all varieties, exploring the text, production and further discussion.
Playwork Sessions
Theatre practice for ages 16+, looking at sight reading, text analysis and vocal techniques.
“Feral…expands the idea of what drama is and demonstrates how exciting theatre can be when the people behind it are committed to thinking outside the box.”