New play celebrating Derby County’s FA Cup win needs community input

A new play celebrating the 75th anniversary of Derby County winning the FA Cup will incorporate the memories and experiences of life in the city.
Sarah Brigham, artistic director at Derby Theatre, will co-direct the new play.Sarah Brigham, artistic director at Derby Theatre, will co-direct the new play.
Sarah Brigham, artistic director at Derby Theatre, will co-direct the new play.

Derby Theatre will work with Jamie Thrasivoulou, who is the Derby County Football Club poet and an award-winning writer, poet and lyricist, to develop the story and play. Co-directing the play will be Sarah Brigham and Paul Warwick.

People from the area are invited to join Jamie and members of the team from the theatre to a Virtual Pub/Café, a series of free online events for people to come together over a pint or a cuppa, to share stories and recall memories of the city from, and since, this time.

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During the events, Jamie will be asking participants to consider this provocation: “Derby is a place defined by its pride and history. In many ways, it is also a haunted town struggling to cope with its identity as a city. If a person from the town of Derby in the year 1946 were to be cryogenically frozen and then

resurrected in the city of Derby in 2020; from your point of view, what would they think? What would they think has changed? Would they think it has gotten better or worse? What would surprise them?”

Each Virtual Pub/Cafe event will last for 90 minutes and will be held via Zoom on Thursday, February 11 at 6pm, Tuesday, February 16 at 5pm and Friday, February 19 at 10.30am (this session will be BSL interpreted).

The Virtual Pub/Café events are free. You can either book online at www.derbytheatre.co.uk or by emailing [email protected]. Spaces are limited.

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If you are unable to attend the event, but would like to share your story, memories, or to respond to the provocation, email Andy Mandoiu (Derby CAN Volunteers Co-ordinator) at: [email protected].

Derby CAN (Creative Arts Network) is a three-year, multi-partner Arts Council England £1.5 million funded project to work, co-curate and co-create with different communities, to support and strengthen the performing arts sector in the local area.

More details about the new play will be available in due course. Follow Derby Theatre on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages.