Whatever Happened To vandal Raptor? tour!

This week I have been mainly sat, in my car, listening to podcasts, lamenting roadworks on the A59, drumming the steering wheel.

That’s because myself and director Natalie Quatermass have been heading out to Harrogate, come April rain or April shine, to re-rehearsal Whatever Happened To Vandal Raptor?, our how about punk, protest and DIY.

And we have been fully embracing our DIY ethics as, with neither agent, producer nor pot of ACE funding, we have been planning the entirely of our upcoming tour in-between runs and re-stagings.

We’ve taken time to look at the structure of the show, reminding ourselves the audience are going on a journey.  We have 4 characters in the story, each with their stakes and their intentions and their personalities.   We have many locations, and lighting does help us, but so does the power of story-telling.

We’ve been approaching a whole host of potential audiences, from the local poetry and literature groups to the general assorted lefties of Momentum, Socialist and Anarchists in each city.  I genuinely feel the show has a wide range of appeal, it’s about friendship, it’s about love for music, it’s about community, it’s about activism and it’s about growing up.

The show is about to embark on a UK-wide tour and we are thrilled to be visiting not only established theatres, but also DIY spaces. 

TESTT Space
Floor 2, 25 North Road,
Durham DH1 4SG
April 12th
7pm
Pay-what-you-decide

The New Adelphi Club
89 De Grey St, Hull HU5 2RU
April 15th
7.30pm

Workshop Theatre
School of English
University of Leeds (open to non-students)
Leeds LS2 9JT
April 17th
7.30pm
Pay-what-you-decide

Hydra Bookshop
34 Old Market St, Bristol BS2 0EZ
April 18th
7.30pm
Pay-what-you-decide

Derby Theatre
15 Theatre Walk, Derby DE1 2NF
April 20th
8pm
£8-10

Harrogate Theatres
6 Oxford St, Harrogate HG1 1QF
April 24-25th
£8-10
7.45pm

Ovalhouse
52-54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW
April 26-28^th

£5-10
7.45pm