STAND

Was it a split second decision, or a cause that’s haunted you for decades?

An act of bravery, or something ‘anybody would do’?

Was it forgotten as quickly as it happened, or do you think about it years later?

Who did you stand up for, and what made you do it?

Oxford Playhouse and Chris Goode and Company present the world premiere of STAND, real life stories of courage and conscience from Oxford residents who stood up for something, or someone, they believed in.

In STAND, six activists – or at least, six people from Oxford who have chosen to act – take the stage and step in to the spotlight, portrayed by six actors: and the ideas to which they are devoted could hardly be bigger or more important. They’re ideas about how we make for ourselves a better, more sustainable future; how we live more equitably alongside those with whom we share our planet; how we protect from harm the places that tell us who we are; how we build our families and communities and raise our kids to have an instinct for bravery and kindness. And, most importantly perhaps, how we keep moving forward in the face of greed and corruption, and our own doubt and fear.

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CREDITS

Writer / Director – Chris Goode
Designer – Naomi Dawson
Lighting Designer - Anna Watson
Production Manager - Helen Mugridge
Stage Manager - Alexandra Anzemberger

Cast – Spencer Brown, Michael Fenton Stevens, Kelda Holmes, Gwyneth Strong, Cathy Tyson, Lawrence Werber

A Chris Goode & Company and Oxford Playhouse co-production
Supported by Arts Council England

DATES

Upcoming

10-11 April - Old Fire Station, Oxford

14 April - Corn Exchange Newbury

15 April - South Street Reading

16 April - The Mill Banbury

20 April - 9 May - Battersea Arts Centre London

15-17 May - Mayfest, Bristol

2 June - Pulse Fringe Festival, Ipswich

4-6 June - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

7 June - The Arches, Glasgow