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About

The play

Conceived by Torbay-based writer Holly Fitzpatrick, LAVENDER is a furiously funny, feminist play about fighting for authorship over a past shared with someone you don’t speak to anymore. Characters Lucy and Nancy traverse gender, faith, politics and sex in a soaring narrative which tells two conflicting, crude, and chaotic histories of growing up in the South West.

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The project

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Recently shortlisted by BBC Writersroom, LAVENDER began its development at the University of Exeter before being programmed for the Exeter Fringe Festival in 2021. The team, all connected to Devon, toured an early version of the play in 2022, visiting Theatre Royal Plymouth, Exeter Phoenix and Exeter Library and receiving funding from Arts Council England. LAVENDER was also programmed for VAULT Festival in 2022, ahead of a transfer to the award-winning Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, South London.

 

Now, the team is returning the play home to its South West roots.

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“Beautifully written, performed, staged, and produced”

- Professor Jana Funke (Associate Professor of English and Sexuality Studies, University of Exeter)

Our aims

​The 2021 Census revealed that over 1.3 million people in England and Wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. South West England had the lowest percentage of people who said their gender identity differed from their sex registered at birth. LAVENDER aims to work with venues to bring authentic, inclusive representation to queer and trans people in the South West.

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Our aims are as follows:

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  1. To bring authentic queer representation to the South West. Including people on and off the stage. 

  2. To build connections with and between intergenerational LGBTQ+ communities in geographical and political isolation through sustained and experimental co-creation projects.

  3. To carve pathways for early to mid-career artists by opening up our theatre-making process and establishing a vibrant creative network through regular sharings and workshops.

  4. To inspire a wide range of audiences in the South West through radical, high-quality performance.

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“Important and vibrant queer theatre emerging from the fabric of Exeter”

- Alex Jackson (Co-Founder and Director of Exeter Fringe Festival)

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