Commissioned by 60 Miles By Road Or Rail Ltd.
Watch here: www.60milesbyroadorrail.co.uk
Performers: Subika Anwar-Khan, Jo Blake, Helen Crevel, Davin Eadie & DanMcGarry
Photography: Ali Wright
Written by Ryan Leder
Based on an idea by Andy Routledge
Originally devised in collaboration with the acting company & Joshua Val Martin
Performed by Subika Anwar-Khan, Jo Blake, Helen Crevel, Davin Eadie & Dan McGarry
Understudied by Bianca Mulligan
Directed by Andy Routledge
Assistant Director: Kitty Benford
Produced by Courtenay Johnson (Carbon Theatre)
Assistant Producer: Beth Smiles
Set & Costume Design by Lizzy Leech
Lighting Designer by Rory Beaton
Sound Designer by Alice Boy
Movement Direction by Gerrard Martin
Stage Management by Jeanette Maggs
Deputy Stage Management by Jenny Northam
Marketing design by Adam Blakemore (Strelka)
It’s the 1960s and Northampton is at a crossroads. The town’s population is set to double as part of the government’s New Towns Act. But as new estates welcome thousands of families from London and the old town centre undergoes radical changes, some fear Northampton’s identity is being stripped away.
Tasked with Northampton’s expansion over twenty momentous years, the newly formed Development Corporation will go to hilarious lengths to ensure targets are met – even adapting their radio jingle into a legendary pop record…
Made by local creatives and inspired by true events, 60 Miles by Road or Rail brings Northampton’s extraordinary past and present crashing together to celebrate our hometown at a time when uncertainty threatens to pull us apart.
Made with support from Royal & Derngate Northampton and Travers Foundation and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Performances:
September 28th, 2018 (Work-in-progress) – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
September 22nd, 2021 (Preview) – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
September 23rd, 2021 – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
September 24th, 2021 – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
September 25th, 2021 (matinee) – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
September 25th, 2021 – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
“Writer Ryan Leder and director Andy Routledge have taken a topic that could have been as dry as a town planning meeting (I know, I’ve sat through many), and transformed it into an intriguing production which acts as a rally cry to do better for the town.”
– Northampton Chronicle & Echo