Community Plays involve a team of professional theatre practitioners working in partnership for a year with local people from a village, town or city- to research, organise and produce a large cast play that explores & celebrates what is unique to their community. They are usually performed in non theatre venues in a ‘promenade’ staging with a cast of anywhere between 100 to 200 local actors & musicians, with many more involved in design, props & costume making, and production organisation. The ethos of working is predicated on a shared ownership of the process and final play.
‘Drummer Hodge’
Dorchester Town Play 2014
Written & Directed by Rupert Creed
Design by Dawn Allsopp
Music by Tim Laycock
Cast of 120
Edwardian Dorchester sends a local volunteer force to fight in the Boer War with tragic consequences for the Hodge family. Inspired by the poem by Thomas Hardy.
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‘Fire from Heaven’
DorchesterTown Play 2002
Dorchester Community Play Association
Written by Rupert Creed
Directed by Nina Hajiyanni
Music by Andew Dixon
Cast of 130
17th Century Puritan zealots impose a ‘godly regime’ and drive a community to civil war.
“Stunning play is heaven sent- a spectacle full of atmosphere & excitement (Dorset Echo)
‘No Surrender’
Hull City Play 1996
Remould Theatre Company
Written by Marvin Close
Directed by Rupert Creed
Music by Simon Fraser
Design by James Denton
Costume Design by Chris Lee
Cast of 150
A century of Hull’s waterfront told through the history of he city’s dockers.
‘Come Hell or High Water’
Bridlington Town Play 1995
Remould Theatre Company
Written by Rupert Creed & Richard Hayhoe
Directed by Richard Hayhoe
Cast of 120
The story of a town in conflict over its lifeboat service with tragic consequences.
“A memorable production full of drama and emotion…empowered the community of Bridlington and has bound together every resource the town has to offer to produce something of a standard that cannot be rivalled.” (Bridlington Gazette & Herald)
‘Vital Spark’
Hull City Play 1993
Remould Theatre Company
Written by Jon Oram
Directed by Rupert Creed & Jon Oram
Music by Hilary Gordon
Design by Eryl Ellis
Costume Design by Chris Lee
Cast of 200
Two centuries of Hull’s history told through its people
‘Reap the Whirlwind’
Howden Town Play 1988
Written & directed by Rupert Creed
Music by Hilary Gordon
Design by Richard Alywin
Costume Design by Chris Lee
A story of robbery and religion in 19th century Howden
Cast of 130
“An innovative and highly imaginative production… a remarkable success (Yorkshire Post)
Rupert Creed 
Vital spark
All those years ago i worked on props scenery for many weeks voluntarily with my three year old daughter as well as half of the hull community, at that time I couldn’t afford to buy the video and so never saw it
I am contacting you to ask.would there be any chance that there may be someone to contact in order that i might be able to get hold of a copy? We really enjoyed being involved and would have loved to see it.
yours julie a Tindall
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