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Forgotten In The Land Of Egypt
In 1631, The Fens, the flat area of land stretching from Cambridge to Norwich, were drained.
In 2050, The Fens return to the sea. Two children play in the waterscape. They tell tales of a mythic Waterman, who scours the water for sunken parts. But, in the bitter struggle for survival, soon play adopts a more sinister note.
Meanwhile in Ely, 2023, a priest gets a visit from a woman haunted by prophetic dreams.
It's a play about grief, faith, and the climate crisis; the crashing confluence of past and present; the refusal to heed the warnings we’re given.
It’s a play about loneliness and the longing for human connection.
Run Time: 70 minutes.
Content warning: Violence, bad language, discussion of suicide.
This production is in conjunction with the Sir Peter Shaffer
Charitable Foundation and Stage One.
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Cast and Creative team for Forgotten In The Land Of Egypt at The Space
Cast
Layla Chowdhury
The Girl/Bathsheba
Previous credits include A London Lark Rising (Butterfly Theatre), The Jungle Book (Jellyfish Theatre), Freedom (Kali Theatre), Lucid (As if Productions), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ultraviolet Productions), Macbeth (Avon Theatre).
Isabella Thompson
The Boy/Clare
Previous credits include Teasing the Edge (short film), Wound to Wound (short film), Fear of the Sublime (Walk on Productions), She Always Wins (TIFF). Forgotten in the Land of Egypt will be her professional theatre debut.
George Kirby Smith
The Waterman/Harry
Previous credits include Theatre Credits include North Star (The Mango Ensemble), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (E.G. Productions), Mariam (Cutpurse Theatre).
Creative Team
Tom Murray
Writer
After winning the RSC-37 plays award, and the Peter Schaffer Residency with North Star he is embarking on a brand new tour of his latest play about grief, faith and the climate crisis. Previous credits include North Star (Mercury Theatre, Norwich Theatre Royal), FRAMED (Theatre 503).
Katie Thompson
Director
Previous work includes Turn of the Screw (Sheringham Little Theatre), Weeds (Norwich Theatre), Season’s Greetings (St. George’s Theatre), Cinderella (Diss Corn Hall), Consent (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Here is Home (Love Light Festival) and Before it Rains (Stage@Leeds).