Unearthing Family Treasures from the First World War
Call to Action! Help the Rose Theatre unearth Kingston’s treasures from the First World War Do you have family memorabilia to share from the First World War? The Rose Theatre are looking to borrow treasures, photographs and documents for a major exhibition to mark this important centenary. We are interested in life on the home front as well as on the battle field and are keen to represent all the communities of Kingston. Images, artefacts and recorded memories will conjure up Kingston during the First World War in this interactive audio trail at the Rose Theatre in September 2014. Writings [...]
How To Be A Heroine – Acclaimed new book from playwright Samantha Ellis
Playwright Samantha Ellis has received great literary acclaim for her new book 'How To Be A Heroine; Or, what I learned from reading too much', published by Random House. Digital Drama are delighted for Samantha and excited to be working with her on our forthcoming film 'Liberation'. The drama tells the true story of young Marcel, taken in by a glamorous Folies Bergere dancer when his parents are interned in wartime Paris. Random House Guardian Review Literary Review
Galsworthy and Human Battles on the Home Front Exhibition 2014
In September 2014, Digital Drama will be producing an audio visual exhibition for The Rose Theatre, Kingston to mark the centenary of the First World War. The project will focus on the campaigning work of local writer and Nobel prize winner John Galsworthy, known best for the trilogy The Forsyte Saga. The author’s letters, poems and journals have never before been exhibited in his home town and will be on loan from the archives of Birmingham University. The collection will be displayed at the theatre alongside local memorabilia and recorded family stories from the home front in Kingston. Digital Drama are recruiting a [...]