OUR BIG LAND is a provocatively dark atmospheric piece of theatre with the culture clash between Romany and non Romany communities at its core. The style has a poetic beauty mixed with gritty realism, while the songs and movement transport us to a world rarely seen on stage before. The themes of family bonds, cultural loyalty and love crossing culture boundaries are to be found at its centre, while echoes of yearning for freedom, choice and lost love resonate throughout.

2014 tour dates:

• 13th – 15 Feb: New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich.
  Box office: 01473 295900
• 18th Feb – 8th March: Oval House Theatre, London.
  Box office: 020 7582 7680
• 12th March: Norwich Arts Centre.
  Box office: 01603 660352
• 13th & 14th March: Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton.
  Box office: 01582 878100

Click here for the 2014 tour dates

…In January 2013 the “scratch” performance of RTC¹s new play OUR BIG LAND was performed at
the New Wolsey Studio in Ipswich and The Bush Theatre in London.

OUR BIG LAND is a play with songs about the history of Romany Gypsies told
through one woman’s very personal story. It¹s lively, moving and
explosive…

Over the last year Our Big Land has been developed into a full length play and will be performed at New Wolsey Studio, The Oval House, Norwich Arts Centre and The Hat Factory – Check the link at the top for more information.

Atching Tan: A Gypsy Wife is currently the drama of the week download and can be accessed at https://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ptw.
The BBC blog is: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/posts/Atching-Tan-A-Gypsy-Wife
There is also a promo on the BBC Writersroom homepage & it’s been tweeted about at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/

We hope that you didn’t miss Atching Tan, which was BBC Radio 4’s afternoon play on Tuesday. We’re utterly delighted by the positive feedback that it has received so far, but please do tell us what you think here, too.

If you’d like to take a peek at the script, BBC Writersroom have thrown it up on their site for general perusal, and you can read a blog post by Dan, our director and Atching Tan’s writer, there as well.