Right of Way
Production DesignerSouth West Tour, 2024
“I take a body - this body, this breath, this space - and locate myself as a dot in the landscape,
to say I AM HERE / WE WERE HERE
because We and She are the local landscape.”
Half submerged in a cramped bathtub, and flooded by her grief, Beth decides to walk the South West Coast Path - in choosing to walk, grow, and to reclaim space, she finds radical joy. Using lyrical movement and projections of the Coast Path, Right of Way explores our intimate connection with the coastline, bodies of water and our heritage. Written while walking the South West Coast Path, it is an autobiographical and embodied reflection on disability, chronic illness, and being a Young Carer.
★★★★ ‘The set is stunning. [...] Right of Way is possibly the most beautiful piece of theatre you can see. With its dream like quality, sensory set and exceptional use of multimedia’ - Backstage Bristol
★★★★ ‘is intimate theatre at its most compelling’ -Stage Talk Magazine
★★★★★ ‘Raw, heartbreaking, and altogether beautiful, Beth Bowden’s semi-autobiographical Right of Way is a poetic jewel waiting to be uncovered.’ -Everything Theatre
to say I AM HERE / WE WERE HERE
because We and She are the local landscape.”
Half submerged in a cramped bathtub, and flooded by her grief, Beth decides to walk the South West Coast Path - in choosing to walk, grow, and to reclaim space, she finds radical joy. Using lyrical movement and projections of the Coast Path, Right of Way explores our intimate connection with the coastline, bodies of water and our heritage. Written while walking the South West Coast Path, it is an autobiographical and embodied reflection on disability, chronic illness, and being a Young Carer.
★★★★ ‘The set is stunning. [...] Right of Way is possibly the most beautiful piece of theatre you can see. With its dream like quality, sensory set and exceptional use of multimedia’ - Backstage Bristol
★★★★ ‘is intimate theatre at its most compelling’ -Stage Talk Magazine
★★★★★ ‘Raw, heartbreaking, and altogether beautiful, Beth Bowden’s semi-autobiographical Right of Way is a poetic jewel waiting to be uncovered.’ -Everything Theatre
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer & performer – Beth Bowden
Creative Producer – Susannah Bramwell
Access & Support – Nina Fidderman
Movement – Jennifer Fletcher
Stage Manager – Erin Green
Sound Designer – Joseff Harris
TOUR VENUES
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
The Poly, Falmouth
Taunton Brewhouse, Taunton
Beaford Arts, Barnstaple
The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
Writer & performer – Beth Bowden
Creative Producer – Susannah Bramwell
Access & Support – Nina Fidderman
Movement – Jennifer Fletcher
Stage Manager – Erin Green
Sound Designer – Joseff Harris
TOUR VENUES
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
The Poly, Falmouth
Taunton Brewhouse, Taunton
Beaford Arts, Barnstaple
The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol