The Light House
By Alys Williams
Love is a complicated business. It gets even more complicated when the person you love doesn’t want to be alive. Tender, funny and defiantly hopeful, The Light House is a real-life story of falling in love and staying in love, even when the lights go out and you’re lost in the dark. It’s a love letter to life.
Join the emergency response as we dance in the kitchen, sing in the streets and try to turn the lights back on. It gets lonely, muddling through these days and nights. So why don’t we do it together?
The Light House has been developed with the support of Arts Council England, Red Ladder & Furnace, Leeds Playhouse’s artistic development engine. Created by Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq trained artist Alys Williams; writer, theatre maker, co-artistic director of Fidget Theatre, Andrea Heaton; and produced by Sheffield Theatre’s Associate Artist, Rachael Halliwell.
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Evenings
19.00
Thu & Sat14.15
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Content warnings
This production involves audience participation and contains themes of mental health crises, suicide and hospitalisation.
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In the press
"Magnificently acted play"
A Young(ish) Perspective
"Stunningly engaging performance"
I Thank You Theatre
"Powerful, poignant, life-affirming"
The Review Hub
"An intriguing and thoughtful show"
LondonTheatre1
"A triumph of creativity and audience participation"
Yorkshire Times
"An impressive solo venture"
Always Time For Theatre
"The Light House manages to do something unbelievable"
Theatre & Tonic
Cast & Creatives
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Alys Williams
Alys Williams
Alys is a northern theatre artist, based in Leeds and Glasgow. She trained at the École de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq and University of Cambridge. The Light House is her debut play as a writer. Alys also works as a guest lecturer in movement for theatre and a trainer for Tender UK, working to end domestic abuse and gender-based violence.
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Alys Williams
Writer
Alys Williams
Writer
Alys is a northern theatre artist, based in Leeds and Glasgow. She trained at the École de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq and University of Cambridge. The Light House is her debut play as a writer. Alys also works as a guest lecturer in movement for theatre and a trainer for Tender UK, working to end domestic abuse and gender-based violence.
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Andrea Heaton
Director
Andrea Heaton
Director
Andrea is a writer, director, theatre maker, and co-Artistic Director of Fidget Theatre. She has a specialism in participatory theatre and is passionate about building meaningful connections with live audiences. Andrea’s recent credits include: Writer/Director, Football Freddie (Fidget Theatre); Co-Writer, Smile Club, six part audio series; Writer, Taxi (Red Ladder Theatre, mad dogs Dance); Co-Writer/Performer, Smile Club (Red Ladder, **** Guardian).
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Rachael Halliwell
Producer
Rachael Halliwell
Producer
Rachael is a producer, playwright, theatremaker, mentor and proud Yorkshire lass. She is an Associate Artist at Harrogate Theatre & Elysium Theatre, and a supported artist of Sheffield Theatres. Rachael is the co-founder of All Points North Productions, a host and coach for PiPA, and visiting lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire and Institute of Contemporary Theatre.
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Ed Heaton
Sound Designer
Ed Heaton
Sound Designer
Ed is a sound designer, composer and music producer. He has worked with companies including Red Ladder, Hullabulloo, Mind The Gap, Blah, Blah, Blah! and Fidget Theatre. His sound installations and site specific work have been performed at the London Eye, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Manchester Royal Exchange and York Minster.
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Rod Dixon
Associate Director
Rod Dixon
Associate Director
Rod has been Artistic Director of Red Ladder for 17 years and is moving on to set up an off-gridartist’s community in rural Scotland. His final show for thecompany was Taxi, written by Andrea Heaton – a collaboration with Douglas Thorpe’s company mad dogs Dance Theatre.
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Maya Carroll
Movement Director
Maya Carroll
Movement Director
Maya Carroll is a freelance dance artist, interested in how movement communicates. She has collaborated with Red Ladder, mad dogs Dance, Emma Critchley, Extended Play and Liam Francis. Recently, she performed in Lost Dog Dance’s critically acclaimed Ruination at the Linbury Theatre of the Royal Opera House.
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Emma Williams
Set designer
Emma Williams
Set designer
Emma trained at Wimbledon School of Art and has been lucky enough to bring light to the dark with talented thoughtful people ever since. Her designs include: Upon The Stair (TBODAL), Smile Club (Red Ladder), Nine Night and Refugee Boy (Leeds Playhouse), Football Freddie (Fidget Theatre), Strawberries in January (Traverse Theatre) and Abigail’s Party (Hull Truck).
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Matthew Carnazza
Lighting desinger
Matthew Carnazza
Lighting desinger
Matthew is a Yorkshire born and London based lighting designer with a keen interest in giving light a physical presence in a production. He studied Lighting Design at Rose Bruford College. His credits include ALiCE (international tour), The Girl With The Tale (Dance City), 122 Love Stories (Harrogate Theatre), JV2 (Sadler’s Wells/UK tour).
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Vicky Ackroyd
Access Consultant
Vicky Ackroyd
Access Consultant
Vicky works with creative organisations to explore access and inclusion. She has worked with Leeds Playhouse, Mind the Gap, Opera North, Pilot Theatre, Thick and Tight Dance Theatre, Joss Arnott Dance, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Fidget Theatre, Wrongsemble & Leeds 2023.
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Noelle Adames
Well-being consultant
Noelle Adames
Well-being consultant
Noelle Adames is a HCPC-qualified dramatherapist and actor, with 20+ years experience working in therapy and the arts. She is a Well-being Practitioner for the Artist Well-being Company and has worked on numerous productions including for Regents Open Air Theatre and Netflix.
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