Coming up

We to Play will be appearing at 2.30pm at Victorian Hall on Saturday 3 May at The Script's The Thing Festival in Dorchester, Dorset. We'll be performing an excerpt from our new play, Rebel Rebel by Callum Murray. It's free, so why not come along?

Rebel Rebel is a new play with music that follows the fortunes of three linked characters across two rebellions in London: Jack Cade’s Rebellion of 1450; and a contemporary climate change protest.

Jack Cade’s Rebellion involved a march on the City by about 5,000 rebels, mainly from Kent and Sussex. The target of their protest was corruption at the court of King Henry VI (the rebellion features in Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part 2), amid fears of a French invasion.

Climate change protests are a divisive feature of modern life. Rebels have blocked roads, abseiled down landmark buildings to attach their banners, disrupted sporting occasions, attacked artworks and brought traffic to a standstill on the Dartford Crossing, arousing strong feelings on both sides.

Behind every rebellion, there are rebels. Who are they, and what could these two rebellions, separated by more than 500 years, possibly have in common?