The production of Chris Foxon’s adaptation of the novel by Robert Westall will open at Alnwick Playhouse on the 24th October 2024.
It has been confirmed that Papatango will embark on a brand new autumn tour of The Watch House, which will follow the opening of Some Demon by Laura Waldren – this year’s winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize, at the Arcola Theatre in June.
This 12 venue tour will open at the Alnwick Playhouse this October, before travelling to Poole, Dorchester, Swanage, Lyme Regis, Plymouth, Exeter, Leeds, Marsden, Hexham and Middlesbrough before completing its run at Cullercoats Watch House on 16th November with a special staged reading as a fundraiser for the Grade II listed life brigade look out, now community hub, part of the local Tyneside maritime network which inspired Westall’s novel.
Talking about the news, Chris Foxon said: “Robert Westall was the first writer to win two Carnegie Medals, yet he often seems to be overlooked. Too Geordie? Too working-class? I firmly believe he should be regarded as a national treasure – so a national tour feels only fitting. I can’t wait to visit the people and places touched on in his story of a seaside haunting.”
Once a coastguard station renowned for daring rescues, the old Watch House is now all but abandoned. Just like Anne, dumped here while her parents sort their divorce. She’s never felt more alone. But she isn’t…
Sunk deep in the past is a secret which threatens everything. Only Anne can stop it. Catapulted on an adventure through graveyards, discos and shipwrecks, she and her eccentric crew must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
The creative team behind the production includes: Director George Turvey; Set and Costume Designer The Set Guise; Lighting Designer Simon Cole and Composer Beccy Owen.
To find out more visit: https://papatango.co.uk/the-watch-house/