Chasing the Light
A recalling of Helen (and Edward) Thomas
A new play by Kate Napier
Love, creativity and shadows
Chasing the Light is a new play written out of the memories of the women who loved the poet Edward Thomas – mostly those of his wife, Helen, but also those of Eleanor Farjeon. It depicts love, marriage and the challenges of raising a family in the context of creativity, poverty and depression and is coloured by the traditional English folk music that was so important to the Thomases.
Petersfield Bookshop
14 January 2027
First introduction
Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
6 March 2027
First reading
Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
15 July 2027
150th anniversary of Helen Thomas’s birth
More dates to be announced
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Apples in Winter
Written by Jennifer Fawcett
Directed by Claire Parker
Performed by Edie Campbell, OFFIE finalist Solo Performance 2023
In a prison kitchen a mother is baking an apple pie: her son’s last request. He has been on death row for 22 years. In a few hours the state will execute him. As Miriam shows us how to make the perfect pie, she unforgettably reveals her story and the jagged path to, and from, one act of violence. The play offers a cathartic journey into the heart of barely resolvable questions about justice, forgiveness and love.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Venue 29 The Annexe, Paradise in the Vault
8-30 August 2026
2027 dates to be announced
Fringe Theatre Awards: Gold Festivals Award
Sit-Up Awards: Finalist
Off West End Award: Finalist Solo Performance
Winner National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre
and the Susan Glaspell Award
Nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize