A visceral, poetic reckoning with the myth of the British idyll, created by the Hidden Spire Collective.

Washing lines flutter. Village greens glow. But behind the postcard lies something messier – a truth felt by those left out of the picture. Queer. Poor. Migrant. Neurodivergent. Displaced.

This performance cuts through nostalgia to ask: what if freedom was never meant for us?

Through movement, spoken word, sound and silence, layers of national memory are peeled back –  from broken promises to quiet acts of resistance.

This is not just critique. It’s celebration. Of survival. Of softness. Of chosen family. Of finding joy where it wasn’t planted.

Visceral and lyrical, this is theatre that digs, dances, questions. Expect to leave asking: What is freedom? Is it real? Is it shared? Will we ever be free – and what might that look like, together?

There is music. There is laughter. There is defiance.

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