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A new play that premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, touring theatres and photocopiers throughout the UK.

Our first shows played at photocopiers in real offices at Legal and General, in Cardiff, Swindon, Kingswood, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Ipswich and Brighton.

Starring Richard Franklin (from BBC’s Doctor Who and The Chemical Wedding), Jenny Rowe, Ross Forder and Doug Devaney, this 40-minute play explores a world of wretched contentment, when one day is too much like another, and the little “Planet Office” is as unsustainable as Planet Earth.

UK onsite tour

Edinburgh
Cardiff
Swindon
Birmingham
Ipswich
London
Kingswood
Brighton & Hove

Now booking to 2011

About The Play

The sun is setting over Guilford and it's been a day just like any other.

A company-wide launch of the Sustainability 2015 programme, but Planet Earth will have to wait another day at Firefly media Limited Head Office and Customer Care Call Centre Europe. The photocopier lies broken, and three personal lives need to be sorted before the planet can be taken care of.

This is a play that explores personal sustainability and how it fits into the bigger picture. Only when we truly value ourselves and the personal choices we make does the planet really stand a chance. In this play you'll meet three people working in a company who are starting to question what they are doing, why they are doing it, and reaching some very interesting answers...

Firefly Media Limited is drowning in a sea of paper and a deluge of emails. Sustainability 2015 has been launched by top management, some of whom speed away in their BMW series 5s and the buzz of PCs, still warm from being on standby overnight and the smell of photocopier toner still lingers on the evening air. Welcome to Firefly, a company going green in more ways than one - Recycling posters adorn the walls of the coffee areas, and the personal dreams and aspirations of three employees are going green with mould. Four planets are dying, Planet Natalie, Planet Nick and Planet Jamie, oh..and Planet Earth...

The play premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe at the Roman Eagle Lodge on August 21st and 22nd 2008 before touring Legal & General’s photocopiers and then at venues across the UK and overseas.

“Welcome to Firefly, a company going green in more ways than one - Recycling posters adorn the walls of the coffee areas, while the personal dreams and aspirations of three employees are going green with mould.”

The Cast

Ross Forder. Ross has received rave reviews on the London Fringe in Chelinot at the Union Theatre (Ross Forder pulls a beautifully polished performance Lucy Powell TIMEOUT) Most recently he has written, produced and performed in his own short film as well as acting with the White Room Theatre Co. at Edinburgh 2008

Jenny Rowe. A regular in White Room Theatre’s award-winning “Bite-Size”, Jenny also received a rave review from FringeReview for her performance in Rachel Welch’s “Waking.” Jenny joins Rational Madness for the first time in this production.

Doug Devaney. Doug is an established writer and comedy performer. His own one-man show “Mein Gut” received acclaim at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe Festivals.

The Production Team

Skye Crawford. Producer. Skye worked at the Royal Court Theatre and is the London Columnist for Aussie Theatre, as well as London editor for FringeReview.

Richard Franklin. Richard has many years experience as a fine actor, working with Bristol Old Vic, and has appeared on television in Doctor Who and Emmerdale Farm.

Paul Levy. Writer, director. Paul is an established playwright and facilitator of change and innovation. Paul’s plays have been described by The Stage as “fine satire”. His most recent play, Death by PowerPoint will be playing in Canada in September 2008. He is co-author of the book “Technosophy”.

Recycled Dreams toured photocopiers at Legal & General’s offices throughout the UK in September 2008. The play also also premiered at the Roman Eagle Lodge Theatre in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 21st and 22nd 2008. Watch this space for further dates.

Recent News

Shortlisted for an Arts & Business National Award (To be announced in November 2009)

Played to a full house at the Marlborough Theatre Brighton as part of of The Critical Incident in Brighton on May 20th 2009

Played to a full house at the Business in the Community Climate Change Market Place in London in April 2009

Headlined a sustainability conference for London Probation

Playing to an international audience at MIT2009, Fiesa, Slovenia on September 26th 2009

Playing a Sustainability Week in November 2009for Pret a Manger

30 performances UK wide for Legal & General after Edinburgh Fringe premiere

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About the play (see below)

On Tour

The Recycled Dreams Paperless Library

Director and Writer’s Overview

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Learning Resources (including questions/issues raised by the play

Booking Information for Recycled Dreams

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Frequently Ask Questions about Organisational Theatre

Chris Hislop. Chris is our most recent addition to the cast. He recently played several characters in award-winning A Fistful of Snow at the Edinburgh and Brighton Festivals. Chris is a writer, actor and director. He is also working with Pendragon Productions, as well as writing material for STV (Scottish Television).