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1 week to go: all the ways to engage with 'I, Lord'
It's been a busy month of preparations and now we're so excited to bring 'I, Lord' back to the stage: this time in the more intimate...
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I, Lord: The survivor-led design journey - OUT NOW!
Happy New Year, one and all! We're aware that the festive season brings as many challenges as it does delights, and the turn from 2023 to...
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In case you missed it: I, Lord post-show panel discussion exploring spiritual abuse
On 30th October 2023, I, Lord premiered at the Bloomsbury Theatre, followed by a panel discussion exploring spiritual abuse, how our...
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Milestones and I, Lord: two months, two shows!
… And breathe. The last three months have without a doubt been the busiest in RAT’s life so far. What follows is a blog post that...
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Introducing our parallel children's show for 'I, Lord'
RAT's shows explore topics that often get neglected by theatre and other media, from the perspectives of trauma survivors whose voices...
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I, Lord design session 5: goodbye - for now
A lot of us mentioned anticipating coming into the space with sadness to our last survivor design workshop. Five weeks have really flown...
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I, Lord design session 4: sound and music
There's a phrase that I think a lot of survivors struggle with a lot, when hearing it in response to sharing their truths: "I feel...
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I, Lord design session 3: our stained glass window
It's taken me a little longer to write the post this week because honestly, I haven't known how to do justice to what happened in the...
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I, Lord design session 2: setting the scenes
This week's was one of those sessions that remind me that trauma survivors are natural artists. The world around us after our trauma is...
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I, Lord: survivor design workshops begin!
How do you make a show about trauma, that does due diligence to that trauma, that people who haven't experienced anything like it will...
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Sheroes: the e-zine has landed!
Once upon a time - approximately a year ago, in fact - two theatre-makers, a musician and a group of social workers trod the mysterious...
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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: I, Lord to premiere at the Bloomsbury Theatre!
We're positively giddy over here and we're pretty sure it's not sunstroke… That can only mean one thing: IT'S A SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! Not...
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Have we gone quiet? Have we heck...!
Anybody else wondering how we're already over a third of the way through the year? We're absolutely baffled! They say time flies when...
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NONSENSE!
Did you know that dinosaurs aren't really extinct? They've just had their heads buried under beanbags for the last several millennia. And...
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Jul-Nov 2022: skating Shakespeare, female-led folk tales, no more NoMad (for now) and... nonsense!
It's been a while since we've updated you all, hasn't it? It's been an extraordinary few months for all of us, in good and not so good...
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Our second co-production: A DIY Midsummer Skate Dream!
And now for big announcement number two... R.A.T. will also be working with the Grove DIY skatepark in South London to bring fresh new...
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Our first co-production: participation project with Pause and Islington People's Theatre
We've had a busy old time both behind the scenes and onstage recently. Last week it was an absolute pleasure to work with Turtle Key Arts...
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Theatre Deli XL Residency: Our next show is officially in development!
It's all happened a bit quickly over here... It feels like just yesterday that we got the wonderful news that we had been selected for...
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NoMad's first time out of London
We've just come back from our very first mini-tour outside London, and what an adventure it was! Two very different and equally wonderful...
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NoMad Goes North in May!
Great news, you who have been following our journey from the north of England! NoMad is taking a little trip up to you at the beginning...
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