In 1978, two immigrants were left with no other choice but to steal the corpse of Charlie Chaplin in order to solve their financial problems. After unsuccessful attempts, their efforts to get their hands on the required cash are forced to take a darker turn.

Ray is a verbatim play about what it means to remember someone through stories rather than your own memories.

After the death of her great uncle, Raymond Watkiss, a young woman revisits his life through recorded conversations with family members, gathering fragments that never quite form a complete picture.

Ray was quiet, constant, always there — until he wasn’t. Through recollections of shouted offers of peas, bottles of gin at Christmas, and jars of 2 carefully washed washing-up liquid bottle tops, a portrait begins to emerge: of a man deeply loved, yet never fully understood. Ray does not attempt to pin him down to a single version of who he was. Instead, it honours what remains — bits, laughter, silences — and the proof that even a life lived quietly can light the way for someone else.

Follow Stephen’s journey navigating Queerness in the early 1900s in this original staging of Hall’s pioneering novel, credited as one of the earliest depictions of lesbian relationships, a distinction that would lead to its ban. Scandalous! 

In this story, Stephen must delve into the Queer landscapes of the countryside (and later, the big cities) with little guidance, and make her own place in the world as a gender-non-conforming figure in a turbulent Europe. It’s difficult, but is there anything that lesbians can’t do?  

This adaptation seeks to bring the author’s beautiful writing and timeless experience of queerness onto the contemporary stage, shed light on a forgotten story, and bring Queer history into our conversation with an exceptional story about bravery.