From Devon With Love: After The Service & Other Tales of Loss

A series of monologues based around the theme of 'Loss'.

A child loses their father to divorce. A soldier loses his friend in a war. A woman loses her baby by miscarriage. An elderly widow tells of her life without her husband.

Think Alan Bennett meets Anthony Mingella.

Arran Hawkins is an actor/director/artist from Cornwall in the UK. He was the director of the award-winning hit one-woman show Black Is The Color Of My VoiceHe has been heavily involved in the Shanghai Theatre and art scene since 2009, curating group exhibitions under the name NEW(ad)VENTURE. In 2013 he had his first Shanghai solo art show entitled Birdsong at Noeli Gallery. He also launched Theatre Anon with four other theatrical friends. Their first show was an adaptation of Harold Pinter's Betrayal in Nov/Dec 2013. Early in 2015 he Wrote, Directed, Produced, Designed, Acted in and ran sound on OZ, a family show based on L. Frank Baum's The Wizard Of Oz. He produced and starred in Dangerous Liaisons and his original creative team re-imagined and staged an updated version of The Snow Queen for Christmas 2015 and an abridged version of the show in March 2016 which travelled to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a 27 show run in August 2016.

Age guidance 16+

Content warnings: Death or dying, Swearing, Self-harm and suicide, Pregnancy/childbirth, Miscarriages/abortion, Swearing

Organised by Devon-based arts charity Villages in Action, this event is part of the From Devon With Love festival – an annual scratch performance festival, originally established by The Bike Shed Theatre, which supports some of the region's best talent to test new work in front of a live audience.