About Real Circumstance

Real Circumstance is a Colchester-based theatre company dedicated to exploring new ways of playmaking; to working with new writers and emergent artists; and to raising the profile of the East of England as a source of creative work.

Artistic Director - Dan Sherer
Creative Producer - Anna Bewick

Under a Tree at the End of Time

Real Circumstance's new production Under a Tree at the End of Time is currently in development.

Access the imaginary world online:
>> Gallery of Time, Indiana
>> Pinterest mood board
>> Storify short stories (coming soon)
>> Project blog

Making "Under a Tree at the End of Time"

Day Five | Improvisation Period to build “Under a Tree at the End of Time”

Friday’s work was building towards a major improvisation between Jimmy and Caitlyn – the details of which I will have to keep relatively secret because I suspect it will make it into the finished play… Read more >>

Day Four | Improvisation Period to build “Under a Tree at the End of Time”

Caitlyn and Jimmy live in the flat. Jimmy cuts down his hours at the betting shop in order to spend a lot of time with her. He buys her a picture of a vast landscape… Read more >>

Day Three | Improvisation Period to build “Under a Tree at the End of Time”

Despite their date having gone really well, Caitlyn gradually withdraws from Jimmy and there is a period of time when they barely see each other. Despondent, Jimmy withdraws as well. Fearful that she’s lost him,… Read more >>

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Day Two | Improvisation Period to build “Under a Tree at the End of Time”

Caitlyn and Jimmy have a number of encounters in the cafe. Caitlyn spends some days worrying that she had said too much and embarrassed herself. One Thursday morning, Jimmy wants his coffee to take out, and… Read more >>

Day One | Improvisation Period to build “Under a Tree at the End of Time”

On Tuesday 15 October 1974, Caitlyn and Jimmy meet for the first time, when they are both having a cup of tea at Poppy’s Cafe in Mount Pleasance, Liverpool. They are interested in each other:… Read more >>

Plans for next week’s full-time improvisations

On Monday we start a two-week period of full-time improvisation. Below is a summary of the objectives for the first week of work; with the caveat that the material could go in an entirely different… Read more >>

Building Caitlyn: exploring relationships; and some processual meshing.

Sessions between Dan Sherer and Keeley Forsyth as they build Caitlyn: these sessions explore Caitlyn’s relationships with her father and her mother; her attitude to sex; and key relationships with men in her younger life.… Read more >>

Robyn writes…

You know, there’s a way you could see the history of the planet, the history of this funny, scary world? Wanna know how? Go get in a rocket ship, one that can fly away from… Read more >>