Lightbulbs
Picture: a warm, bright, delicate cage. Inside, a tangle of electricity, sparks between two young bodies.
In our most intimate spaces, who do we trust to keep the darkness at bay? And how do we navigate the hard wires of another being?
Eventually, the moth must realise his return to the flame is no longer romantic perseverance, but delusion. The bulb flickers. Giving up is an option.
Project
Lightbulbs
Hey!
I’m Heather, one half of Woodhouse&Roderick and co-writer of Lightbulbs.
I studied Drama & English at Goldsmiths and am a fan of anything a bit weird or nature-coded. Bug people, trees with organs etc. I am predominantly an actor/writer and before Christmas wrote and performed in another of our productions, ‘Afternoon Tree’. I have also performed at NYT and Mountview.
I believe Lightbulbs is an important exploration of queer love, vulnerable masculinity, and of people finding themselves despite a little darkness.
I’m TJ, the director and co-writer of lightbulbs.
I’m a queer working-class theatre director from the South Wales Valleys. I am interested in the exploration of absurdist theatre, LGBT characters and themes of mental health and my work is reflective of this.
Previous plays I have written/directed are:
Igloo
Negativist
Decomposition
Plays I have staged managed are:
Wasted by Kae Tempest
Savanna by Sarah Naudi
Dirt by Toby Clarke
Hello!
My name is Praise, pronouns she/her. I am a queer Nigerian-British theatre producer and studied Theatre and Performance specialising in Musical Theatre at Goldsmiths University.
I now work full-time in arts administration with community groups and young people at the National Theatre. And freelance in theatre producing and burlesque. My work is centred around gender-expression, avant garde and movement.
Lightbulbs is important because it explores the vulnerability of being in a relationship and the fear of accepting love that is deserved and the nuances of that. Yes it is a queer story, but the experience is universal, and an experience of not feeling secure in your relationship or yourself is something most people can relate to.
Jack St Leger (he/him)
I play Oran in Lightbulbs. I am a queer actor, mover, and theatre-maker born in Sheffield to English-South African parents.
I am about to graduate from the BA European Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College and am currently performing in Batsu at Underbelly Boulevard. I have previously performed with Woodhouse & Roderick in Lavender.
Lightbulbs feels like the culmination of training over the past few years for me and it feels right that queerness, absurdism, and movement are core to this performance.
I hope this performance will be as illuminating for you as it is for me.
Hi I’m Mark Crawley I play Ezekiel in Lightbulbs.
I’ve recently graduated from Rambert School studying ballet and contemporary dance and have since spent my time researching my own choreographic practise alongside a wealth of exciting performance opportunities including Lightbulbs!
I’m obsessed with projects that combine movement with nuanced narratives and Lightbulbs has been a wonderful opportunity for me to explore this.
I have loved working on this show with Woodhouse&Roderick and have relished the challenge of exploring the honesty, messiness and joy between the two characters we meet in this play.
Hello, my name is Parsa. I am the co-composer for the music of Lightbulbs.
I'm from Iran and now living in London working as a guitar and piano teacher.
I graduated from a Music Degree at Goldsmiths University and soon I'll be starting my Master's in Classical Guitar at Trinity Laban.
Having a great interest in composition including film and theatre. This is my first time working on music for a play and it has been a lot of fun!
Hi i’m Liam Walton-Bell the Lighting Designer for Lightbulbs.
I’m in london on the final year of my undergrad studying BA Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths University of London, i have interests in Lighting Design, Directing mainly within Devised and Experimental collaborative theatre and performance.
For me Lightbulbs is a raw queer story that shakes your emotions and the way all elements come together is amazingly seamless. I love working on this project with amazing collaborators who push each other to create the best art possible :)
Updates
Meet the Cast & Crew
Lightbulbs - CAST & CREW Announcements
In order of images:
CAST
Ezekiel played by Mark Crawley
Oran plated bt Jack St Leger
Reviews from R&D
The reviews are in and they are glowing!
Thank you to everyone who attended the Lightbulbs research and development showing at The Brockley Jack Theatre.
Pledge without reward:
Hi!
We want to thank you so much for donating to our show Lightbulbs. We are a step closer to our goal and that's all thanks to you.
Woodhouse & Roderick strive to focus on queer stories and Lightbulbs explores what defines a modern relationship as a queer person, and the nuances that aren't typically discussed.
Your donation will be going towards the cost of the production, which may include props, lighting, costume materials, and fees for cast and creatives.
With this donation, we would love to give you a digital copy of our programme (includes behind the scene shots), this will be
Hi!
We want to thank you so much for donating to our show Lightbulbs. We are a step closer to our goal and that's all thanks to you.
Woodhouse & Roderick strive to focus on queer stories and Lightbulbs explores what defines a modern relationship as a queer person, and the nuances that aren't typically discussed.
Your donation will be going towards the cost of the production, which may include props, lighting, costume materials, and fees for cast and creatives.
With this donation, we would love to give you two free tickets to the show on Saturday 21 September at 3pm.
Many thanks,