Our Mate, MaxMax is a young man working at a research department at the local museum, feeling as if he was promised more from life. As reality slowly catches up with him, he deteriorates and life starts crashing by.
the production
The first draft of Our Mate, Max was written by Archie Rowell during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020. OffPiste were lucky enough to receive Arts Council funding to R+D the play at Bridport Arts Centre later that year.
After showcasing the some of the play at the Return of the Natives Festival, we went on a small tour to the Makerspace Festival in Sheffield, Bath Rondo Theatre, trialled a digital theatre approach at Tobacco Factory Theatres with thanks to the Arts Council and back down to Dorset- the rest of the tour was sadly curtailed due to another spike in COVID across the country.
The show celebrated and condemned the term ‘masculinity’, recounting experiences encountered by working-class men through a physically-driven piece of theatre… we’re hoping to bring it back when the time is right.
CAST: Ben Redman, Isobel Morris, Archie Rowell
TECH: Elliot Millson
with thanks to: Arts Council England, Bridport Arts, Lyric Theatre Bridport, Phulmaya Bhusal, Only Lucky Dogs Theatre.
