Productions
Local
14th July - 1st Aug 2026 Finborough Theatre, London
Local (premiere)
15th May 2025 Rosehill Theatre, Cumbria
17th May 2025 Cumbria rural tour: Gosforth Village Hall
19th May 2025 Cumbria rural tour: Beckermet Reading Rooms SOLD OUT
23rd & 24th May 2025 Theatre by the Lake
6th June 2025 The Lowry SOLD OUT
12th June 2025 Lighthouse, Poole
13th June 2025 Dukes, Lancaster
SWIM 2nd tour (Produced by LR Productions Ltd)
9th March 2023 Dukes theatre, Lancaster SOLD OUT
10th March 2023 Derby theatre SOLD OUT
16th-18th March 2023 Omnibus theatre, London
15th & 16th June 2023 Edge Theatre, Manchester SOLD OUT
20th June 2023 Lighthouse theatre, Poole SOLD OUT
22nd June 2023 Thorington amphitheatre, Suffolk
23rd June 2023 Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough SOLD OUT
24th June 2023 Crucible theatre, Sheffield SOLD OUT
SWIM
Dukes theatre- 9th March 2023
Derby theatre -10th March
Omnibus theatre, London- 16th-18th March
Edge Theatre, Manchester -15th & 16th June
Lighthouse theatre- 20th June
Thorington amphitheatre, Suffolk - 22nd June
Stephen Joseph theatre- 23rd June
Crucible theatre- 24th June
Theatre by the Lake - 31 March - 16 April 2022
Cumbrian Rural tour - Appleby, Shap, Penrith, Alston18 - 21st April
Rosehill Theatre - 22d April
The Minack - 25th & 26th April
The Poly, Falmouth - 27th April
Trebah Gardens, Cornwall - 28th April
Into Bodmin - 29th April
Exeter Phoenix - 23rd May
Theatre Royal Plymouth - 24- 26th May
Co-produced between Theatre By The Lake & LR Productions
in association with imPOSSIBLE Producing.
Written, created & performed by Liz Richardson
Directed and co-created by Andy Routledge
Music composed and performed by Carmel Smickersgill
Video design by Jim Dawson
Movement by Briony O'Callaghan
Design by Hannah Sibai
Lighting and production by Paul Russell
Stage Management by Sarah Goodyear
Assistant direction by Diana Mumbi
Line producing by TEAM
Photos credit: Chris Payne
SWIM (2019)
9-13th July '19 - HOME
31st July-16th August '19 - Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe
Produced by Liz Richardson in association with
HOME, Pleasance Theatre Trust and Echo Presents
Created and performed by Liz Richardson, Josie Dale-Jones, Sam Ward
and Carmel Smickersgill
Designed by Abby Clarke
Video design by Jim Dawson
Lighting design by Lucy Adams
Music composition by Carmel Smickersgill
Consultant direction by Andy Routledge
Winner of the Pleasance Regional Theatre Partnership Award
Photos credit: Chris Payne
Gutted
19-21 May 2016 - HOME Manchester
8 June 2016 - Victoria Hotel, Oldham
25 June 2016 - Oxford Playhouse (Off Beat Festival)
2 July 2016 - St James's Hospital, Leeds
8 Nov 2016 - Leeds NIHR Conference
9 Nov 2016 - Newcastle: Qu. Eliz. Hospital Gateshead
10 Nov 2016 - Preston: Chorley & South Ribble Hospital
11 Nov 2016 - Liverpool: Royal Liverpool Hospital
12 Nov 2016 - City Hospital, Nottingham
14 Nov 2016 - Coventry: City College
15 Nov 2016 - Oxford: John Radcliffe Hospital
16 Nov 2016 - Harrow: St Mark's Hospital
18 Nov 2016 - Norwich: Holiday Inn (kindly supplied)
19 Nov 2016 - Peterborough: Regional College
18 Feb 2017 - Camden People's Theatre, London (Presented as part of The Sick of The Fringe Fest)
19-22 July 2017 - HOME Manchester
2-13 Aug 2017 - Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
14 Aug 2017 - Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
15 Aug 2017 - Glasgow Royal Infirmary
6 Oct 2017 - European Ostomy Association Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
4 June 2018 - British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Conference, Liverpool
25 Oct 2018 - Lighthouse, Poole
26 Oct 2018 - Bristol Royal Infirmary
27 Oct 2018 - Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
30 Oct 2018 - Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
31 Oct 2018 - Theatre Clwyd | Yr Wyddgrug, Mold
1 Nov 2018 - York Theatre Royal
3 Nov 2018 - Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven
6 Nov 2018 - Kent & Canterbury Hospital
7 Nov 2018 - Maidstone Hospital
9 Nov 2018 - Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax
10 Nov 2018 - Theatre Deli, Sheffield
Produced by The Conker Group in association with HOME
Created by Liz Richardson & Tara Robinson
Performed by Liz Richardson
Directed by Tara Robinson
Video Design by Jim Dawson
Lighting Design by Sarah McColgan
Sound design by Karen Lauke
