THE REIVERS RIDE!
After a sell-out tour across the North East in November 2022 & October 2023, Reiver – Tales From The Borders
is preparing to ride again. Watch this space for news:
with Matthew Howden, Elaine MacNicol and Steven Stobbs
originally performed by Micky Cochrane, Steven Stobbs and Karen Traynor
Directed by Jake Murray
Designed by Caitlin Mills, Lee Ward and Anna Hayward
Lighting by Andy Hunt
Sound by Andrew Mounsey
Music by Wilf Stone
Choreography by Lucy Marie Curry
The Reivers: lawless families who terrorised the Anglo-Scottish border for 400 years from Northumberland to Edinburgh, Carlisle to Dumfries, until King James 1st broke their power.
Steve Byron weaves three unforgettable stories together to paint a portrait of a world of violence and injustice in which law and order do battle with corruption and greed. Will good triumph over evil, or will evil be victorious?
Blackmail: an innocent farmer is forced to take a stand against the bullying threats of a powerful Reiver family.
Godforsaken Place: a southern lawman exiled to the North by the corrupt London authorities tries to save a Reiver child from a terrible fate.
The Widow’s Path: a Scots woman sold into servitude as a child pursues the murderers of her husband, and will not rest until she has overturned the Reiver order to get her revenge.
Reiver is an evening of theatre like no other, steeped in the folklore and history of the Anglo-Scottish borders.
Reiver – Tales From The Borders has played at:
Alnwick Playhouse
The Assembly Rooms, Durham
Bishop Auckland Town Hall
The Dovecote Centre, Amble
The Exchange, North Shields
The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
Hatfield College Chapel, Durham
Highlights Rural Touring
The Maltings, Berwick
Newcastle Castle
Queen’s Hall Arts Centre,Hexham
Rural Arts Touring
Theatre 41, York
Ushaw Historic House, Durham County.