Because We Said We Would, 2024 - 2026
The Nottingham Playhouse (The Neville Studio), Nottingham
The Everyman, Cheltenham
Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
Theatre 118, Glasgow
New Deer Public Hall, Aberdeen
A' the Airts, Sanquhar
Etcetera Theatre, London
Village Hall, Craignish
Village Hall, Carradale
Harbour Arts Centre (HAC), Irvine
Birchvale Theatre, Dalbeattie
Because We Said We Would is set in a white board world where the scenes and additional characters are drawn throughout.
Follow Jeanie and Tam from the age of seven as they bond over Queen and cassette tapes, making a pact to meet every 5 years, same time, same place. They grow up through changing music scenes, schoolyard taunts and dreams of rock stardom, where their bond deepens into something that defies easy definition and a childhood promise leads to a lifelong connection. But not everyone’s song plays out the same…
This is a dynamic, working-class story of friendship and music, tracing decades of love, loss, and loyalty that unfolds with humour and heart.
Content Warning: some swearing, references to sexual assault and suicide.
Writer: Helen Fox
Director: Ellie J Stevens
Technical Operator: Rowan Crawford
Actors: Codge Crawford and Helen Fox