Fire in her soul
R&D / 2025 / arcola Theatre & Northampton Royal & Derngate
The project used Kate evans’ graphic novel ‘red rosa’ as a starting point for exploring the life and work of rosa luxemburg through the lens of a group of theatre artists/activists.
performed by rosa garland
Produced by Claire Gilbert
Composed by lydia higman
Performed by Norah LOPez-Holden
Directed by Tash hyman
Designed by Anna Orton
Documented by Jemima yong
with thanks to kate evans, arcola theatre, northampton Royal and Derngate,theatre, grimmitt trust, rosa luxemburg stiftung, unity theatre trust, lipman-miliband trust, the james menzies-kitchen trust and shoresh charitable foundation.
Taking place across two weeks at Arcola theatre and northampton royal and derngate, we used the graphic novel, archive material and our own stories to create 30 minutes of material, which we shared as part of GenFest at northampton on the 20th november 2025.
Following the sharing was a Q&A and discussion between artists, local students and activists.
part of the project was to work with jemima yong to document the the process, and to create a zine.
