Forgotten In The Land of Egypt

Written by Tom Murray, presented by the Mango Ensemble

Assistant Director & Mentorship as part of Mango Mentorship’s scheme with Lyric Hammersmith

September 2024, Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft

In 1631, The Fens, the flat area of land stretching from Cambridge to Norwich, were drained.

In 2050, The Fens return to the sea. Two children play in the waterscape. They tell tales of a mythic Waterman, who scours the water for sunken parts. But, in the bitter struggle for survival, soon “play” adopts a more sinister note.

Meanwhile in Ely, 2023, a female priest gets a visit from a woman haunted by prophetic dreams.

It’s a play about grief, faith, and the climate crisis; the crashing confluence of past and present; the refusal to heed the warnings we’re given. It’s a play about loneliness and the longing for human connection.

Week of shadowing and assisting professional director, and accompanying the show to a first tour venue for fit-up, tech, rehearsals and performance.