Mostly Moss Productions

What do you see in the hedge ? 👀

More from our awesome workshop this week weaving the radical history of the Otmoor riots into a collective reimagining of human-nature relationships, epitomised in the thick-seeming-but-gap-riddled hedge.

✨ Reclaim these unwitting agents of severance for radical connection ✨

Thanks to all who made Wednesday evening so special ✨

Our radical rag-tag hedge is UP NOW in the gallery 🔥

Go and check it out amongst all the other magical contributions for exhibition 🧙‍♂️

What do you see in the hedge ?

Experiments for our workshop TOMORROW ‼️

A laid blackthorn hedge at Otmoor.

In the 1830s, hedgerows like this were repeatedly torn up by hundreds of local people to resist their rights of common being taken away from them. The fluid, open space, where folks shared and negotiated rights to graze cattle and catch geese, was being drained and blocked in by fences and hedges.

But was the hedge to blame?

It's an odd question, right ?
But seeing the human in the hedge means we, now, can see them differently.

Close your eyes.
Uproot the barrier used for separation, severance, privatisation.

Open your eyes.
Perhaps you'll find a ragged membrane,
full of gaps, creatures and light.

And if you can do it with hedges...
what else might you be able to see differently?

What spaces might open up?
Where might fill with friends and food?

Come along to our workshop THIS WEDNESDAY to learn more about the Otmoor Riots from local historian Ciaran Walsh and practice seeing things differently 👀

See you there

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(Link in bio)

📢 CALLING ALL BUDDING HEDGELINGS

⌚ Wednesday 18th, 5.15pm - 8pm

📍 Upper Gallery

⁉️ "The Nature of Boundaries: Embodied Explorations of Oxford's Commons"

Part of residency at the Old Fire Station for the whole of October

We will be hearing a talk about the Otmoor Riots, before moving into rag-tag hedgemaking together.

This workshop will be less physical than previous ones! But no less hedgey.

💥 BOOK A TICKET. LINK IN BIO.💥

📸 :

🦔THE NATURE OF BOUNDARIES 🦔
Friday 14th April @ 95 Gloucester Green

3PM : THE SCREENING

If you couldn't make it to the original staging of 'Enclosure' by Jamie Walker last October THIS IS YOUR CHANCE 🤩 (and even if you did... 👀 come again 😳? It's free 🥺)

Join us on Friday at the accessible (indoor !) venue at 95 Gloucester Green to watch a subtitled recording, filmed and edited by 🤯

This will be a screening like no other, with a short live performance devised by workshop participants THAT DAY flowering up around you... just like the hedges are doing right now 🌼🌿

FREE TICKETS AT THE LINK IN OUR BIO

🌞THE NATURE OF BOUNDARIES🌞

🌳14th April for Marmalade Festival 🌳

💫 9am : THE WORKSHOP 💫

In this immersive physical theatre workshop, you will be led through a series of activities that will guide you in developing a unique hedgey character whilst at the same time forming a collective, living hedge with the other workshop participants. Different elements will accumulate as the day progresses, until we've thoroughly tangled up with one another into a wild dancing, singing hedge. At this point we will then focus in and sculpt a short sequence to be performed at the end of the screening of Enclosure.

No prior experience is necessary to take part in the workshop, which will have a relaxed atmosphere that people can tap in and out of, although we would like people to commit to being there for the whole day. During the day there will also be crafting, dreaming and reading corners for workshop participants to nest in away from the main hedge action.

Workshop participants will be emailed the Enclosure film by the start of the week, so why not... SIGN UP NOW!

Link in our bio.

THE NATURE OF BOUNDARIES

On Friday 14th April, Mostly Moss Productions joins Marmalade Festival for a day-long exploration into the nature of boundaries.

From 9am to 5pm, for a limited number of participants, the hedge will be your home. But first we’ve got to make it. At Fusion Arts Gallery, Gloucester Green, we’ll engage in a collaborative morning of play-making activities, games and exercises guiding us all to becoming a living, breathing hedgerow. We’ll then reflect on what’s germinated in our tangled ramblings, and co-create a short piece for performance at the end of the day.

From 3pm – 5pm, we will be having a subtitled screening of Enclosure, OPEN TO ALL. From out of the screen the roots of a hedge will reach into our midst and we will experience the live performance devised that day.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR FREE HERE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature-of-boundaries-rewilding-the-common-recommoning-the-wild-tickets-574536011677

POKE YOUR HEAD INTO THE TANGLE

WHO'S PEEKING OUT AT YOU BEHIND THE BRAMBLES?

WHAT'S THAT RUSTLING IN THE HEDGE?

WHAT CAN I DO?

It's been just over a week since our final show and it's been awesome hearing you all talking and thinking about the issues raised in Enclosure! Land justice and nature conservation are more important than ever right now.
So, for all you wanting to find out more and take further steps, we've compiled a short list of RESOURCES below.

Learn, talk, volunteer, donate, create... TAKE ACTION!

PLEASE ADD MORE IN THE COMMENTS!

NATIONAL:

Practical Conservation volunteering with your local Wildlife Trust
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/closer-to-nature/volunteer
(Also have a look for signs in local wildlife areas, or Google 'Friends of [local wildlife area]')

Join the England Right to Roam campaign
https://www.righttoroam.org.uk/everybody-welcome
Contact your MP to
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/defend-nature
Cultivating Justice Podcast
https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/cultivating-justice/
Land In Our Names (LION)
https://landinournames.community/videos
The Rewild Project
https://www.therewildproject.com/
Land Worker's Alliance
https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/

For those in OXFORD:

Oxford Conservation Volunteers
https://ocv.org.uk/
Oxford University Nature Conservation Society (OUNCS)
https://www.facebook.com/OUNCS
Friends of....
Lye Valley: http://www.friendsoflyevalley.org.uk/
Aston's Eyot: https://friendsofastonseyot.org/
Raleigh Park: https://www.raleighpark.org.uk/
Burgess Field: https://www.friendsofburgessfield.co.uk/

HUGE smiles after our SOLD OUT opening night!!! We hope that those who came enjoyed it and we can’t wait for everyone else to come watch the play! Tickets, which you can find in the bio, are still available for the next 3 nights. Hurry before they sell out! 💚

TWO NIGHTS until opening night!!! As you can probably tell by what the cast and crew are wearing, it’s getting cold. 🍂 So once you buy your ticket (which you will find the link for in our bio) start planning what you’ll wear to keep yourself warm! 🧤 But don’t worry- we’ll be serving warm drinks!

Rehearsal in Hogacre today! Realities of outside rehearsals does mean VERY little light sometimes ☀️ 🐛 🍂 With only SIX days to go, check out our bio to buy a ticket!!

Meet Finn Carter, playing Ed, a young Oxford-born actor, fresh out of drama school. Enclosure is his first full-scale production since finishing his training. In his opinion, Ed is as much a reflection of himself as he is anything else. “I’m not a biology student and have always found myself holding nature slightly at arm’s length, so it’s been a wonderful opportunity to find myself connecting with the outside world, just as Ed himself does.” 🐛💚🍏 Check out our bio for the link to tickets

First full run through of the play!! Rehearsal in South Park at sunset 🌅 Check out the link in our bio to buy your ticket. Not long left until opening night 💚🐛

POSTER DROP!!! Show week is really starting to creep up 🐛look at our beautiful poster for more details! https://fienta.com/enclosure 💚 🍂

Apple picking with a side of rehearsals 🍎 🍂 Also, TWO WEEKS until opening night, so buy your tickets to see our amazing cast and crew! https://fienta.com/enclosure

South Park is the perfect place for a cute Sunday rehearsal with a very special guest 🐶 Tickets are now on sale and can be find at this link: https://fienta.com/enclosure?fbclid=IwAR1G-ErEz68_yOpelE4FPLGrYjhHOYrWLhTfEOK27g20F1nhk7wWP6aoNPY 🐛💚

Ticket Drop!! 🎟️ Wolves, bison, wild horses, wild boar all used to roam the UK. Humans drove them extinct. The space they left behind was filled by the commoners gathering firewood and grazing cattle. Now weekly conservation volunteers clear scrub to preserve our meadows, fens and heathlands. So what happens when the animals come back?

Enclosure is an original play by Mostly Moss Productions that dives head first into these tangled ecologies that span centuries and species, age, class, and nationality, asking what does ‘place’ mean in the 21st Century? What is wildness?

Enclosure is an original play written by Jamie Walker and produced by Mostly Moss Productions.
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🌱 WHEN:
Wednesday 19th October 19:00-20:30
Thursday 20th October 19:00-20:30
Friday 21st October 19:00-20:30
Saturday 22nd October 17:00-18:30

*Doors will open at 30 mins before the start time. Running time ~ 90 mins

🌱 WHERE:
Hogacre Common, 47 Whitehouse Road, OX1 4QH Oxford, Oxfordshire

🌱 TICKETS!
https://fienta.com/enclosure

Standard ticket £10
Student ticket £7
Concession ticket £7

*The theatre, like the countryside, should be accessible for everyone. If you would otherwise not be able to come to the show, there are a limited number of free tickets available using the discount MOSTLYMOSS22

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*** This is an outdoor production, so it is advised to dress appropriately for the weather on the day. In the event of cancellation due to bad weather, tickets will be automatically transferred to the next available date.

*** Access to Hogacre Common is via stairs/footbridge only - please bear in mind before booking your ticket. Seating is first-come-first-serve and will be both chairs and blanketed floor seats, however chairs will be set aside for those who require to sit on a chair.

*** Enclosure features strong language and themes of moderate violence - parental guidance is advised. For specific content warnings please contact [email protected].

Staging a play outside brings some difficulties. Whether it is preparing for the weather or making sure that sound and lighting will function properly, there’s a lot of work to be done! So, the cast and crew are continuing to rehearse in outdoor spaces around Oxford to truly experience what an outdoor play will throw at them. Pictured here are Cass and Finn rehearsing in Meadow Lane Park. We can’t wait for you all to see the final results 💚