The Hay Wain
The Hay Wain
The Hay Wain was first staged at Flatford Mill, on the Essex/Suffolk borders in 2021 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of John Constable’s famous painting.
This highly acclaimed, atmospheric play with music has been described as East Anglia’s very own Les Misérables, bringing to life the people that populate the picture; lives defined not by simplicity and virtue, but by hardship, hope and resilience.
Turning the traditional, bucolic, chocolate box ideal of The Hay Wain on its head, you’ll never look at the landscape in quite the same way again.
Packing Shed Theatre makes work inspired by the East with people from the East, whether that’s site specific verbatim theatre inspired by migrants both young and old; the retelling of ancient myths and legends in modern settings; or producing an audio podcast prequel to George Orwell’s 1984, called 1954, and available now on Spotify.