Herald - Issue 403

v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 11th March 2021 • The HERALD • Page 5 MP Guttering & Roofing Services • Fascias, Guttering, Soffits, Cladding and much more PVCu work • All roof repairs, gutters, flat roofs, chimney repairs • Moss removal 15% Discount for OAP’s Established 30 years 07730 377114 023 8087 9135 mpgutteringservices@outlook.com DECORATOR INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING General Small Maintenance Works Reliable, Prompt with a High Standard of Work Fully Insured • Free Estimates NICK CROUCHER 023 8084 8154 or 07594 582194 THEATRE COMPANY NEEDS YOUR POWER STATION MEMORIES The local community is called upon to help inspire a new play based upon the Fawley Power Station story. A participatory research and development process has begun to help inform the writing of a new play about Fawley Power Station, by O West End/Meyer Whitworth Award-nominated playwright David Lane. e play is being written for Forest Forge eatre Company, the only self-producing professional theatre in the New Forest. e process and the script aim to link heritage, local history and untold community stories connected to the decommissioned Fawley Power Station on the overlooked 22-mile Waterside stretch of the New Forest. anks to funding from Arts Council England, David Lane and Forest Forge eatre Company will be working on this project with partners New Forest Heritage Centre, Waterside Heritage Centre, and Creative Histories expert Dr Will Pooley at the University of Bristol. e play will be produced and toured back to the local community in 2022. is process follows on from a rst-phase pilot project spearheaded between Forest Forge eatre Company, New Forest Heritage Centre, Waterside Heritage Centre, and other community partners in 2019, which resulted in the unearthing of photographs and people’s stories about the Waterside area. A particular thread of interest throughout this story- gathering involved discussion around the historical impact of Fawley Power Station (and to a similar extent the AGWI/Esso Re nery) on the Waterside area of the New Forest, especially in light of a proposed housing development on the site. It was decided the speci c impact of the iconic Fawley Power Station merited a bigger and more focused project, developed through further story-gathering and historical research, and this second phase of 22 Miles of Sea was born. roughout this research and development phase, as well as gathering people’s stories connected to Fawley Power Station, the company will also be also exploring new ways to create and perform the play to make it COVID-Safe for audiences in the future. This is where they need your help - Forest Forge eatre is calling out to anyone who may have worked at Fawley Power Station, been involved with building it, have relatives who worked there and passed their stories down, or any other connection to contact them and tell their stories, or share photographs, memories, and experiences about Fawley Power Station from throughout its history. No story is too small! Please get in contact by emailing Creative Producer Sharon Lawless: sharon@forestforgetheatre.co.uk Fawley Power Station