Renegade Theatre

Natasha Langridge founder of Renegade Theater

Renegade Theatre was founded in 2018 by Natasha Langridge as an umbrella to create and produce plays for, with and about her local community in North Kensington.

Renegade's first project was In Memory of Leaves written and performed by Natasha; an uncompromising monologue that explores what happens to communities when they are moved from their homes. It is personal and bracing; a love note to neighbours and a revolutionary call to the world. In Memory of Leaves was first performed as a site specific piece outdoors on The Wornington Green Estate as part of the inTRANSIT Festival before moving to the Teatro Keiros (Rome). Natasha performed the piece as part of Portobello Live in 2018 and, with Arts Council funding, took it on a three week tour of London canals across Kensington/Camden/Hackney on the Fordham Gallery Barge.

Renegade Theatre's current projects include The Wornington Word: A People's History of The Wornington Green Estate W10. The project will record and archive the history of the estates residents from the 1960's up to recent times with oral histories, photos and a documentary that will eventually be archived in Kensington Central and North Kensington Libraries as well as being entered into the 2020 Portobello Film Festival. The project will ultimately facilitate the residents in coming together, for the last time, to create a documented history of their lives on the estate before it is demolished and regenerated into the new Portobello Square development.

Renegade Theatre runs a free Saturday drama club for local children, led by Natasha Langridge and Hannah Hutch who has performed at The National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Old Vic and the BBC. The classes use a mix of drama and physical theatre games with techniques to promote fun, confidence and creativity. We have created two plays, Little Star (performed at Portobello Pavilion), Cinderella's Wornington Wish (performed on Venture Centres stage) and a short film called The Seeker which stars the drama club children and features North Kensington locations including Meanwhile Gardens.

In response to the current crisis we will soon be starting the drama club online.

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In Memory of Leaves Theatre

Written & Performed by Natasha Langridge
Dramaturgy by Lisa Goldman
Movement by Jayne McVeigh

Award-winning playwright and performer, Natasha Langridge seeks to tell the stories and reflect the voices hidden by the mainstream. Written from her own and her neighbours’ experiences In Memory of Leaves takes us on an intimate journey of love amongst the bulldozers, the underbelly of the Calais and Dunkirk ‘jungles’ and of the hope that regenerates each Spring.

Project Management by Natasha Langridge
In Partnership with Venture
Funded by the National Lottery

The Wornington Word is a year long project that will record and archive the history of the estates residents from the 1960's up to recent times with oral histories, photos and a documentary that will eventually be archived in Kensington Central and North Kensington Libraries as well as being entered into the 2020 Portobello Film Festival.

Project Management by Natasha Langridge
Lead Drama Teachers Natasha Langridge & Hannah Hutch
Funded by Community Fund, Westway Trust & Greenshoots

Renegade Theatre runs a free Saturday drama club using a mix of drama and physical theatre games with techniques to promote fun, confidence and creativity. Classes take place for 3 months in summer and for 3 months in winter over which time the kids will work towards a play which will then be performed at Venture for family and friends.