Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak by Victoria Melody

Award-winning theatre maker Victoria Melody joined a historical re-enactment society... because we all deal with divorce in different ways.! Spending weekends as a Musketeer trying to get her head straight, she uncovered the story of a bunch of 17th century radicals called The Diggers and then everything changed.

What started out as a personal search for happiness turned into a quest to find the Diggers of today. What she didn't expect was that they'd be found far from the battlefield, right on her doorstep. Back in modern-day Britain doing her day job, she realised The Diggers never really left. They’re still here, still fighting, making change on their own terms.

By blending storytelling and stand-up, past and present collide in this unexpected tale of high jinks. Alongside a community on the frontline Vic steps from re-enactment into reality, where history isn’t just remembered—it’s made.

Directed by Mark Thomas, Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak celebrates the ordinary people shaping history - then and now. And, like The Diggers, they might leave behind something that will last…if they don’t get caught.

Victoria Melody and Mark Thomas present Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak

Commissioned by Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival with financial support from East Brighton Trust, Creative Crawley as part of Creative Playground, Keep It Fringe and The Spring. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Developed with Crew Club, East Brighton Food Co-op, Friends of Whitehawk Hill, The English Civil War Society and Woolly Umbrella.

There will be a 20 minute post-show question and answer. This is a chance for audiences to ask Victoria Melody questions about the show.

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