Two Weeks Until Lost Watch's FLEW THE COOP Comes to New Diorama

Two weeks today, Lost Watch, the pioneering interNational Theatre Company behind Goodstock - which rocked the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with its unflinching, truthful and unapologetically humorous account of what it's like to be genetically susceptible to breast cancer -return to New Diorama Theatre this February to bring one of World War Two's most extraordinary stories to the stage in a brand new show: Flew The Coop.

It's 1943. Rosa Rauchbach and Horace Greasley are creating a little slice of history, and stealing a lot of chickens along the way. The Rauchbach Greasley Association Society Club (RGASC, for short) will tell you all about it. They have a shared obsession with their two national heroes, a fierce pride in their country and only 5 members. Not that that's going to stop them.

Flew The Coop takes a darkly funny and highly imaginative look at two of the Second World War's most singular characters: Rosa Rauchbach - a young Silesian woman who disguised her Jewish roots and took a job as a translator at a Prisoner of War camp, where she embarked on an affair with Horace Greasley, a debonair British Prisoner of War.

Rauchbach's cunning and knowledge of the local area weren't enough to help Greasley escape permanently but, legend has it, ensured that his two hundred escapes to meet her were not in vain, as each time he snuck back into the camp he was able to provide his fellow PoW's with vital supplies secreted in from the outside world. Together they smuggled in food, supplies and a whole radio in separate components and delivered them to over 1000 British captured troops...which is where the chickens come in.

Flew The Coop will blend direct storytelling with movement, music and clever practical effects to create a hilarious portrait of how life's quirks can penetrate even the seemingly darkest of situations.

Since forming in 2013 Lost Watch have fast gained a reputation for finding the humour in dark and sensitive real life subject matter, one they will put to the test in navigating the minefields (so to speak) of Love, War, Suffering and National Identity to create Flew The Coop.

Cast and company

Cast: Rianna Dearden, Olivia Hirst, Agnes Wild, Dan Finn, Daniel Holme

Director: Louise Skaaning

Producers: Rianna Dearden, Olivia Hirst

Writer: Rianna Dearden

About Lost Watch

Lost Watch formed in 2013 by Rianna Dearden, Olivia Hirst and Agnes Wild and have created 3 award-winning shows based on honest and gripping stories with no set rules of style or content. Flew the Coop is their fourth show. Their previous shows Play for September, KATE and Goodstock have all gained critical acclaim and have toured nationally and internationally. They often flit between London and Reykjavik, Iceland, making the work that takes their fancy at the time.

Twitter: @LostWatchTC

Facebook: /whereisyourwatch

Web: www.lostwatchtheatre.co.uk

About New Diorama Theatre

New Diorama Theatre is a pioneering venue in the heart of London dedicated to providing a home for theatre ensembles, both emerging and established, from across the UK. Since opening in 2010, New Diorama has welcomed over 120,000 audience members and has developed productions that have toured both nationally and internationally. Having received two prestigious Peter Brook Awards for their programme, New Diorama were also the recipients of the 2013/14 Les Enfants Terribles Prize and Artistic and Executive Director David Byrne was awarded the OffWestEnd Award for Best Artistic Director in 2014. Supported by a strong community programme New Diorama were Mayor of Camden's Official Charity in 2012/13 and are proud of their work with Access, being the only non-government funded Studio Theatres to offer access performances throughout their whole season. New Diorama Theatre was also the recipient of the prestigious Peter Brook 'Empty Space' Award in 2016 as a "vital creative hub for established and emerging theatre companies".

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