o-region is committed to producing exciting and innovative theatre projects, ranging from site-specific work to newly-commissioned plays.
Our latest project is Superstition Mountain, a new play by Carl Grose about three Cornish brothers who embark on a fool's errand to find a lost gold mine in Arizona...
Slim's trying to hide the fact that the scrapyard business has gone to the dogs. Dwayne owes a lot of money to some very bad people. And Mark's in love with Denise from the pub, who's having a thing with the boss, who's - well, it's all very complicated. And to make matters worse, their father has just died. There's the funeral to arrange, the headstone to buy, and not a penny to spare between them. This once great family has lost everything, and Slim's close to breaking point. There is, however, one faint glimmer of hope...
It lies hidden in the tall tales spun by their deceased dad. Stories they remember of a legendary lost gold mine, stories which may or may not be true. All they have to do is make it out of Cornwall alive, fly to America, cross the inhospitable desert wastes of Arizona, and conquer the haunted crags and impenetrable canyons of Superstition Mountain to find it...
That's all they have to do. Survive that... And each other.
For these men will dig up more than just lost gold in the desert. Family secrets will be unearthed, and the truth as to who they really are will be revealed.
Three brothers... One last chance... No hope in hell!
about the play
Superstition Mountain is a daring, hilarious and adventurous new work from o-region - Cornwall's most exciting theatre and film company. Showing the same wit and theatricality as their 2005 hit show, Laughing Gas, Superstition Mountain also explores the company’s passion for film by using moving image as an integral part of the storytelling.
Carl Grose, whose writing is best known for Kneehigh Theatre (Tristan & Yseult at The National and Cymbeline for the RSC), co-wrote Laughing Gas with Nick Darke. This will be his first specifically commissioned play for o-region.
Superstition Mountain takes the spirit of a Hollywood blockbuster and blends it with an intense, naturalistic acting style. It's a story of real, ordinary characters thrown into extraordinary environments - imagine Ken Loach meets Indiana Jones and you’re half way there.
The realism will be heightened further with the three Gunwallow boys being portrayed by three real-life Cornish brothers: Simon (o-region's artistic director, Kneehigh Theatre), Dan (The Midnight Drives, Kernow's Kick Ass Kung Fu Kweens) and Brett (Laughing Gas, The Rabbit) Harvey.
Superstition Mountain is an epic comic adventure that explores the intimate bond and savage divide of brotherly love - an explosive mix of potent performance, quality filmmaking, and powerful new writing for a modern theatre audience.
Superstition Mountain