When the lights went out all over Lancaster in December following Storm Desmond, it brought the community together.
The atrocious weather put homeless people on equal footing with others, as thousands faced the kind of adversity and challenges tackled by them on a daily basis.
These experiences will be reflected in After the Floods, an original production by Alternative Outcomes, a theatre company formed at The Dukes in the city in 2013 by a group who access Lancaster District Homeless Action Service.
With familiarity of day-to-day hardships, the group found themselves confidently coping with the challenges of the floods while providing support and assistance to others.
Dukes associate director, Alex Summers said: “the show will be a celebration of community spirit and of homeless people being part of a society they are often excluded from.”
The audience will be invited into blacked-out tents to experience an immersive installation and performance piece exploring all the company’s accounts of those 48 hours last December.