The Village Church (NHB Modern Plays)

A short play about faith, families, and fitting in. Tom and Marie, a couple in their sixties, have just made the move from London to a small village in the countryside. And everything's different out here. Marie is getting involved with the church community, just to find her way into village life. But Tom is a committed atheist, and a bit of a hermit. He won't listen to reason. Until events intervene, and he discovers a faith that's stronger than anyone expected.

Tamara von Werthern is a playwright and producer. As a playwright, her work includes The White Bike (The Space, London, 2017) and the short plays Baby Dolls (Hackney Attic, 2015) and The Village Church. Her work has also been shown at the Royal Court, the Arcola Theatre, Burdall's Yard, Bath, the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London, and the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, as well as a number of site-specific performances with her own theatre company Para-Site Productions and Plays Rough London. She is founder and producer of Fizzy Sherbet, a writing initiative for women from across the world with regular events taking place at Hackney Attic. She has published short stories and poetry as well as a crime novel written in German.