What We Did Next switch musicals for drama

CITY-BASED community theatre company What We Did Next are known and loved for their big ensemble musicals – but next week they bring their first straight play to the stage with a revival of Nick Payne’s relationship drama Constellations.

It’s a two-hander about free will
and friendship, quantum multiverse theory, love and honey.
Marianne and Roland are couple destined to be together. And to be apart. To get back together. To never see each other again. To become soul mates. To become strangers. It is a powerful, intelligent play that invites the audience to explore one relationship with infinite possibilities. (Constellations was previously performed in a touring production at the Playhouse back in 2015.)

WWDN’s version will feature an original score written specifically for the piece by long-term musical collaborator Jonas Tattersall.

The venue is Scale, a photography studio in the emerging Fabric District of Liverpool – the first time it has been used for a theatre production. The show runs from November 21 to 23. 

The company has previously enjoyed sold-out audiences with their take on modern and classic musicals such as Be More Chill, Pippin, Bonnie & Clyde, Bat Boy, Carousel, Rent, The Last 5 Years, Company and Into the Woods.

What We Did Next was founded during Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture Year in 2008, by a group of recent University of Liverpool graduates looking for an outlet for their creativity, while starting out in various careers in and around the city. A decade on, they are thriving as a company and very much a part and a product of Liverpool’s cultural scene.

The company defines itself as a team of ‘professional amateurs.’ Members include doctors, teachers, photographers and those who are training for a career on the stage, who come together to produce professional-standard theatre that otherwise may not be seen in the city.

Tickets for Constellations are £11/£13 (plus £1.50 booking fee) and are available from the WWDN website.