Dungeness, a coastal frontline and location for a creative pilgrimage.
We are separated from the ordinary into a strange and bewildering landscape.
Buffeted by the winds and the nonsensical existence of failed human endeavour, we walk, one heavy foot in front of the other.
Gently we begin to look and listen glimpsing inspiration from past events and locals in whose footsteps we tread.
Faces warmed by the sun as our backs lie in the shifting pebbles,
Hearts lifted by tea, biscuits and stories in the lifeboat station.
Back on the road we exalt in the cherishing of all life in this wild place and recognise our path is woven with opportunities to rescue the human and the wild in us all.
Join us on this pilgrimage through Dungeness.
Directed and Edited by Sophie Austin
Words by Anders Lustgarten and Ali Pretty
Cinematography by Mike Davies
Music Composition by Isa Suarez
Originally commissioned for Beach of Dreams
Presented by Kinetika
with the support of
Arts Council England and Historic England
This project has been commissioned for Beach of Dreams, by Kinetika with the support of Arts Council England.
About Anders:
Anders Lustgarten has been described in the British press as ‘our most exciting political playwright’. He has produced some 16 original or adapted plays. His play, Lampedusa, is the definitive story of the refugee crisis and has been performed in forty countries. His plays have been performed by the RSC, Salisbury Playhouse, Finborough Theatre and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
His first novel, Three Burials, has just been published by Penguin. It is set in Hastings where he lives. His second, Kill Billionaire, has just been dispatched to the publisher.