Love Will Tear Us Apart
For those hungry for love, this Valentine’s special combined live theatre with legendary Beefy Boy burgers.
About the work
It’s 1981 and Bea is hosting a dinner in memory of her dad Alfie. In his honour, she takes us back to 1913 when the younger Alfie met the love of his life Rose, amidst the racket and muck of Hereford’s old cattle market. Alfie was a ruddy-cheeked farm boy with rough hands and big ideas, Rose the bohemian daughter of a local landowner, dreaming of art and romance.
They fell and they fell hard but their young love was star crossed. Their parents, the class divide and the horrors of the first world war would try to tear them apart. As this love story for the ages unfolds it reveals a tragic secret that has defined Bea’s very existence…
Love will Tear Us Apart is about standing in the mud whilst looking at the stars, trying to hold on to each other when the sky falls in and the heartbreak of saying goodbye. Expect laughter, tears and a banging 80s soundtrack.
“The experience of writing ‘Love Will Tear us Apart’ was truly collaborative. We all drew upon our own family experiences & histories in a democratic creative process”
How we made it
Written by members of Courtyard Hereford’s Writing Room Extra, co-produced by Feral Productions and Open Sky Theatre in partnership with Courtyard, Hereford and the Beefy Boys It was supported by Arts Council England and Herefordshire Community Foundation.
Performances
The Beefy Boys restaurant in Hereford, 11th - 13th February 2025.
Cast
Rose: Beth Organ
Alfie: Trafford Irvine
Bea: Kate Pothecary
Chorus: Freya Leonard & Jack Warne
Writers
Jacqueline Carwardine
Morgan Martin
Ellie Davies
Mary Elizabeth Davies
Susan Ffrench
Keith Miller
Samuelson Obigbesan
Kate Pothecary
Jordan-Alicia Todd
Judith Woodfield
Creatives
Director - Claire Coaché
Producer - Estelle van Warmelo
Production Manager - Mina Nakamura
Set & Costume Designer - Ioana Curelea
Production Assistants - Jack Eyles & Lily Phelps
Lighting Designer - Amy Hill
Sound Designer - Adam Bertenshaw
Assistant Producer - Jordan-Alicia Todd
Cinematographer - Kie Cummings
Editor - Dave Jones