Bea Roberts

A heart-warming story of friendship and survival set against the backdrop of the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak. Adapted for the screen from Bea Roberts’ multi-award-winning stage play, And Then Come the Nightjars tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Devon farmer and the vet who is assigned to cull his precious herd. Nigel Hastings and David Fielder reprise their hugely successful on-stage roles as Jeff and Michael, with the play’s director Paul Robinson making his feature film directorial debut.

Reclaiming history for women through humour and a fake moustache, Jenny Rainsford stars in Bea Roberts’ monologue about Sir Francis Drake, and what it was like growing up in his shadow as a young woman. With a wry comedic nod, the film acknowledges the pitch-black underbelly of imperialist English history.

Entrenched in her picturesque Devonshire village, Ivy Tiller is preparing to wage a war.  Her target: the invasive grey squirrel. Her goal: to oust the invaders and restore the native red squirrels as the ‘rightful’ inhabitants. Galvanised by her important mission, Ivy’s determination swells to uncomfortable heights.  This darkly comic new play from Bea Roberts challenges who belongs and who thrives.