The old saying is true – and when the bright lights of the theatre collide with the old values of a tight community, the stage is quite literally set for a tale of passion, drama and tragedy.

Set in a small town in the North East at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, No Rest for the Wicked is the latest powerful piece of writing from Wendy Robertson, the story of one girl’s journey across a continent to find her true self, her family, and true love. 

In the dark years after the First World War, a travelling troupe of players travels from Paris through London to the  town of Bishop Auckland. With them is Pippa, a young French girl who is wiser than her years. For her, and for so many of her eccentric companions, the troupe provides protection from the outside world, a sanctuary. But a tragic event within days of  her arrival  forces Pippa to start examine dark times in  her old life and look forward to a new one, no matter what the cost…