The Stove sits within a house. The house is at the end of a lane. The lane is long. But on a good day, with the wind blowing in the right direction, the smells of incense and herbs brewing blend with the air, and the sounds of stories whisper all along the long lane…

The Stove invites you to forge communities through storytelling. The Stove is a virtual meeting place – a fireside, kitchen table, cooking pot composite – a place to gather for a warm cuppa, to create new worlds with people you haven’t yet got to know.

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Emma Brand is a theatre-maker and performer from London. Her work explores social issues through playful, audience-centric means. Having studied Performance Making at Goldsmiths University, she has taken shows to VAULT Festival (drop dead gorgeous, 2020), Brighton Fringe (How to Make Me Happy, 2018) and the Edinburgh Fringe (Whalebone, 2017). ‘Whalebone’ was selected as one of The Stage’s Highlights of the Fringe in 2017. Over lockdown she created ‘The Stove’, to be performed over Zoom, for which she has received support from Arts Council England. She first produced and performed ‘The Stove’ as part of Electric Dreams Online and Living Record Festival (‘Brand creates a magical world of comfort for all to share’, ****A Younger Theatre).