PRESS RELEASE –Monday 30th July 2018

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GREEN GHOST VIDEO CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE SONGLINES IMAGES CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE

TRILLS RELEASE SNEAK PEEK OF NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF WORLD PREMIERE EDINBURGH SHOW

• SNEAK PEEK AT ‘GREEN GHOST’, THE NEW SINGLE BY TRILLS

• SONGLINES BY TRILLS’ TALLULAH BROWN TO PREMIERE AT EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE - SOUND TRACKED AND PERFORMED BY THE BAND, WITH ALL NEW MATERIAL

• SONGLINES PLAYS THE PLEASANCE IN EDINBURGH FROM 1-27 AUGUST, IN BROWN’S HOME COUNTY AT HIGHTIDE ALDEBURGH FROM 11-16 SEPTEMBER AND AT HIGHTIDE WALTHAMSTOW FROM 18-30 SEPTEMBER

Award-wining female four-piece, TRILLS, have today released a sneak peek of their latest single ‘Green Ghost’, set for digital release on 10th August. The single forms part of the soundtrack to their brand-new play-come-gig Songlines by band member Tallulah Brown, a song-laced coming of age tale set in Reydon, Suffolk, featuring live folk music with the band on stage throughout. Songlines will premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 1 August before travelling to Aldeburgh, Suffolk-born Brown’s home town, and then to Walthamstow

for the show’s London premiere. The production, directed by George Chilcott, is presented by HighTide and DugOut Theatre. Stevie and Stan are 17. Stevie is peak cool. Stan is peak geek. Interwoven with beautiful live folk songs, Songlines is a coming-of-age love story in all its awkward teen glory. TRILLS, billed as “Britain's excellent answer to Haim” by The Times, were recently granted winners of the PRS Women in Music Fund. Their hauntingly epic sound has featured in various film and TV trailers including Suffragette, Pete’s Dragon and The Missing. The band have performed at Glastonbury Festival and Latitude. The two-hander will star Fanta Barrie and Joe Hurst. Fanta has just graduated from Rose Bruford. Joe’s recent screen work includes Wanderlust (Netflix), Intrigo: Samria (20th Century Fox), Ready Player One (Warner Bros) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (Walt Disney Pictures). Tallullah is part of the BBC TV Drama Programme with Sister Pictures (The Split, Flowers) and recent theatre includes: Sea Fret, After the Heat We Battle for the Heart and Staring at You. Songlines is Tallulah’s first commissioned full length play. George Chilcott is Artistic Director and Founder of DugOut Theatre, and formerly an Associate Director at HighTide. Songlines is the centrepiece production of a new scheme by HighTide. For the first time, HighTide is presenting a season of five world premiere productions at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before transferring them to its Aldeburgh and Walthamstow Festivals, as part of a brand-new mentoring scheme for new playwrights and producers. The launch of the programme marks the company’s continued commitment to creating a bridge that supports new theatre makers starting out on the fringe, building on the festival’s proven ability in providing a platform for launching careers in the UK’s leading theatres. HighTide’s other associate productions, all to be presented at Edinburgh, Aldeburgh and Walthamstow, are: Sparks; Jessica Butcher’s two-hander musical about the brain's response to grief with original music by Anoushka Lucas; Danusia Samal’s gig-theatre piece Busking It, drawing on a decade of busking on the tube; The Extinction Event from David Aula and Simon Evans - an examination of what happens when science starts thinking for itself; and finally, Harry Blake’s fierce, fabulous new comedy musical about Norse gods Thor and Loki.

-ENDS- For further information please contact Maisie Lawrence at The Corner Shop PR on 020 7831 7657 LISTINGS

LISTINGS: HIGHTIDE EDINBURGH HighTide and DugOut Theatre present Songlines by Tallulah Brown Pleasance Courtyard, Beneath Wed 1 - Sun 26 August 15:15 (1h) Press performance: Sat 4 August, Sunday 5 August Michelle Barnette Productions and Flipping the Bird in association with HighTide present Sparks by Jessica Butcher with original music by Anoushka Lucas Pleasance Courtyard, Beneath Wed 1 - Sun 26 August 11:30 (1h) Press performance: Sat 4 August, Sunday 5 August

Coin Drop in association with HighTide and Shoreditch Town Hall present Busking It by Danusia Samal Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Wed 15 - Mon 27 August 12:45 (1h) Press performance: Thursday 16 August SEDA and Glynis Henderson Productions in association with HighTide present The Extinction Event by David Aula and Simon Evans Pleasance Courtyard, Above Wed 1 - Mon 27 August 15:40 (1h) Press performance: Sat 4 August. Sunday 5 August Vicky Graham Productions in association with HighTide and Something For The Weekend present Thor and Loki by Harry Blake Assembly Roxy Wed 1 - Sun 26 August 19:15 (1h15min) Press performance: Sat 4 August, Sunday 5 August BOX OFFICE DETAILS Website: https://tickets.edfringe.com/ Telephone: 0131 226 0000 Prices from £6

LISTINGS: SONGLINES ON TOUR 27th Aug - Queens Hornchurh Foyer Stage 29th Aug - The Seagull Lowestoft 2nd Sept - Hub Leeds 5th Sept - Theatre Deli Sheffield 7th Sept - Square Chapel Halifax 8th Sept - York Theatre Royal

LISTINGS: HIGHTIDE ALDEBURGH Tues 11-Sun 16 September LISTINGS: HIGHTIDE WALTHAMSTOW Tues 18- Sun 30 September (including a TRILLS gig on 23 September) NOTES TO EDITORS

HighTide Theatre HighTide is theatre company and world-famous annual festival in East Anglia that has an unparalleled eleven-year history of successfully launching the careers of emerging British playwrights. The rollcall of playwrights given new productions by HighTide under ’s leadership speak for themselves: Luke Barnes, Adam Brace, E V Crowe, Elinor Cook, Rob Drummond, Thomas Eccleshare, Theresa Ikoko, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Anders Lustgarten, Joel Horwood, Ella Hickson, Harry Melling, Nessah Muthy, Vinay Patel, , Phil Porter, Beth Steel, Al Smith, Sam Steiner, Molly Taylor, Jack Thorne and Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig.

HighTide has staged productions with the highest quality theatres across the UK, from the Traverse in Edinburgh, to the Royal Exchange in Manchester, Theatre Royal Bath and the National Theatre in London. HighTide discovers new talent, provides creative development opportunities for playwrights and other creatives, and stages high quality theatre productions both in East Anglia and nationally through other festivals and touring.

In 2018, HighTide enters its eleventh year of producing annual festivals and touring productions by outstanding new playwrights. From its original festival location in Halesworth, HighTide has subsequently produced festivals in Aldeburgh (since 2015) and Waltham Forest (since 2017).

During this period, there have been over 80 HighTide productions - most of which have featured in the annual festivals. In addition to these productions, HighTide festivals have also included play readings, celebrity interviews, touring shows, comedy, music and exhibitions - making HighTide a unique festival of live performance.

About DugOut Founded by a group of comedians, writers, musicians and actors, DugOut create new work that is often funny, sometimes sad, usually hopeful and almost always musical. It warms your heart, moves your feet, treats your eyes, lightens your load, tickles your fancy and swells your heart.

Taking our joyful, popular plays around the country, we perform in a range of intimate spaces – from studio theatres to country pubs – and believe in bringing our unique brand of theatre magic to audiences everywhere.

DugOut shows have been seen, variously, at Hull Truck, West Yorkshire Playhouse, , Arcola Theatre, Crucible Theatre, HighTide Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.