New Writing and Interviews
Other Everests
As part of his contribution to the AHRC-funded research network, Other Everests: Commemoration, Memory and Meaning and the British Everest Expedition Centenaries 2021-2024, Jonathan Pitches is exploring theatrical interpretations of Everest, asking the question: what does it take to put the mountain on stage? Early in 2023, he conducted interviews with four playwrights and artists who have done just that, with productions spanning from 2018-2022.
The Sherpa and the Beekeeper
The play premiered on 25 May, 2022 at the Meteor Theatre, Hamilton, New Zealand.
The Sherpa and the Beekeeper at the Meteor, Hamilton, New Zealand ©Matt Kambic
The Climbers
The play premiered on 17 June 2022 at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, UK.
The Climbers in production at the Theatre by the Lake
©The Other Richard
On Everest
Interview with Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters (Lone Twin)
Performance of Lone Twin's On Everest at stage@leeds, University of Leeds, 22 March 2018 © Jonathan Pitches
Jonathan's essay, Everests on stage: Contemporary theatre’s contribution to decolonising the mountain was published in 2024 in an Open Access collection of critical essays, Other Everests (eds, Gilchrist, Hansen and Westaway) that address key themes highlighted by the research network.