On Stage
Theatre Arena
Award-winning theatre maker Victoria Melody joined a historical re-enactment society…
because we all deal with divorce in diBerent ways.! Spending weekends as a Musketeer
trying to get her head straight, she uncovered the story of a bunch of 17th century
radicals called The Diggers and then everything changed.
What started out as a personal search for happiness turned into a quest to find the
Diggers of today. What she didn’t expect was that they’d be found far from the
battlefield, right on her doorstep. Back in modern-day Britain doing her day job, she
realised The Diggers never really left. They’re still here, still fighting, making change on
their own terms.
By blending storytelling and stand-up, past and present collide in this unexpected tale
of high jinks. Alongside a community on the frontline Vic steps from re-enactment into
reality, where history isn’t just remembered—it’s made.
Directed by Mark Thomas, Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak celebrates the ordinary
people shaping history – then and now. And, like The Diggers, they might leave behind
something that will last…if they don’t get caught.