Producer Olivia Frazer-Smith tells Katherine MacAlister how crowdfunding donations will help get a new show on the road

The actors are cast, the play is ready, the lines are learnt, the props are assembled, the stage is set.

Yes, Oxford’s most eclectic theatre group, the impossible-to-pin down, ad hoc, pop-up, theatre-in-the-round, interactive, site specific assembly that is Oxage needs YOU to help make their epic 2014 summer play a reality.

Fairy Dust Arts is on a mission to create a series of plays with a continuous storyline, combining fairytale elements with real issues. To make it bolder and brighter, the producers are now appealing to the public for crowdfunding donations.

Olivia Frazer-Smith, who plays the role of Princess Hope and also produces the show, says: “As a new company we don’t currently have the funds to make the performance as good as it can be, so any money donated will go towards costumes, renting rehearsal spaces, set design, posters, flyers and offsetting the cost of the venue.

“Donors will receive a variety of gifts including free tickets, wine and a day out in the world of Oxage with the majority of the cast.”

Oxage: Phoenix of Hope will then be performed at St Columba’s Church, Alfred Street, on August 16 and 23, depicting Oxage in the midst of a civil war.

The Machiavellian advisor Fortune plots to bring down the King and supposedly restore Hope, the rightful heir, all the while with his eye on the throne.

Part one of the epic play was staged last year, with the second instalment up-and-running, and the third presumably scheduled in for next year.

As the three plays unfold Oxage aims to show how Utopian ideals try to overcome a Dystopian dictatorship.

“The aim is to provoke the audience into thinking about money, authority, trust and human nature,” Olivia adds.

If you want to see Fairy Dust Arts’ latest creation by donating to their future performance go to: http://tinyurl.com/kkqyfp7 or search for Oxage on indiegogo.com