the orchardist
A boy jumps out of a thirty-foot tree and survives – unmarked.
It’s the first day of the evangelical summer festival The Orchard, and newcomer Lucas immediately makes an impression among the other children. The younger kids believe he’s a miracle maker. But Benji is the pastor’s son, and he won’t give up his assumed leadership easily.
As the “miracles” grow in extremity, so too does Lucas’s influence.
An original ensemble drama about the cult of personality, power and coming of age.
’The Orchardist’ was commissioned by Magdalen School College.
Playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 at TheSpace.
Directed by Ben Newman
Starring the Students of MCS Drama
Produced by Tom Freeman
Presented by MCS
Madeleine Farnhill 