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Past Projects from " The most exciting new theatre company in Britain" - City Life
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Desire
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Written and directed by Stephen Lowe and set In 1919, the people are waking up to the truth behind the politicians' promise of 'homes fit for heroes'. Desire was the company's first national touring production developed from workshopping with puppets and actors. "a thoughtful, intriguing piece of work, tautly written, imaginatively produced and acted with downbeat logic" The Guardian |
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Demon
Lovers
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Written and directed by Stephen Lowe it explored the question of multiple personality following the journey of an ordinary couple into a nightmare world of murder and madness.Touring nationally between March and June 1987 and giving over 50 performances, it incorporated four video screens. "original, inventive and exciting" The Guardian "The use of video and sound is an integral and intelligently manipulated aspect constantly adding interest to an innovative script" Daily Telegraph |
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Dance
For The Girls
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Produced and performed by Tanya Myers and Tamzin Griffiths it was showcased at the Magdalena International Women's Theatre Festival. Inspired by work with Zophia Kalinska, it fused visual performance, text and live and recorded music. "a haunting look at ancestral possession" Nottingham Evening Post |
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Paradise
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Written by Stephen Lowe, music by David Wilson, this musical play was a part of a three year research project based on the Luddites. "It is about a people who struggled against a system that seemed hell-bent on taking away their voice....that is why it had to be a piece of musical theatre." Stephen Lowe and Tanya Myers "a political world-beater" The Guardian |
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The
Sale of the Demonic Women
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Based on writings by Witkiewitcz, directed by Polish actress and director Zofia Kalinska. Based on the writings of Polish playwright Stanislaw Witkiewitcz an designed by Zofia de Innes Lewcul this was the second production in the cycle of plays by Kalinska on the theme of The Demonic Women following "Nominatee Filiae" in 1988. It toured nationally in the Autumn of 1990 and Spring 1991 and in Germany Summer and Autumn 1991. "powerful, beautifully orchestrated, welding together ideas that are quite disturbing" The Independent "Kalinska turns everything on its head... I urge you to see it". The Guardian
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Plaisirs
D'Amour
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Based on the writings of Ronald Duncan and Oscar Wilde and directed by Zofia Kalinska about the love story of Abelard and Eloise; it sold out over 35 performances throughout Poland and the UK in 1992. "Plaisirs D'Amour is a powerful story of sex and repression....it captures its audience with a mixture of powerful imagery and raw emotion... the clashing images of virgin and whore personify the stereotypes created by medieval religion, yet still prevalent in modern life.." The Scotsman |
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Falling
Angels
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In Heaven. The guests are arriving for Christ's wedding. The Holy Family gathered, the veil about to be lifted when the ritual is disturbed... As the doors of the sacred house are wrenched open by the Falling Angels, the ceremony begins to strangely transform. Written and directed by Tanya Myers, a look Into the very heart of what constitutes the personal basis of society, the question of family and Issues related to cross cultural marriage. |
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