Artistic Director- Simon McBurney
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Theatre Company
Physical Theatre, Multimedia, Creative Adaptation, Puppetry, Storytelling | ||
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Features of their work
•Ensemble work- actors use bodies to create the surroundings, actors devising is as important as the director.
•Multimedia- Use of projections and live music
•Multiple characters played by small cast, many stories intertwine
•Use of Slow Motion
•Minimal fixed set- Physical Theatre to create location, act around set rather than becoming it (pieces tend to have many locations)
•Representational/ multipurpose props- one prop or piece of staging could be used to create many things
•Many voiceovers, often played over still images or blank stages
•Multi-cultural- Historical events contrasted with everyday events
•Split scenes to create contrast- sometimes montage on top of each other.
•Puppetry
•Adapting existing texts
•Directly addressing the audience
•Multimedia- Use of projections and live music
•Multiple characters played by small cast, many stories intertwine
•Use of Slow Motion
•Minimal fixed set- Physical Theatre to create location, act around set rather than becoming it (pieces tend to have many locations)
•Representational/ multipurpose props- one prop or piece of staging could be used to create many things
•Many voiceovers, often played over still images or blank stages
•Multi-cultural- Historical events contrasted with everyday events
•Split scenes to create contrast- sometimes montage on top of each other.
•Puppetry
•Adapting existing texts
•Directly addressing the audience
