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Past programme
Showcases an eclectic range of fresh and interesting contemporary work, largely by emerging artists
Here is the Blues!
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Revolving Stages
Cavemen
by Mary Mazzilli
Directed by Louise Wallis
Spring Cleaning
by Fiona Whitelaw
Directed by Louise Wallis
Crumble
by Mark O'Neil
Directed by Maja Milatovic-Ovadia
Night Sweats
by William Drew
Directed by Rachel Hogg
The Bigger Picture
by Julie Bower
Directed by Rachel Hogg
Blood Oil
by Sean Burn
Directed by Vanessa Mobiglia
Paint Over
John Riggs is the best spin doctor in town. He runs an established PR firm, working with clients to make them 'beautiful' using any means necessary and at any cost.
In a world where the truth is the least relevant part of the equation, Riggs looks after the image and popularity credentials of a number of public figures, exposing the manipulation, greed and thirst for power in a game where money does the talking.
However, beneath the gloss, cracks start to appear. Unable to spin himself out of a web of deceit, Riggs is confronted with the truth he has so ingeniously hidden from his wife, friends and mother-in-law...
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The Extra
from mum to mum from me
This dance is partly for her, it is partly her.
A bitter-sweet solo smothered in a smooth and deliciously deep icing of turns, jumps, spins and smiles. But the icing is brittle and it's beginning to crack... The dance drifts and slips, sliding away to reveal the deeper fears beneath.
The Extra
A Small Requiem for a Friendship
Everyone has lost someone they love, whether by death or goodbye.
Sepia dazed, via a string of gins & tonics and dances with invisible party guests, one woman attempts to reintegrate herself into a technicolour world that she no longer feels part of.
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Paramour
Two minds are full of stories; but telling is never simple, especially when the tales insist on colliding. This is Paramour, a new performance about what we try to tell each other, and what we choose to hide.
"Even amongst thieves there is a desire to tell stories."
Two performers and several characters circle around one another, and around their subject. They are searching for something, a search which tears hearts from their envelopes and smudges the ink of other lives. Could this be love? Or is it all a joke?
Fugue
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Waking up Suddenly
Family problems? Try some of these instead. Your father died. Your daughter hates you. Your mum's a liar. Your wife's divorcing you. Your ex-husband's suicidal. Your son's a blackmailing psychopath. And you're in love with the wrong person.
Uncle. Sister. Brother. Rival. Pervert. Martyr. Lover. Killer. How many roles can you juggle? What would you give to turn the clock back?
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Trick Boxing
The tale of Danny David, a lowly apple-seller, who is bamboozled into becoming a boxer by a low-level hustler, and ends up dancing his way through the championship with the help of Bella, a dame with a few moves of her own.
!Runners
First there was reality TV. Now there's reality theatre. The question is, what is reality? When your appointment comes through for group therapy, you’re bound to feel a bit awkward at first. But at the friendly Acorn Therapy Group you'll meet Doctor Ralf & a whole host of fascinating characters. However, this proves to be no ordinary group therapy as events reach a nail-biting climax. But Doctor Ralf has got the situation well in hand … or has he?
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W.C.
"Think before you go. It’s called forward planning"
Homespun philosopher and toilet-attendant Ted creates his own world of law and order within the murky walls of a subterranean public convenience away from the corrupt world outside. With the help of his devoted disciple Rob, Ted sets out on his mission to bring justice to the world. When a clown and an evangelical preacher wander into Ted’s domain they are forced to confront the ultimate consequences of their actions.
Centred around the themes of religion and justice, W.C. is a piece of theatre of great relevance today, as conflicts flare in the modern world, in the quest for territorial and religious supremacy, but above all about man’s desire to control others.
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Christmas Carol
A physical theatre production set in the thirties, bringing to life an bygone era through music, dance and physical theatre.
Born African
Three faces of modern Zimbabwe, a place as human as it is magical: a white lawyer, a coloured youth, a black servant. Over The Edge was founded in November 1994 on the occasion of the Avondale Summer Arts Festival in Harare. The most unique feature of the ensemble was not just their talent and enthusiasm but also their racial make up. At a time when multiculturalism was still an insipid cosmetic social convention, Over The Edge became known for breaking social and theatrical rules.