SIZE OF COMPANY
4–20 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Gregory Thompson

Producer
Roy Luxford

ARTISTIC POLICY
To create theatre to nourish and celebrate the human spirit, making profound texts accessible, vibrant and enriching. AandBC combines improvised staging, vivid physical imagery, direct contact with the audience and original live music.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Shakespeare at its most direct and immediate... As the play reaches towards its magical climax, we all lean forward upon our seats to drink in every magical moment like moths being drawn towards the light.' The Guardian (The Tempest)

'An inspired idea… with the aid of organ peals and an ethereal voice issuing from the darkened choir, [Henry VIII] becomes an illustration of human transience.' The Guardian

'A show that chases after the beauty of love and finds it... by the end there wasn't a dry eye in the house.' The Scotsman (The Tale that Wags the Dog)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Tempest Site-sympathetic Shakespeare played under a 3m diameter helium moon that can play almost anywhere, inside and out, from theatres to the rainforest, from opera houses to the banks of the Volga. The performance takes place in and amongst the audience who become the island. (150 mins, 13 on stage, 17 on the road.)

Henry VIII Commissioned by the RSC Complete Works Festival. Shakespeare’s final play, performed in traverse down the nave of a church. First performed in Holy Trinity where Shakespeare is buried. (150 mins, 18 on stage, 23 on the road.)

The Boy’s Own Story By Peter Flannery. A one-man show charting the comeback of John McKenna, ‘the greatest goalkeeper never to play for England’, as he strives to rebuild his career. Played on real grass with a full-size football goal. (90 mins, with interval, 4 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Winter’s Tale The first act is played traditionally with the audience in the auditorium and the actors on stage. In the second act the audience joins the actors on stage to celebrate the return of Hermione. (150 mins, 10 on stage, 15 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Show related workshops including working methodology; Shakespeare’s text, storytelling, movement and music.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 USA (St Joan/The Tempest)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
The Tempest from autumn 2008
The Winter’s Tale from 2009