SIZE OF COMPANY
3–6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Lead Artist
Jake Oldershaw

Producer
Jo Carr

ARTISTIC POLICY
Jake Oldershaw is a Birmingham-based performer whose work is often concerned with intimacy and proximity of audience. Ideas across art forms are developed collaboratively and presented with a trademark of moving, heartfelt storytelling. Work with other international companies includes Stan’s Cafe and KAOS Theatre.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Intensely intimate cabaret… A delightful nugget of theatrical waywardness and invention.' The Guardian (An Intimate History)

'An entrancing idea… will charm anyone who has ever walked down an isolated beach.' British Theatre Guide (Midland Aquaphiliacs)

‘This bite-size piece of theatre fills you like a home cooked meal; it works because it understands our insatiable appetite for good stories.’ Bangkok Post (An Intimate History)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
An Intimate History Music theatre for an audience of one. Choose an intimate story/song from a choice of six. (every 10 mins, up to 40 shows per day, 3–4 on the road, min 500 sq ft.)

Midland Aquaphiliacs Documentary performance exploring residents of Britain’s most landlocked city and their relationship with the sea. (70 mins, 3 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
Timolean Vieta Come Home Adaptation of Dan Rhodes’ unassumingly epic novel – inventive and heartfelt storytelling with a classic “dog and master” theme.

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops with local musicians. Potential to present songs from the show (An Intimate History) and other original songs as a cabaret at the end of the run.

TOURING AVAILABILITY
An Intimate History/Midland Aquaphiliacs from January 2008 onwards
Timolean Vieta Come Home from May 2008