SIZE OF COMPANY
2–4 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle-scale
Minimum height 5m required

PERMANENT STAFF
Performer
Matilda Leyser

Producer
Simon Chatterton

ARTISTIC POLICY
Matilda Leyser uses a combination of dramatic and circus techniques to create powerful contemporary performance imbued with warmth, wit and personality. Her pieces are inspired by the poetic potential within aerial performance, demonstrating its ability to physically manifest many of the metaphors through which we describe human experience. The performer is perceived as human and vulnerable, rather than as a super-human performing circus “tricks”.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Her performance is a revelation… performed with subtlety and clarity… immaculately conceived and timed to perfection.’ The Times (Lifeline)

‘Combining subtle theatricality, emotive expression and super skilled aerial tricks, a beautiful and touching piece - lively, mesmeric and sensitively portrayed.’ The Stage (Lifeline)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Lifeline From birth to death – an entire lifeline acted out on a single, suspended rope. Matilda Leyser’s poignant and poetic production depicts this most human of dramas with unique and amazing skill. (23 mins, 1 on stage, 2–3 on the road.)

Line, Point, Plane This full-length solo aerial-theatre piece, brings together highly-respected collaborators from the world of theatre and dance including directors Andrew Dawson, Annabel Arden and Annie Castledine, choreographer Rosemary Lee and writer Bryony Lavery. (60 mins, 1 on stage, 4 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Matilda Leyser has taught all ages and abilities; offering workshops in theatre and circus-theatre, contact Improvisation, aerial skills and Alexander Technique.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Belgium (Lifeline/Dead Point)
2006 France, Vietnam (Lifeline/Dead Point)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Lifeline from January 2008
Line, Point, Plane details on request