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
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