SIZE OF COMPANY 3–4 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE Small- to middle-scale
PERMANENT STAFF Performer and Deviser Will Adamsdale
Dramaturg/Producer Kate McGrath
Administrator Christina Elliot
Production Manager Stuart Heyes
ARTISTIC POLICY Will Adamsdale is a performer and deviser. His work dissects modern urban life through storytelling, comedy, music and audience interaction. He collaborates with dramaturg Kate McGrath, and worked with sonic artist Chris Branch on The Receipt.
REVIEW EXTRACTS ‘An exquisitely idiosyncratic worldview that is as funny as it is wonderfully weird… remarkable for both its sheer inventiveness and its perfect pitch.’ New York Times (Jackson’s Way)
‘It’s a real cracker… This is a show that makes you yearn to get off the hamster wheel and make a bid for freedom.’ The Guardian (The Receipt)
‘Adamsdale is creating a body of work that rides roughshod over the boundaries between comedy and theatre, making us laugh even as it asks the big questions.’ The Guardian (The Human Computer)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS The Human Computer A technophobe’s guide to computers which delves into the wiry heart of the cyber web. (75 mins, 1 on stage, 3 on the road.)
The Receipt A man flips out and searches the city for the owner of a receipt. Is he a hero, or an idiot? A little story told by two men, a filing cabinet and a Moog. Fringe First and Total Theatre Award Winner 2006. (75 mins, 4 on the road.)
Jackson’s Way Winner of the Perrier Award for Comedy, 2004. Part theatre, part comedy, Jackson’s Way is a modern day parody of American motivational speakers and a satire on the world of self help and corporate jargon. (90 mins, 3 on the road.)
WRAP-AROUND Will Adamsdale can provide post-performance discussions. He can also perform excerpts from Jackson’s Way or The Human Computer in a variety of contexts, including corporate events.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2007 Australia, USA (The Receipt) 2006 Australia, USA (Jackson’s Way)
TOURING AVAILABILITY Throughout 2008
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