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AANDBC / Image: The Tempest / Photographer: Bill Garvin

Image: The Tempest
Photographer: Bill Garvin

AANDBC

Performance|Text-based: Medium|Site-specific

SIZE OF COMPANY
15–17 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF

Artistic Director
Gregory Thompson
Producer
Roy Luxford

ARTISTIC POLICY
AandBC aims 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
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 (Henry VIII)
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)
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 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 for the sheep shearing festival and to celebrate the return of Hermione.
150 mins, with interval 10 on stage, 15 on the road
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, with interval 13 on stage, 17 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 in a full-size football goal.
90 mins, with interval, 4 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Oresteia by Aeschylus.
A co-production with The Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College, New York.

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

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 USA: St Joan
2007 USA: The Tempest

TOURING AVAILABILITY
The Winter’s Tale 2009/10
The Tempest 2009/10
(Note These two productions can be performed in repertory)
The Oresteia 2010