SIZE OF COMPANY
5–7 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Richard Gregory
Renny O’Shea
Administrative Producer
Verity Leigh
Designer
Simon Banham
Production Manager
Greg Akehurst

ARTISTIC POLICY
Quarantine makes theatre both with experienced performers and people who have never performed before. Using their personal histories and experiences, they invent a theatrical form that’s tailored to each piece – from intimate encounters to epic events. Quarantine often makes theatre that blurs, exchanges, or even removes the distinction between spectator and performer.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
This production is so creatively original, so technically assured, and so successfully unlike anything in this reviewer's experience that it merits a five-star rating.
The Irish Times (Susan & Darren)
A unique and delightful form of theatre that sits right on the cutting-edge of debate about what we mean by performance, but is still as unpretentious and accessible as a good community show.
The Scotsman (Old people, children and animals)
There is no company in the UK working quite in the area of Quarantine, a truly wonderful company that uses the lives and experiences of real people as the starting point for all their shows and who put their subjects centre stage and let them speak for themselves.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Susan & Darren
An event with dancing, created with and performed by Darren Pritchard, dancer/choreographer with Company Fierce, and his mum, Susan. 'One of the most original, intimate, warmly human and movingly open-hearted shows I’ve seen in a very long time'
Manchester Evening News
90 minutes. 2 on stage, 7 on the road
Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said
An eight-and-a-half minute journey made alone in total darkness, full of sound and smell.
8 mins approx., 5 on the road, an experience for individuals at 10 minute intervals

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Soldier’s Song
A booth-based installation for one person at a time exploring the world of currently serving British soldiers through sound. 0 on stage, 2 on the road.
Make Believe (working title)
An exploration of belief and tolerance created with and performed by a group of people with strongly-held beliefs of all kinds. No on road tbc, available from autumn 2009.

WRAP-AROUND
We can offer masterclasses and extended workshops. It’s possible to present Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said...as a residency including masterclasses in sensory theatre.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Germany, Ireland: Susan & Darren
2008 Germany: Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said…
2005 Canada: Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said…

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Please contact the office