SIZE OF COMPANY Varies from show to show, depending on scale
SCALE OF VENUE Middle to large scale
PERMANENT STAFF Artistic Director Paul Pinson
Producer and General Manager Jon Clarke
ARTISTIC POLICY Boilerhouse is an award-winning Scottish touring theatre company dedicated to the creation of unique and spectacular performance events. The company aims to enthral and excite audiences, performing in a variety of dramatically unusual indoor and outdoor locations, from clubs to car parks. Its productions tell contemporary stories through a mix of live performance, physical action, music and film. The company enjoys collaborating with a broad range of artists, including novelists, aerialists, composers and pyro-technicians.
REVIEW EXTRACTS 'A constant dance of movement and colour.' The Guardian (Drenched)
'The thinking person’s outdoor spectacular, a show that strives not just to thrill but to make you think and feel.' The Guardian (3600)
'The effective production and the striking texts, make this outdoor performance a successful mix of violence and eternal questioning.' Le Monde (3600)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS Drenched Intense, intimate one-woman performance, scripted by Gary Young, directed by Mark Murphy; touring production – various Scottish venues and Contact, Manchester. (70 mins; 1 performer, 2 on the road)
3600 Large-scale outdoor production with live action, giant film screens and live original music throughout. Co-production with Metalovoice (France). Find yourself physically suspended within the heart of one extraordinary hour... 3600 seconds of action, feelings and voices count down in a dynamic exploration of the most intense moments each one of us can ever experience. (60 mins – equal to 3600 seconds, 4 performers, 8 on the road)
FUTURE PRODUCTION Fishing for Zebras New outdoor production by leading playwright John Clifford (in collaboration with leading science practitioners) for summer/autumn 2007, about genetic science and its increasing impact on our everyday lives.
WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY Fishing for Zebras will include and accompanying education programme; other activities such as workshops are incorporated where relevant.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2005–06 Monaco, France, Holland, Poland (3600)
TOURING AVAILABILITY Details on request
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