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CONTACT FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURING


Nick Sweeting

4th Floor, 43 Aldwych
London WC2B 4DN

T +44 (0)20 7240 4556
F +44 (0)20 7240 4534

E office@improbable.co.uk
W www.improbable.co.uk

Performance In Profile 2007




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improbable

Devised theatre, Physical/visual theatre, Site-specific

SIZE OF COMPANY
6–19 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-, middle- and large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Julian Crouch
Phelim McDermott
Lee Simpson

Producer
Nick Sweeting

General Manager
Kirstie McKenzie

ARTISTIC POLICY
To produce and tour work made by the company.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Anyone who had yet to grasp that theater can go places no other art form can need only experience this.' The New York Times

'Improbable is one of the brilliant faces of British Theatre.' The Observer

'This show constantly proves that you have to take risks, you have to overreach yourself, if you are to be truly creative.' The Guardian

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Wolves in the Walls Based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Presented with the National Theatre of Scotland, The Wolves in the Walls is a musical pandemonium incorporating song and puppetry. (75 mins mins, 14 on stage, 19 on the road, all details tbc)

Animo Uses a range of everyday materials and found objectives to construct an hour of improvised theatre. Working with local puppeteers and animators both in a workshop and performance context. (60 mins, 7 on stage, 8 on the road)

Spirit Three performers struggle to tell the story of three brothers. Teasing, sad and funny, a serious joke about cycles of conflict on the personal and the global level, and maybe just a feeling about how we may break out of them. (80 mins, 3 on stage, 6 on the road)

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Improbable works with partners to develop appropriate additional activities, predominantly but not exclusively aimed at emerging practitioners.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
Australia, New Zealand, Portugal (Sticky), Canada, Germany, USA (Spirit), Austria, USA (The Hanging Man)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.

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