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Night Shift
Photograph Pau Ross
mark murphy

Visual theatre, New writing, Text-based: dense

SIZE OF COMPANY
5 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Mark Murphy

ARTISTIC POLICY
Mark Murphy is a writer, director, filmmaker and movement specialist. As founder and director of Vtol Dance Company, he directed seven major shows – all touring extensively throughout the UK and Europe. He co-directed two acclaimed theatre productions for Northern Stage – A Clockwork Orange and 1984. Murphy moved into new writing in 2001 and has subsequently penned three plays and two screenplays, including the award-winning The Night Shift.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Controlling diverse elements is what the director does so well… the layering of images works beautifully.' Independent on Sunday (The Night Shift)

'Its fascinating, nightmarish interlayering makes for a slickly polished, very theatrical package.' Sunday Times (The Night Shift)

'A fascinating piece of theatre... and two marvellous performances.' Scotland on Sunday (The Night Shift)

CURRENT PRODUCTION
The Night Shift Ever dreamt you were dreaming? We each spend 25 years asleep, yet no one really knows why we dream. A new visual play about one woman’s fight not to find her father. (90 mins, 2 on stage, 5 on the road)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
A Wing and a Prayer Two worlds, one mid-air collision. An air traffic controller, a pilot and one catastrophic crash. A wife, a husband and one almighty breakdown. (4 on stage, 7 on the road)

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Post–show discussions, workshops and residencies.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Singapore

TOURING AVAILABILITY
The Night Shift from January 2007.
A Wing and a Prayer details on request.