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Red Ladies
Photograph Andrew Ormerod
the clod ensemble

Performance, Music theatre, Physical/visual theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- and middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Paul Clark
Suzy Willson

Administrator
Anneliese Graham

ARTISTIC POLICY
To produce work that integrates original contemporary music, performed live, with highly visual theatre.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'The Clod Ensemble is one of those highly inventive and anarchic companies thrusting its way through traditional boundaries of drama.' The Guardian

'A thoughtfully choreographed work that is splendidly enhanced by the bluesy music of Paul Clark. An admirable balance between cleverly conceived spirited entertainment and intelligent insight.' New York Times (It’s a small house and we lived in it always)

'It was the kind of absurd, inspired happening that makes the city come alive. Keep an eye out.' The Guardian (Red Ladies)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Red Ladies Site-specific chorus piece which starts in the streets of a city before moving to a large warehouse-type venue. 22 women, including a seven piece brass band, take you to their encampment. (90 mins)

Greed Romantic comedy inspired by the silent melodrama of 1920s cinema and the slapstick of Keaton and Chaplin. No spoken text. Features an original score for piano. (60 mins, no interval, 3 on stage, 6 on the road)

The Silver Swan 'Installation concert’ for seven unaccompanied female choral singers. Ideally suited to non-theatre spaces. Can be remounted with local, classically trained singers. Can play several times in one evening. (20 mins, 8 on stage including conductor, 11 on the road)

For One Night Only and Other Short Pieces The title piece charts a struggle for intimacy and is performed entirely in the language of Olympic wrestling. Features a score for piano and bongo. Companion pieces in development. (Each piece 20 mins, 6 on stage, 9 on the road)

It’s a small house and we lived in it always Collaboration with US performers Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver (Split Britches). Two explorers lay claim to the same territory. Set to an original blues score by Paul Clark. Can be presented with other pieces. (40 mins, 2 on stage, 5 on the road)

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Workshops, education projects and residencies in music, covering theatre, movement, devising non-text-based theatre, and non-verbal communication skills. The company also runs a training programme using arts in medical education. All education work is inspired by the teaching of Jacques Lecoq.More information at www.performingmedicine.com.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2004 Armenia, Bulgaria, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Thailand (Greed), Taiwan (It’s a small house and we lived in it always)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Throughout 2007.