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HEADLONG THEATRE / Image: Six Characters in Search of an Author / Photographer: Manuel Harlan

Image: Six Characters in Search of an Author
Photographer: Manuel Harlan

HEADLONG THEATRE

Text-based: Medium|New writing|Theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Large

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Rupert Goold
Executive Producer
Henny Finch
Finance Manager
Julie Renwick
Literary Associate
Ben Power
Assistant Producer
Jenni Kershaw
Administrative Assistant
Lindsey Alvis

ARTISTIC POLICY
Headlong Theatre is dedicated to new ways of making theatre. By exploring revolutionary writers and practitioners of the past, and commissioning new work from artists from a wide variety of backgrounds, we aim to push the imaginative boundaries of the stage. Headlong makes exhilarating, provocative, and spectacular new work to take around the country and around the world.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The Country’s most exciting touring theatre company.
Daily Telegraph
Wild, mad and deeply intelligent theatre
Sunday Times
Rupert Goold works his illuminating magic. Seriously thrilling…an astonishing night
Evening Standard (Six Characters in Search of an Author)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Six Characters in Search of an Author
A radical re-imagining of Pirandello’s classic. This stunning play is a parable for a media obsessed age and an exploration of how we define ourselves in the 21st Century.
150 mins, 17 on the road
King Lear
Two families tear themselves apart in this intimate and provocative staging of the most elemental tragedy ever written.
180 mins, 20 on the road
Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
A strange and beautiful exploration of performance and performers, of sadness, mortality and wonder, written by Anthony Neilson, one of Britain’s most acclaimed playwrights.
110 mins, 10 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Enron
One of the most infamous financial scandal in history becomes a modern epic tragedy in this Headlong World Premiere. Directed by Rupert Goold.
Gulliver
The world premiere of Headlong’s adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels. Madness, colonialism, creativity all find expression in Swift’s hilarious and disturbing tale. Directed by Rupert Goold.

WRAP-AROUND
The company offers post-show talks and workshops alongside all productions which can be tailor-made to suit a particular audience.

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Faustus: spring 2009
Six Characters in Search of an Author: autumn 2009
Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness: autumn 2009