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Image: Intimate History
Photographer: Jake Oldershaw

	JAKE OLDERSHAW & UNTIED ARTISTS


	Mixed-media\|New writing\|Performance

SIZE OF COMPANY
Minimum of 4 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director & Performer
Jake Oldershaw
Artistic Director & Producer
Jo Carr

ARTISTIC POLICY
Jake’s work is often concerned the with intimacy and proximity of the audience. Ideas across artforms are developed collaboratively.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
A delightful nugget of theatrical waywardness and invention.
The Guardian (Intimate History)
Magnificent…the universal appeal to human relationships that this innovative, intimate performance taps into has become, deservedly, an internationally applauded attraction.
The Irish Times (Intimate History)
Oldershaw is an engaging performer with an entrancing idea that will charm anyone who has ever walked down an isolated beach.
British Theatre Guide (Midland Aquaphiliacs)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Intimate History
Choose from a menu of stories which are brought to life around you using found objects, tiny models, heartfelt music and song. Mini epics of emotional depth and astonishing sweetness.
2 on stage. 4 on tour. Each show is for an audience of one and lasts 10 minutes. Up to Six hours of performances per day.
Midland Aquaphiliacs
Meet the Midland Aquaphiliacs, people who love the sea but live in Britain’s most land-locked city. A multimedia performance with photography, live music and recorded interviews. Full of seaside charm and uplifting songs.
2 on stage. 3 on tour. Running time 70 minutes. 1 interval.

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Glassworks
A new work for theatre by young Swedish playright Ivar Waldemarson. Festen meets Poltergeist in the worst family Christmas ever.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Russia, Ireland: Intimate History

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Intimate History available from January 2009
Midland Aquaphiliacs available from March 2009