SIZE OF COMPANY 10 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE Small
PERMANENT STAFF Artistic Director Alan Lane Core Artists Ben Eaton Matthew David Scott Heather Fenoughty Richard Warburton Lucy Hind Producer Ben Pugh Exec Director Laura Clark
ARTISTIC POLICY Slung Low is a company specialising in new work, led by seven artists collected from diverse creative backgrounds: including prose, movement, video, sound, and theatre.Slung Low allows the particular demands of each story to inform the choice of venue and performance style.At the core of the company’s work is the intention to use all the technology and resources available to a 21st Century artist to achieve that oldest of artistic aims – a good story well told. Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award winners 2008.
REVIEW EXTRACTS A company of idiosyncratic vision and promise. The Guardian **** (Helium) And the dioramas you enter (they include a miniature cinema and the bomb-chamber of a WW2 bomber) are wonderful, combining the art of film and the homespun, heartfelt craft of theatre with wistfulness and wit. Time Out ***** (Helium) This is a rewarding, imaginative exploration of the value of letting go. Metro **** (Helium)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS Helium: A Short Adventure for one. A theatre installation where the audience move through a series of performance boxes to uncover why Max keeps sending his grand-daughter white helium balloons for her birthday. Featuring the voice of Patrick Stewart as Max. Each audience experience lasts 30 minutes. This is an individual audience experience. 9cast/1 crew Small Worlds: A Short Adventure for one Small Worlds is an interactive installation combining live performance, music and digital projection which takes you on your own personal journey through a series of rooms as you help Mark find his brother’s marbles. Each audience experience lasts 30 minutes. This is an individual audience experience. Originally made for audiences aged 14–18 years. 2 cast/3 crew
WRAP-AROUND Post performance discussion. Devising as company workshop: 16+/for amateur audience/training practitioners. Site-specific Installation seminar (as taught at University of Huddersfield) for students.
TOURING AVAILABILITY January 2009 to December 2010
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