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BILL AITCHISON / Image: 2012 / Photographer: Bill Aitchison

Image: 2012
Photographer: Bill Aitchison

BILL AITCHISON

Interdiscinplinary|Performance|Physical/Visual theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
2–3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Bill Aitchison
Technical manager
Boris Kahnert

ARTISTIC POLICY
Bill Aitchison has created an unmistakable body of performances that have taken place around the world. Intellectually conceived, dynamically realised, and distinct in their range of influences (including visual art, experimental theatre, sonic art, and literature), he is committed to creating contemporary forms, asking questions, and treating audiences with respect. His work is ambitious, open-ended, and has a dry wit.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
It was an hour of great fun and a fine demonstration of the inventiveness and courage of the solo performer.
Oxford Times (24/7/52)
With the best British black humour he crossed in his future vision, popular half knowledge, diffuse fears and wild rumours.
Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (2012)
Amusing, intelligent and sensual theatre.
Frankfurter Allgemeine (24/7/52)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
2012
2012 is a dizzy performance of conspiracy theories that dances on the borders of truth and an apocalyptic imagination. 2012 is a snapshot of uncertainty, of where desire, and fear, lead the contemporary imagination.
75 minutes no interval
24/7/52
A conceptual vaudeville that calls upon multi-tasking ad absurdum. This theatre/gallery performance produces meticulously structured chaos through its sophisticated sound score and interweaving tasks. Developed at BAC co-produced Plateaux Festival/Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm.
60 minutes no interval

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
2012
Chinese version: the performance will be extended and expanded to include Chinese conspiracies. Other residencies considered.

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops and mentoring in contemporary performance making
Practice-based PhD introduction (Aitchison completed one in 2007)
Workshops on reviewing theatre and performance

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Netherlands: 24/7/52
2008 Germany: 2012
2007 Israel, Croatia, Germany, Belgium: 24/7/52
2006 Germany: 24/7/52

TOURING AVAILABILITY
All productions available throughout 2009