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OCKHAM’S RAZOR / Image: Arc / Photographer: Nik Mackey

Image: Arc
Photographer: Nik Mackey

OCKHAM’S RAZOR

Aerial theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to large

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Alex Harvey
Charlotte Mooney
Tina Koch
Producer
Alison King

ARTISTIC POLICY
Ockham’s Razor consists of three aerial artists who specialise in creating physical theatre around new pieces of aerial equipment. The company aims to combine circus, dance, and visual theatre to make work that has a narrative structure.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Dazzling airborne routines.
The Telegraph
Daring aerial theatre.
The Independent
Physically thrilling.
The Sunday Times

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Arc
3 performers. 30minutes. It takes place on an aluminium aerial raft rigged 3.5 metres off the ground. The structure seems to float in the air, it up ends half way through. No interval.
Every Action
4 performers, 20 minutes. no interval. Twenty-five metres of rope looped over two pulleys. If someone pulls on one side of the rope, the rope on the other side is affected.
Memento Mori
2 performers, 13 minutes no interval. An intimate duet, performed on a simple suspended metal frame.

WRAP-AROUND
Ockham’s Razor are all fully trained aerial teachers and hold regular workshops. They also do Q&As.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Holland, Belgium, Spain: Arc, Every Action, Memento Mori
2007 Finland, France: Arc, Every Action, Memento Mori
2006 Hungary: Memento Mori

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Arc, Every Action and Memento Mori are all available for touring