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OUT OF JOINT / Image: The Convict's Opera / Photographer: Olivia Martin-McGuire

Image: The Convict's Opera
Photographer: Olivia Martin-McGuire

OUT OF JOINT

Text-based: Medium|New writing

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to large

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Max Stafford-Clark
Producer
Graham Cowley

ARTISTIC POLICY
Out of Joint is a national and international touring theatre company dedicated to the development and production of new writing and occasional reappraisals of classic plays. It has premiered work by leading writers, including David Hare and Caryl Churchill, and launched the careers of first-time writers such as Mark Ravenhill and Stella Feehily. Out of Joint regularly co-produces work with such companies as the National Theatre and The Royal Court.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Filled with great humour and pathos, beautiful and surprising music, memorable characters and many terrific performances, The Convict’s Opera is an absolute must see.
Australian Stage
This is a brilliant piece of entertainment: crisp, funny, sceptical and generous.
The Sunday Times (Testing the Echo)
Out of Joint is out of this world
Boston Globe

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Convict’s Opera
By Stephen Jeffreys, adapted from John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera
In this co-production with Sydney Theatre Company, Max Stafford-Clark relocates the classic musical satire to a convict ship on a one-way voyage south. A cast of actor-musicians perform the original classical airs and folk songs as well as hilarious reworkings of classic pop songs.
2 hours 20 inc interval, 20 on road (Cast 10, others 10)
Dreams of Violence by Stella Feehily
Stella Feehily’s previous plays are Duck and O Go My Man. In Dreams of Violence, campaigner Hildy is torn between familial responsibility and corporate irresponsibility. It’s written with Feehily’s trademark wit and unerring sense of theatre.
90 mins no interval. 17 on road (Cast 8, others 8)

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops for students aged approx 16+, on rehearsal techniques and text work.
Post-show discussions

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Australia: The Convict’s Opera
2008 Netherlands: Testing the Echo
2005 Czech Republic, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, USA: Macbeth

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Convict’s Opera from April 2009
Dreams of Violence from 17 August