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theatre nomad 1993 - 2011
For
twenty years theatre nomad brought together theatre makers from
around the world working in a variety of theatrical traditions to
reinterpret classic texts and create new theatre for new audiences and
new situations. Started by Luke Dixon and Liz Turner in 1993, the
company was originally known as The Soho Group, but as we wandered ever
further around the world, picking up new members on our travels, theatre
nomad seemed the more appropriate name.
The
company’s work was characterised by interests in gender, multi-culturalism,
and making theatre in unconventional spaces. Productions included
ground-breaking all-female stagings of Macbeth and Hamlet,
an exploration of the queer in Shakespeare with Shakesqueer, and
a site-specific Uncle Vanya set in the music room of an English
country house.
The
nomads toured the globe - from South Wales to Siberia, Canada to the
Cape of Africa, China to the Balkans. The company performed in the
Shakespeare Gardens in Paris, high up in the Bavarian Alps, in a ruined
church as part of the International Shakespeare Festival in Gdansk, at
The Hong Kong City Festival and across South Africa. Productions were
seen by more than 45,000 people in more than 150 different venues in 14
countries.
Nine thousand people took part in theatre nomad's educational workshops
run as part of the company's commitment to the exploration of
performance and the social use of drama. The company ran workshops on
Shakespeare in the townships of South Africa, on trance performance in
England, on the acting of gender in North America and on text and
theatre skills in schools and colleges across Europe. The nomads also
used drama to deal with a wide range of social issues including war and
bereavement in Kosovo, youth alienation in North America and conflict
reconciliation in Southern Africa.
final ever performance by
theatre nomad
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triumphant desire
a night of Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy
inspired by the poems and dances of Anita Berber and Sebastian
Droste
including world premiere of
‘Songs
of Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy’
(words Berber & Droste, music Tyrone Landau)
The Maestro:
Tyrone Landau
The Declaimers:
Emma Grace, Tim Taylor
The Showman:
Sean Bruno
The Body Painter
of Bodies:
Kitty Myers
The Poet:
Rus Kallan
The Wild Dancer: Beverley Grant
The Modern Dancer:
KJ Lawson
The Dagger
Dancers:
KJ Lawson,
Maria de Lima
Saint Sebastian: Rob Lyndon
The Artists: E J Martin, Hazel Copcutt
The Man Who Makes
Love to the Glass:
Rob Lyndon
The Bull and The Matador:
Nashira Santanatalia
Gomez, Maria
de Lima
The Diva: Krysia Mansfield
Corps de Ballet:
Beverley Grant
The Lady from Zaragoza:
Nashira Santanatalia
Gomez
The Human Cello: Elsa Petit
The Cellist: Sarah Kaldor
The Violinist:
Satu-Maru Jokinen
The Pimp:
Declan Patrick
Directed by Luke Dixon
Monday 28th November 2011
KING'S PLACE, LONDON |
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Executive Director: Liz Turner |
Theatre Nomad, 1 King Edward Road, Deal Kent, CT14 6QL +44 01304
729321
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Artistic Director: Luke Dixon |
6 Clarion House, London, W1F 0BA |
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