Staging the human psyche by turning classical theatre inside out.
that digs beneath the surface of stories told for centuries, and that dares to look beyond the truths we have inherited.
By combining classical text with bold new writing and playful physical storytelling, we create visceral, courageous, uncompromising theatre that tests established narratives to their limits and interrogates the familiar from radical new perspectives.
MAKING IT HARDER TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE COMPLEXITIES OF BEING HUMAN
We are fascinated by what lies beneath the surface of human experience: the stories we tell ourselves, the identities we construct and the forces that shape how we think, feel and behave. Drawing on contemporary psychology, we seek to expose the contradictions, competing perspectives and hidden complexities that make us human. We believe that understanding begins when we look beyond easy explanations and become willing to see things differently.
THE RADICAL REIMAGINING OF WELL-KNOWN TEXTS AND NARRATIVES
The stories we think we know shape our view of reality. The characters we think we know shape our view of humanity. We return to classical theatre not to preserve its authority, but to put it under pressure: challenging familiar interpretations, questioning inherited assumptions and uncovering perspectives that have been overlooked. We believe these stories are too important to leave unquestioned and too rich to leave unexplored.
BRINGING ARTISTS TOGETHER IN A PROCESS OF SHARED DISCOVERY
We believe ambitious theatre emerges through insatiable curiosity and creative collaboration. From our base in North Yorkshire, we operate as a flexible and evolving network of practitioners that reaches beyond geographical boundaries. Led by our founder and artistic director, Benjamin Askew, we engage not only in making productions, but in an ongoing programme of training, research and practice that centres the work of the actor and empowers emerging artists.
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