RANSOM PRODUCTIONS

SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-, middle- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Rachel O’Riordan

Administrator
Peggy Fisher

ARTISTIC POLICY
Ransom produces breakthrough writing with dynamic production, to create a provocative and exhilarating theatre experience for a diverse audience. Ransom is committed to creating high octane performance, which place equal emphasis on physical and verbal communication with the audience.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘For connoisseurs of heartfelt writing and fine acting… full of a fresh, raw sense of the absurdity of death.’ The Scotsman (This Piece of Earth)

‘Hilariously funny, deeply tragic and relevant to all of life’s compulsive losers. Perversely, it is itself a runaway winner.’ The Irish Times (The Half)

‘Total, hair-raising physical theatre.’ The Independent (Hurricane)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
This Piece of Earth A love story set in the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1800s. (55 mins with no interval, 2 on stage, 3 on the road, some sexual content.)

The Half A one man show set during the period of time known as the half, before a show begins. (60 mins with no interval, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, includes some strong language.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Winners Written by Rosemary Jenkinson; a hilarious black comedy set in a post ceasefire Belfast. (4 on stage, contains strong language and sexual content.)

The Gentlemen’s Tea Drinking Society Written by Richard Dormer; a modern farce about Quantum physics and murder. (4 on stage.)

WRAP-AROUND
Post-show discussions with actors, writer and director and workshops with writer and director on ways of making new work for the theatre.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Scotland (This Piece of Earth)
2006 Ireland (The Early Bird)
2005 Ireland (The Half)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Available throughout 2008.