RECKLESS SLEEPERS

SIZE OF COMPANY
2–7 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Mole Wetherell

General Manager
Lucia Hogg

International Producer
Sarah Ford

ARTISTIC POLICY
Reckless Sleepers creates original theatre pieces, installation projects and interventions for theatres, galleries, museums, and site- and seasonally-specific projects that both entertain and challenge its audiences, viewers and participants.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘There is something about the simplicity of this show that is unbearably moving.’ The Guardian (The Last Supper)

‘With just the two of them, trying to piece together the parts of their disjointed performance, they emerge as vulnerable – like the tomatoes that increasingly litter the stage. A wry, mischievous, lyrical and perceptive witness to the times we live in.’ The Herald (Spanish Train)

‘By the end, this piece is thrumming with questions and concerns about how we relate to a past.’ The Herald (Creating the Past)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Last Supper A performance piece where the audience are invited to dinner, to eat and drink with the company, while they hear and then eat the last words of the famous, the not so famous, criminals, victims, heroes, heroines and stars. (60 mins, 4 on stage, 7 on the road, for an audience of 39.)

Spanish Train A bear and a girl lost in a wood. A performance about fear and control in 12 parts, and three 3 acts. (60 mins, 2 on stage, 2 on the road.)

Trial by Lecture performance accompanying the publication of a book about Reckless Sleepers’ working process. (Residency of one week minimum, 1 on stage, 1 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Pilots Two man performance written and performed by Mole Wetherell and Tim Ingram. Two men on a journey of discovery – karaoke singing, Club Tropicana and all the drinks are free. (60 mins, 2 on stage, 3 on the road, available from autumn 2008.)

3 Wise Men A seasonally specific performance project that place outside, inside a wood. (60 mins, 4 on stage, 6 on the road, premieres January 2009.)

Met mijn hoofd in (with my head in) A collaboration with Belgian company bonbon vzw. A piece created for children. (45–50 mins, 2 on stage,4 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Mole Wetherell has created many projects for and with students or young practitioners in the UK, Portugal and Belgium. Examples include Quiet Time, a two week, city-based residency programme for young people on creative writing and devising techniques culminating in exhibitions and performances; and Creating the Past, a large-scale exhibition, installation and series of performances developed together with 100 young people from Edinburgh. Reckless Sleepers also offers Trial by, a lecture performance that accompanies the launch of Trial, a book illustrating the working processes used in developing projects over a period of 15 years.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Belgium (The Last Supper)
2006 Netherlands, Switzerland (The Last Supper), Portugal (The Last Supper/Spanish Train)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
All year round.