VANISHING POINT

SIZE OF COMPANY
7–15 on the road

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

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Matthew Lenton

General Manager
Severine Wyper

Administrator
Kate Hancock

Creative Associate
Sandy Grierson

ARTISTIC POLICY
Vanishing Point creates new theatre for modern audiences, which tours around Scotland, the UK and internationally.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘A tremendous, thrilling fusion of differences – theatre and music, northern and eastern European attitudes… wonderfully wrenching, reeling folk music…moved me much more than I ever could have expected.’ Time Out London (Subway)

‘Blissfully funny and well-observed. Matthew Lenton brings his barrage of theatrical brilliance to the telling of the tale… Subway has barrow loads of style, haunting futuristic imagery and a fine anarchic spirit.’ The Scotsman

‘Vanishing Point’s brilliant visual show infests the subconscious… a company of vision and immense talent… a singular act of the imagination.’ The Guardian (Lost Ones)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Subway A journey through a landscape a few years from now, a show about small acts of rebellion and where they lead. Featuring an extraordinary seven-piece band from Kosovo. (80 mins, no interval, 9 on stage, 15 on the road, includes strong language.)

Lost Ones A strange, beautiful and ever so slightly twisted show with performance, extraordinary design and anarchic live music. (70 mins, no interval, 6 on stage, 10 on the road, includes strong language.)

Mancub A collaboration with Douglas Maxwell, a story about a boy who thinks he is turning into animals. (80 mins, no interval, 3 on stage, 7 on the road, includes strong language.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Little Otik A spectacular adaptation of Jan Svankmajer’s darkly satirical film about a childless couple trying to have a baby. When the husband finds a piece of wood in the shape of a baby, his wife believes the child is real. But soon the wooden child does take life and his voracious appetite proves insatiable. A co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland in association with Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow.

WRAP-AROUND
Vanishing Point’s workshops are based on each production. Idea-to-stage demonstrations incorporating pre- and post-show forums, focusing on the development of an idea through improvisation and play to its formation as a piece of theatre.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Kosovo, Macedonia, Sri Lanka (Lost Ones)
2003 France (Invisible Man)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Subway and Lost Ones from January–March 2008 and September 2008 onwards
Mancub from January 2008 onwards