QUARANTINE

SIZE OF COMPANY
5–7 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Richard Gregory
Renny O’Shea

Designer
Simon Banham

Administrative Producer
Verity Leigh

ARTISTIC POLICY
Quarantine works with both experienced performers and people who have never performed before. Using their personal histories and experiences, they find an appropriate theatrical form for each piece – from intimate encounters to epic events. Quarantine’s theatre often blurs, exchanges or even removes the distinction between spectator and performer.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Quarantine has created a series of shows excavating the lives of real people and we’ve never seen one of these fragile, beautiful performances that wasn’t an outright winner.’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

‘It’s the best night out I can remember. This is poignancy unadorned. Extraordinary ordinary lives celebrating just being.’ Miriam King, Total Theatre Magazine (Susan & Darren)

‘Some theatre celebrates language, while some relies on visual impact. This very special production is theatre for the soul.’ Grania McFadden, Belfast Telegraph (Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said…)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Susan & Darren An event with dancing, created with and performed by Darren Pritchard, dancer/choreographer with Company Fierce, and his mum, Susan. (90 mins, 2 on stage, 6 on the road.)

Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said... An eight-and-a-half minute journey made alone in total darkness, full of sound and smell. (8 mins approx, 5 on the road, an experience for individuals at 10 minute intervals.)

EatEat A performance which takes the form of a five-course meal, shared by the audience and performers, created with and performed by refugees. (90–120 mins approx, 10–20 performers, recreated in local residency.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Old people, Children and Animals A performance about responsibility, created with and performed by those people ‘they’ say ‘you should never work with’. (90 mins tbc, 10 on stage, 16 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops, residencies and discussions available. Susan & Darren includes a post-show discussion.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 Canada (Something a taxi driver in Liverpool said...)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.