Richard Stamp
29 Hewer House
Worsopp Drive
London SW4 9QR
T +44 (0)20 7978 1169
+44 (0)795 173 5165
E richarddotcomedy@btinternet.com
williamdotcomedy@blueyonder.com
W dotcomedy.co.uk
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Dance
- Small-scale companies/artists
- Middle-scale companies
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Drama
- Small-scale companies/artists
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Live Art
- Live Art companies/artists
Outdoor Work
- Outdoor companies
SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies
SCALE OF VENUE
Small-, middle- and large-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Richard Stamp and William Wilding
ARTISTIC POLICY
dotComedy are renowned for their unique take on reality – creating installations, walkabouts and shows that mix the mundane and the absurd with hilarious results. True mavericks of the street scene, dotComedy will mark your event with an unforgettable comedic edge that will stay in the collective memory long after they’ve gone.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘The best shows have a clear idea of what they want to achieve – where the performers have the ability to disrupt normality and engage directly with audiences of all ages. A company who do just that [apparently effortlessly] is dotComedy.’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (GetLost)
‘Alice in Wonderland crossed with a Greek Myth – extraordinary.’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
GetLost/dotMaze Have you ever found yourself inside a labyrinth or lost yourself in a maze? Well, now’s your chance to do both inside GetLost – dotComedy’s 20-foot-square hedge maze filled with installations, soundscapes, a cast of the uncanny and a somewhat unpredictable minotaur.
The MISinformation Tent Lost? Any Questions? The MISinformation Tent will supply (wrong) answers to all of life's questions. Comes complete with misleading maps, impossible diagrams and ridiculous public service announcements. Staffed by the most helpful but ill-informed local volunteers available.
The Chain A chain of events triggering a domino effect – leading to a loop of disasters that self-perpetuate one another ad infinitum. A random chain of slapstick blunders that develops into a physical conceit of chronological disaster – with hilarious results. (A community/student production including 3–4 dotComedy performers.)
The Dig An Installation based on TV programme Time Team. Archeology for troglodytes! The dotComedy time team descend on a site of your choice, uncovering fascinating relics from the past, and formulating crackpot theories as to how they got there.
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Chain/Part 2 A continuation of a developing work collaborating with partners worldwide.
The Peter and Jane Family Full of nostalgic charm, the family look as if they have stepped from between the pages of a Ladybird book, embracing life’s simple pleasures in a larger than life format!
Why!!! A spectacle from dotComedy. 11-person walkabout. Follow the gaggle of white-coated boffins in their determined research for the answers of life. Witness the live experiment.
Car Boot Sale
News Desk
Surrealist Painters And Decorators
Soundcheck
Unfit Athletes
The Officials
WRAP-AROUND
DotComedy production The Chain is a community-based show. We work with 8–30 persons either with no experience in theatre or with students. The process can be from one week minimum, up to six weeks, with performances at the conclusion of the workshops. The production has been used several times as the opening and closing performance of a festival.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Australia (Womadlide/The Chain), France (Viva Cite/The Chain)
2007 France (The Chain)
TOURING AVAILABILITY
All available 2010 onwards
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