Catherine Baxendale
Lone Twin
PO Box 5005
62 North Road
Brighton BN50 9DU
T +44 (0)7876 042788
E catherine@lonetwin.com
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SIZE OF COMPANY
3–8 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan
Executive Director
Gwen Van Spijk
Company Manager
Catherine Baxendale
Producer
Sadie Cook
ARTISTIC POLICY
Lone Twin produces theatrical and arts-based events for a variety of locations and contexts. Committed to creating entertaining and hopeful works, projects range from durational performances and community events to stage and studio presentations.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘They perform the impossible task of captivating the audience with what becomes as much a physical exploration of storytelling as of heroism.’ The Stage (Daniel Hit By A Train)
‘Impossible to pigeon-hole, crosses boundaries and brings people together.’ The Guardian (Spiral)
‘A hope-filled story for the 21st Century.’ De Standaard, Brussels (Alice Bell)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Alice Bell Alice seeks happiness in a divided land, finding love and companionship, but at a terrible cost. Part musical, part fairytale, Alice Bell offers a portrait of life as an act of hope, life as something to sing and dance about. (75 mins, 5 on stage, 8 on the road, some strong language.)
Daniel Hit By A Train is inspired by a Victorian collection of 53 true stories about people losing their lives trying to save the life of another, and tells each tragedy in turn, in all their heart-wrenching, comedic, vaudevillian glory. (75 mins, 5 on stage, 8 on the road.)
Speeches Members of the public collaborate with a professional speech writer to create proclamations based on their knowledge and experience of a particular location. Each highly subjective and personal speech will be given as a public performance and sited in the location to which it refers. (Duration variable, 4 on the road.)
Spiral Onto a map a spiral is drawn. Taking the spiral as a path, over the course of a chosen time, Lone Twin walk its entirety, inviting people to add to a growing collection of objects, which must join us to the spiral’s centre. (Duration variable, 3 on the road.)
Street Dance A process-based teaching and learning project aimed at creating a barn-shaking knees-up. Working closely with a choreographer and musical director, an accumulative dance is developed as it passes through communities and households. (Duration variable, 4 on the road.)
Town Crying Working with an official town crier, Lone Twin creates a series of texts to be ‘cried’ across various locations of a city and its surrounds. These draw on micro-local events and are built from a period of research in the exact location where the text will be eventually cried. (Duration variable, 4 on the road.)
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Lone Twin Theatre completes The Catastrophe Trilogy with a new production. This as yet untitled work continues the company’s playful approach to story-telling, narrative and song, presenting an episode in the life of a character where chance and coincidence leave an indelible mark. Available for touring from May 2010. (75 mins, 5 on stage, 8 on the road.)
Lone Twin Theatre: The Catastrophe Trilogy, Alice Bell, Daniel Hit By A Train and an as yet untitled third work share a common playful interest in the act of story-telling. Touching, comic and resolutely hopeful, The Catastrophe Trilogy is a unique collection of works by an ever-surprising international ensemble. Available for touring from May 2010. (3 x 75 mins, 5 on stage, 8 on the road.)
Beastie An innovative live experience for children. Based around the notion of a mysterious beast living in their town, the work is aimed at empowering children; they become the keepers of a magical secret, a secret that confuses and confounds the adult world. Available for touring from summer 2010. (Duration variable, 4 on the road.)
Working Day Through a series of short films, Working Day creates a video portrait of a host community; in this case a community at work. It surfaces hitherto overlooked or almost invisible networks and brings together people from various backgrounds and vocations whose paths cross on a daily basis. This concept is only just beginning development and we are seeking co-commissioners for 2010 onwards. (Duration variable, 3 on the road.)
Cabaret Simon Created entirely for children by Lone Twin and Stuart Silver in collaboration with performer Guy Dartnell. Commissioned by Barbican BITE09, this unforgettable extravaganza brings together a truly remarkable band of entertainers in a show that’s intriguing, surprising and magical. (Duration variable, 4 on the road plus guest acts.)
The Boat Project Winner: Artists taking the lead, south east region. A large-scale public art project commissioned for the Cultural Olympiad that will see the creation of a sea-faring boat. Constructed out of wood donated by the local community the boat will make a two-week maiden 'Olympic' voyage in June 2012, becoming the focus of four celebratory arts events.
WRAP-AROUND
Workshops given by members of the company exploring the various approaches to narrative employed in the making of Alice Bell and Daniel Hit By A Train. Available as an ‘off the shelf’ half- or full-day session.
The Lone Twin Speakeasy: an extended workshop designed for students and artists within theatre, contemporary performance, live art and other contemporary visual and live practices, in which participants, either individually or in small groups, can discuss and share their practice with the company’s artistic directors Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters. The Speakeasy requires a minimum of a full-day and can extend to three days of working together before entering the remote stage.
Beastie Workshops: originally devised to feed into the creation process for Beastie, these workshops have proved to work well independently. Aimed at groups of 5–15 children, aged between 5 and 12, these workshops have been very well received and termed ‘essential play’. Contact the company for further information.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2009 Austria (Beastie Workshops), Spain (Alice Bell/Daniel Hit By A Train), Italy, Norway (Daniel Hit By A Train), Germany (Daniel Hit By A Train/Nine Years), USA (To The Century)
2008 Spain (Alice Bell), Austria, Germany (Daniel Hit By A Train), USA, Switzerland (Nine Years), Australia (Newsboys)
2007 Norway (Alice Bell), Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, USA (Nine Years), Portugal (Ghost Dance)
TOURING AVAILABILITY
Contact the company for availability
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