“a company with an extremely bright future” The Telegraph (2012)
In 2013, is 5 years young. In the last 18 months we’ve tried to take our ideas far and wide across the UK and to nurture dialogue with partners to bring to life some of the most curious ideas in science. The 2012 Hexagon Season was a busy year for us and we’re really excited to introduce for 2013. This year we’re concentrating on making work from our current base, Norwich. We’re proud to be working on our major new production for 2013 with the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, before touring in 2014. We’re working out of a new office in Norwich and we’re running some local artist development projects out of The Garage as part of a new initiative, From developing the work in Norwich, we’ll be heading out on tour nationally with
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This sees us working with Guardian Science & Sense About Science to partner local theatres around the UK with top-class Universities and local artists. Scientists and artists will work with their theatres in an exchange which we hope will kickstart lost conversations. Within the company, we’ve appointed six creative associates, company members who have worked with us, in some cases, from the very beginning. These associates interweave and strengthen all the work we’re doing this year. We’re always learning from the example of those that inspire us: those who find new ways of making work, with partners who share a sense of progression and belief in core principles. Be it in a moving ambulance, an end-on space, a town square or a theatre foyer, is also about testing the third culture that curious directive operates within: the liminal space between art and science. Come and knock on our door, watch a show, observe a rehearsal or get in touch with a question. www.curiousdirective.com @c_directive
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A WAY OF SEEING OUR BROCHURE As we’re a non-building based theatre company, we’re approaching our brochure like a building-based company might approach their venue: 1. We give you the nano version of what the pieces are on the right hand side of the page - #form_area/of/science_space_audience/adjective 2. We then talk to you about what happens in the show and why it interests us
3. We’ve put down who we’re working with on it 4. We tell you how long it is, where it is, when it is and how to get a ticket Come in. Look around. We hope you enjoy what you see.
World Premiere curious directive supported by Norfolk and Norwich Festival. A pan-city promenade piece taking you into the curious day-to-day life of the paramedic. Step into an ambulance and rush through the city streets to witness the full spectrum of human experience. Traffic accidents, new born babies, unidentified lodged objects, obnoxious drunks, hypochondriacs, drug overdoses, stabbings and then home for a cup of tea. All in a day’s work. An uplifting, exhilarating, once in a lifetime theatre experience in the back of a moving ambulance. For the adventurous. Made in collaboration with Prof. Roger Kneebone (Imperial College), Tracy Dye (Paramedic) & Norvic Ambulances. Performance runs: circa. 50 mins
Friday 10 May 11.00, 12.30, 14.00 & 15.30 Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 May 11.00, 12.30, 14.00, 15.30, 17.30 & 19.00 Box Office: 01603 766 400 Tickets: ÂŁ8
curious directive in association with Watford Palace Theatre (UK Tour) Spanning 70 years and four interconnecting stories, After the Rainfall forges a modern tale about the aftermath of the British Empire. This epic piece of adrenaline fuelled theatre investigates the architecture of ant colonies and their relationship to human behaviour. A breathtaking mix of multi-media video, original composition, sound and scenography used to create exciting multi-layered narratives. 1952 Edward and Ishak are in a Tiger Moth, flying high over the Egyptian desert. 1986 Claire is in Cumbria, home from art college. 2013 Rashida is on a pilgrimage across Europe to see the Rosetta Stone. 2022 John has written a best-selling book about the communication of ants. Grace is working on a controversial nuclear waste depository in Egypt. Made in collaboration with Henry Ferguson-Gow (Myrmecologist, UCL) “How do you weave together the Arab Spring, the study of ants, a lost coal miner and the dying days of empire? Very cleverly if you’re curious directive.” The Scotsman “Beautiful…compelling…intelligent, highly original theatre” The Telegraph Performance runs: circa. 80 mins The Garage, Norwich: 28 - 29 May 01603 630000 TR2, Plymouth: 4 - 8 June 01752 267222 West Yorkshire Playhouse: 11 - 13 June 0113 213 7700 Arts Depot: 14 - 15 June 020 8369 5454 More Autumn tour dates to be announced. Tickets: £9-15
AND WE WILL PLAY AGAIN? explores the personality of Watford. What makes Watford tick in 2013? Using a game format, the audience are in charge. It’s your town. It’s your game. Observe. Roll the dice. Watch what you’ve done. Decipher the game. Change the game. Made in collaboration with Matt Cooper (Spring Offensive) Performance runs: circa. 90mins (durational) Imagine Watford: Friday 28 June: 13.45 - 15.15 & 17.00 - 18.30 Saturday 29 June: 15.00 - 16.30 & 18.05 - 19.35 Sunday 30 June: 13.00 - 14.30 & 15.30 - 17.00 Box Office (for more details): 01923 225671 Keep an eye out for future touring dates Tickets: Free
A response to “The Great Transition”. Island Mass is an installation, a hymn about an imagined future where the crowds begin to tumble into the sea. It tells the story using your shadow, your opinions, your thoughts and your imagination for what the world will look like post-austerity. A world where a collective consciousness for climate change will rise again, along with the sea, along with CO2 levels and along with mankind’s thirst for growth. An intimate installation with dynamic graphic design, sound and an experience which aims to create a dialogue about a consciousness in transition. The piece will respond to you, in a little and ever inventive way each year on the date you experienced it between 2013 and 2050. Commissioned by LIFT as part of IMAGINE 2020 in day of events co-curated with Artsadmin, responding to the New Economics Foundation report The Great Transition.
Artsadmin: 22 June Toynbee Studios, London, E1 6AB And touring Europe Tickets: £10 (Available from May 13 2013)
curious directive in association with Latitude Festival and Greenwich Observatory. We’ve been peering up at the night sky for thousands of years. What are the different ways of seeing the sky at night? This unique opportunity to experience the initial sketches of a new 2014 show takes you on a journey into the Chinese perspective on Astronomy and culture. Performance runs: circa. 30mins
Latitude Festival: 18 - 21 July www.latitudefestival.com Day ticket for the entire festival: from ÂŁ84.50
curious directive in residency at Nuffield, Southampton. Working with the University of Southampton, and Martin Robbins (Guardian Science). Meme is an exploration for form and content. Over a week, curious directive will share their broad methodologies for connecting science and art with five local artists and scientists from Southampton. Meme will sow the seeds for new approaches to devised collaboration in unexpected places. Conceived in collaboration with Simon Watt.
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton: October (Exact date tbc) www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk
Artistic Director: Jack Lowe Executive Producer: Sophie Larsmon 2013 Project Producers: Luke Emery & Claire Turner Production Manager: Rhys Thomas Press/PR: Nancy Poole & SFPR Creative Associates: Adam Alston, Jasmine Robinson, Karina Sugden, Gareth Taylor, Jo Walker & Russell Woodhead. 2013/14 Trustees: Currently searching for further appointments mid-season. Contact jack@curiousdirective.com if interested in finding out more. Programme Photography and Design: Jasmine Robinson Charity Number: 1144024 www.curiousdirective.com General Enquiries: info@curiousdirective.com
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“Jack Lowe and his ensemble continue to push boundaries and fire imaginations” The Metro (2012)