Photo: Richard Haughton
Institute GECKO | UNITED KINGDOM | CREATED BY AMIT LAHAV
INSTITUTE GECKO | UNITED KINGDOM EVEREST THEATRE SEYMOUR CENTRE 25–28 JANUARY 75MINS, NO INTERVAL Created by
Amit Lahav Producer
Rosalind Wynn Production Manager
Nathan Johnson Devising Performers
Chris Evans Amit Lahav Ryen Perkins-Gangnes François Testory Set Design
Rhys Jarman & Amit Lahav Lighting Design
Chris Swain & Amit Lahav Original Music
Dave Price Associate Directors
Rich Rusk & Helen Baggett Sound Design
Nathan Johnson Costume Supervisor
Amy Cook Technical Stage Manager
Andres Velasquez Company Stage Manager
Tanya Stephenson Re-Lighter
Gareth Green
STILL LIFE DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU | GREECE
DIRECTOR’S NOTE When the time comes, will anyone really care? This feels to me like the right time to be asking this question. We are entering a time in which we are potentially more fractured and disconnected from each other than ever before. Are we losing our ability to read each other and therefore protect and care for one another? Alongside this, the notion of care has become a political currency, spoken about in the media every day. Institute is driven by Gecko’s desire to explore the complexities in human nature; our impulse to care and our complete reliance on one another. We’ve created a very intimate, funny and revealing experience in Gecko’s physical, honest and generous style. A world where everyone relies on someone to catch them. Amit Lahav INSTITUTE: THE STORY SO FAR In 2012 Gecko’s Artistic Director Amit Lahav began to develop Institute. Interested in the idea of care, he explored its role within our modern society. During development in early 2013, Gecko invited a select panel of inspirational artists, support workers, patients and carers of various fields into the room to explore a range of themes and relationships relating to care. The rich findings of this extraordinary initial development and the personal stories that emerged have fuelled Institute. With each new show they build on their established working methodology of physical exploration and theatrical invention. Institute premiered in 2014 and toured across the UK before a month long run at the Edinburgh Fringe
in 2015. The show continues to tour both nationally and internationally. ABOUT GECKO Founded in 2001, Gecko is an awardwinning, internationally acclaimed physical theatre company led by Artistic Director Amit Lahav. With an expanding ensemble of international performers and makers, they create work through collaboration, experimentation and play, working across diverse age groups, nationalities and forms. A Gecko show is visual, visceral, ambitious theatre crafted to inspire, move and entertain. They strive to make their work wide open to interpretation, putting the audience at the heart of the narrative. GECKO General Manager
Belinda Farrell Finance Manager
Andy Brumwell Administrator
Pippa Fox Book Keeper
Terri Winwood Administrative Intern
Thomas Holloway Gecko is supported by Arts Council England and Ipswich Borough Council. Institute is a Gecko production co-commissioned by Derby Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre and New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, in association with DanceEast and Northern Stage.
CARRIAGEWORKS 27–29 JANUARY
“BRILLIANT.” DAGENS NYHETER