Previous Projects
A Line in the Sand: A Hundred Years since World War One
"Once upon a time the world was round and you could go on it around and around. Everywhere there was somewhere and everywhere there were men, women, children..." (Gertrude Stein)
A piece about shifting identities and the real and imagined journeys of war, told through stories of courage, suffering and adventure, from the sorrow of Ivor Gurney to the glitter and intrigue of Mata Hari. Brought to life by dance, physical theatre and spoken word, TROUPE's commemorative concert features chamber works for voice, strings, flute and piano by Debussy, Kodaly, Handel, Gurney, Cage and Ives.
"Once upon a time the world was round and you could go on it around and around. Everywhere there was somewhere and everywhere there were men, women, children..." (Gertrude Stein)
A piece about shifting identities and the real and imagined journeys of war, told through stories of courage, suffering and adventure, from the sorrow of Ivor Gurney to the glitter and intrigue of Mata Hari. Brought to life by dance, physical theatre and spoken word, TROUPE's commemorative concert features chamber works for voice, strings, flute and piano by Debussy, Kodaly, Handel, Gurney, Cage and Ives.
The Girl Who Read Too Much
Bored one afternoon and chancing upon a dusty book full of questions, a young girl conjures up an imaginary friend: her very own inventor. They set off together on a colourful journey of the imagination, wandering through forests, fugues, bees and bubbles as they explore the many mysteries of the world around us and discover the power of always asking a question…
A rattle bag of musical adventures, ‘the girl who read too much’ features folk song riddles to solve, a chance to dance to a Bach fugue, coded messages on paper aeroplanes, and an audience-grown recycled forest, plus balloons, bubbles and boats as we sail into the unbounded world of the imagination. With music from Bach, Schubert, Bartok and Weill, the concert is underpinned by interactive elements led by workshop-leader Jessie Maryon Davies, including singing, dancing and a chance to conduct your own mini-orchestra.
Bored one afternoon and chancing upon a dusty book full of questions, a young girl conjures up an imaginary friend: her very own inventor. They set off together on a colourful journey of the imagination, wandering through forests, fugues, bees and bubbles as they explore the many mysteries of the world around us and discover the power of always asking a question…
A rattle bag of musical adventures, ‘the girl who read too much’ features folk song riddles to solve, a chance to dance to a Bach fugue, coded messages on paper aeroplanes, and an audience-grown recycled forest, plus balloons, bubbles and boats as we sail into the unbounded world of the imagination. With music from Bach, Schubert, Bartok and Weill, the concert is underpinned by interactive elements led by workshop-leader Jessie Maryon Davies, including singing, dancing and a chance to conduct your own mini-orchestra.
'I will go on adventuring'
A concert about three free-living and contemporaneous women working at the turn of the twentieth century: Emily Davison, Virginia Woolf and Mata Hari with music by Elgar, Cage, Prokofiev, Argento and Kodaly. The concert brings to life Emily Davison’s game-changing hide out in the Houses of Parliament during the 1911 census; Virginia Woolf’s reflections on her life and work in her final diary entries; and, through Balinese dance and physical theatre, the shifting identities of Mata Hari – spy, dancer and original femme fatale.
A concert about three free-living and contemporaneous women working at the turn of the twentieth century: Emily Davison, Virginia Woolf and Mata Hari with music by Elgar, Cage, Prokofiev, Argento and Kodaly. The concert brings to life Emily Davison’s game-changing hide out in the Houses of Parliament during the 1911 census; Virginia Woolf’s reflections on her life and work in her final diary entries; and, through Balinese dance and physical theatre, the shifting identities of Mata Hari – spy, dancer and original femme fatale.
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Making St George's
A site-specific concert bringing the history and architecture of St George's Church, Bloomsbury to life with music, movement and poetry; from a trip down Gin Lane to a debate at the Houses of Parliament; a glimpse of Nicholas Hawksmoor and his lion & unicorn tower to a bloodthirsty duel; extracts from the diaries of Virginia Woolf to Emily Wilding Davison's funeral procession - with music by Cage, Faure, Prokofiev, Ravel and Argento. |
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