LANWest Endorsed

A selection of new work, endorsed by LANWest members and colleagues – no longer emergent but ready to go, with the quality mark of a recommendation from one or more of the region’s key promoters or producers.

nb: scroll to the bottom of the page for each show to “comments” for details of promoter endorsements.

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, Any space/site BUT requires total blackout
  • Available to tour: On request

Astounding. A blessing. Moving. Emotional. Challenging. Entertaining. Stimulating. Perfectly written. Angry. Peaceful. Beginning middle and beautiful end. I wish it never did. Lemn Sissay, poet. A journey in the dark [more…]

something a taxi driver in Liverpool said…

Quarantine

Susan & Darren

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, black box, studio
  • Available to tour: For one-off-gigs

An ‘event with dancing’, Susan & Darren was created with and performed by Darren Pritchard of Company Fierce and his mum, Susan. Audiences are invited to help Susan and Darren [more…]

Susan & Darren

Pigeon Theatre

The Rehearsal: A Trilogy

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, site specific, bar
  • Available to tour: From Spring 2008

The Rehearsal (a trilogy) Performed live in the bar! (Beer provided) Three shows available for touring from Spring 2008 In a bar at the end of a long night’s drinking two [more…]

The Rehearsal: A Trilogy

Forecast Dance

Wordsolos

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, studio theatres - sprung floor
  • Available to tour: From Autumn 08

Wordsolos is a thoughtful reflection on childhood, ageing, place and possibility performed by a thirty four year old woman and an eight year old girl. This rich fusion of dance [more…]

Wordsolos

Companions of Pram

The Trampoline Orchestra

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small scale, black box or studio theatre performance
  • Available to tour: Autumn 2008

The Trampoline Orchestra are holding a concert that presents a selection of songs, routines and poetry expounding the art Musical Trampolining. All are welcome. Developed in September 2007 as Hammer [more…]

The Trampoline Orchestra

Levantes Dance Theatre

Gin & Satsumas

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small scale, Black box/dance space
  • Available to tour: From January 2008

“Bethanie and Eleni submerge us in a world which glorifies normality and sends the imagination loopy. Gin & Satsumas is the story of gin and a lot of satsumas.” Artistic Director: [more…]

Gin & Satsumas

Proto-type Theater

Whisper

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small to mid-sized, Black-box
  • Available to tour: Available now

WHISPER is an audio-driven performance work that questions the ‘live’ in performance. Each audience member is given a pair of headphones and they listen as three performers narrate a [more…]

Whisper

Leentje Van de Cruys

The Best Party Ever

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small - audience capacity 15 per showing, up to 2 shows per day, interactive performance
  • Available to tour: From April 2008

“Hi. I’m Anita. I’m new in this country. Well, not that new any more. I came here exactly one year ago today. That deserves a party, but I didn’t really [more…]

The Best Party Ever

Sophia di Martino

Finding Audrey Cole

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, one-to-one installation
  • Available to tour: Contact artist due to TV commitments

Audrey Cole began as a femme fatale; sitting at the back of a funeral with a smile on her painted lips. She grew into a real life story of a [more…]

Finding Audrey Cole
  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, black box
  • Available to tour: From October 2007

We’re here to tell you a story. Emma wants it to be a fairy tale. Chris wants it to be a gangster movie. This is the story of two people who [more…]

lost & found [or the friend we never knew]