Tag Archives: research and development

Let’s talk about participation

Posted on May 4, 2018 by DaedalusAdmin

Our artistic director, Paul, has missed shows he really wanted to see because the threat of audience participation made him so anxious. And yet we make participatory theatre. Is this hypocrisy? Our work isn’t about getting people to do things. … Continue reading →

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Stand up now, Diggers all!

Posted on April 18, 2018 by DaedalusAdmin

After an amazing few months, with a commission from Ovalhouse, followed by performances at Brixton City Festival, and then a residency at Queen Mary uni to develop ways to work with locals to create a bespoke version of the show … Continue reading →

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R&D

Posted on June 22, 2017 by DaedalusAdmin

We had such a great week of R&D (radicalism & dissent), working on Gerrard Winstanley’s True and Righteous Mobile Incitement Unit with The Black Smock Band and Gerrard himself, who kindly joined us from the C17th. A massive thank you … Continue reading →

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The Project Formerly Known as Radical History

Posted on April 6, 2017 by DaedalusAdmin

GERRARD WINSTANLEY’S TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS MOBILE INCITEMENT UNIT is the name for the collaborations with The Black Smock Band that we were developing under the working title of The Radical History Project. There’s a project page here, plus there’s loads more … Continue reading →

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Going Beyond East

Posted on December 16, 2015 by DaedalusAdmin

Left to right: Farah Naz, Shamim Azad, Paul Burgess and Sef Townend. Photo credit: Indigo East‘s behind-the-scenes organisational team met at Rich Mix to plan the next stages of the project. What started as a simple, short-term community storytelling project (led … Continue reading →

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Radical History: project definitely underway

Posted on November 16, 2015 by DaedalusAdmin

Thanks to Ovalhouse, the Arts Council and private funders, we had our first proper development period on our collaboration with The Black Smock Band: an undertaking which emerged from our East storytelling project but which seems to be taking on … Continue reading →

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Radical History at Ovalhouse

Posted on October 20, 2015 by DaedalusAdmin

Protest and rebellion are as English as rainy bank holidays, cream teas and plundering foreign countries. But plenty of people would have us ignore the great radical moments of our history. As part of our commitment to exploring the potent mix … Continue reading →

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