Shows

5 performers on stage. There are multicoloured spotlights. 4 of the performers dance in the space holding big film reflectors. The 5th performer on the left drums on a standing drum.

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Eshu at the Crossroads

New collaboration with choreographer Miguel Altunaga. Touring 2025

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3 performers are in an industrial looking space which has been lit with soft blue and pink and green tones. They are all smiling and jumping in the air. The head of the performer in the middle is completely covered by a spikey inflatable head piece.

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Something in the Air

A co-production with Schauspielhaus Bochum, performing throughout 2024

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Two performers, one in green torn combat clothes and the other in blue overalls and a yellow hard hat puppeteer a white pelican puppet. The pelican is made of plastic cups. the pelican has a yellow beak and red nose tip made of a bottle cap. The pelican is standing on plastic crates on a stage. It is looking at a 3rd performer on the right, a blonde woman in a yellow dress who has an encouraging expression.

Past

Zoe’s Peculiar Journey Through Time

Theatre-Rites and Burgtheater, Vienna co-production 2021.

ages 6+

Two performers on stage. One is holding a camera aimed at the other. The other performer holds a muppet style orange puppet. There are multicoloured circle lights in the background.

Past

The Global Playground

A Theatre-Rites collaboration with Gregory Maqoma, a co-production with Manchester International Festival, July 2021

ages 8+

2 hands crossed in front of a spiders web made from yellow, red and white string. Two balls made from blue string

Past

Tangled Tales

Commissioned by London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Pen to Print 2020.

ages 3-6

Past

Beasty Baby

Originally a Theatre-Rites and Polka Theatre co-production, premiering in 2015.

ages 3-6 years

4 performers all dressed in white science lab coats and boiler suits stand around Robot Boy who sits on a chair on a podium. He is manipulated by 2 of the performers. There is a large projected image of the puppet on the back wall.

Past

Incredible Tale of Robot Boy

a co-production with Schauspielhaus Bochum in 2019.

ages 6+

Past

Big Up!

A Theatre-Rites co-production with 20 Stories High in 2019.

Available for Touring / ages 4+

Past

The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective

A Theatre-Rites co-production with 20 Stories High in association with Unity Theatre Liverpool.

Not suitable for under 13s

Robot Boy puppet raises his hand towards his brain which has wires attached which are lit from within his brain.

Past

Animating the Brain

A research project funded by the Wellcome Trust, working with Neuroscientists from KCL.

ages 6+

a shelving unit is lit in bright neon blue. The shelves contain clear jars with objects inside. A group of 4 adults and children look at the jars

Past

Bank On It

Commissioned by the Barbican, Create London, Warwick Arts Centre and the University of Warwick.

ages 5+

4 performers all dressed in white disposable protective suits and yellow rubber gloves with their hands raised looking at a full black bin bag on a table top, waiting to start to unveil its contents.

Past

Rubbish

A co-production with Warwick Arts Centre in association with artsdepot, touring in 2013 and 2014.

ages 5 +

4 performers grapple with lengths of red foam all in front of a square neon red light frame.

Past

Mojo

a Theatre-Rites co-production with the Barbican and Salzburg Festival in 2011 and 2012.

ages 5+

6 performers peer over a large puppet bird which has black feathers and its wings are outstretched. The bird is looking at a white feather.

Past

Paradise

A site-specific production commissioned by the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Germany in 2010.

ages 8+

Shows

Featured

Eshu at the Crossroads

Featured

Something in the Air

Zoe’s Peculiar Journey Through Time

The Global Playground

Tangled Tales

Beasty Baby

Incredible Tale of Robot Boy

Big Up!

The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective

Animating the Brain

Bank On It

Rubbish

Mojo

Paradise

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