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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.

a cut out blue forest showing only tree trunks and barks with a yellow background. In the foreground is a bird made out of an old map, some glowing firelies and a dancer moving with one leg lifted. The dancer is wearing a mask made out of coconut matting and long raffia skirting covering their body

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Return to the Forest

A co-production with Factory International, co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells

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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, created in 2024

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a performer wears a red striped dressing gown and sits on the end of a bed. Next to him is a pair of striped pyjamas as if in human form with its arm resting on the shoulder of the performer.

Sleep Tight

The company's second touring production performed at UK venues and festivals in 2000 and 2001.

Under 5's

many lengths of tape measure in lines next to each other are lit from behind.

Cellarworks

Commissioned by LIFT in 1999.

family audiences

a stage set which has a number of yellow fabric cones and purple/red coloured pieces of fabric hanging from the ceiling. 3 performers hold fabric shapes above their heads and a young children in the audience watch from the side.

The Lost and Moated Land

Theatre-Rites’ first touring production in 1998.

under 5s

Two old men puppet characters are chatting to one another in the corner of a dark mill. They are sitting on sacks full of flour and their bodies and faces are made out of sack material.

Millworks

Site-specific commissioned by Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, 1998.

ages 7+

4 young children pop their heads through holes cut from a piece of blue fabric, resembling the sea

Houseworks

A site-specific production commissioned by the LIFT for Out of Lift in 1996.

Under 5s

Pillowworks

An installation commissioned by Visions Festival of Animated Theatre in 2000.

under 5s

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