Productions
In 2008 Lightning Ensemble worked with audiences outside theatres; on the street,
in hospitals, in pubs, exploring how close-up theatre, illusion and interaction
can empower the relationship between audience and actor.
2008
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Nov
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Blackfriars Settlement: Survey Launch
Lightning Ensemble produced a celebration of a survey conducted by Blackfriars Settlement a social inclusion charity founded in 1887
Blackfriars Settlement commission
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Oct
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National Poetry Day
Interactive street
poetry
A commission from Wandsworth Arts
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Sept
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SE1 – The Play
A commission by the website www.london-SE1.co.uk to celebrate its tenth birthday by producing a piece of theatre interweaving stories from its message-board into the fabric of a party.
Capital community foundation, Land Securities,
Better Bankside, Native Land, Financial Times
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Aug
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St George’s Hospital Arts Walk
Inspired by the Ealing Comedy film, The Ladykillers, Lightning Ensemble created a promenade performance through St George’s Hospital
St George’s Hospital Charitable Trust
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2007
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Dec
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The Chess Players
Slowing down time : Performance and installation
St Georges Hospital, Tooting & Wandsworth Arts
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Nov
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National Poetry Day
Interactive street poetry
A commission from Wandsworth Arts
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Sept
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The Sonnets Project
Interactive performance : Shakespeare & contemporary poems
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital/National Lottery
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Aug
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Brent Life
Improvising with sound & theatre : A daily radio soap opera performed on the streets and in homes of Harlesden residents and broadcast on Life 103.6 FM
Millennium Unltd Awards / Life FM
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June
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The Mayday
A site-specific play in The Staging Post pub,
Leeds
D’Oyly Carte charitable Trust, arts@Leeds, Yorkshire Forward
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April
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The Sonnets Project
Interactive poetry
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and The Westminster Mental Health Unit
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Jan
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Out Catching Criminals
Recorded live, a radio drama for the sonic arts radio station
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Resonance FM
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