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Filter Theatre

FILTER THEATRE

  (2001 - )
Nationality:    British
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Filter's first show, Faster, was presented at the 2003 Showcase as part of a strand of young work developed at Battersea Arts Centre. Since then the company has risen swiftly and been commissioned by the Lyric Hammersmith, the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Whether in original, devised pieces like Faster, or its variations on classics, the company's work is defined by the combining of text, film and live music. It can carry audiences by sheer force of energy and habitually creates the sort of disciplined chaos on stage that sees actors, stage managers, video technicians and musicians all visible, all performing, and all integral to the look and sound of the piece as a whole.

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below is a list of Filter Theatre's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Faster         Silence         Water

Faster

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1st Produced:
BAC , London >>>    2003

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Genre:
Devised Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Silence

Silence
Left alone in an unfamiliar land, Kate struggles to silence the noises inside her head and begins to question her own sanity. In London, Michael listens carefully to a conversation recorded twenty years ago. Can he hear a third silent person on the tape? In a small Russian town, Irina searches desperately for her missing friend, piecing together fragments from his life. From urban noise to rural emptiness, through rationalism to spirituality, from Russia to the UK, Silence is the latest collaboration between the celebrated theatre company Filter and RSC associate Director David Farr. Filter create rich stories that awaken the imaginative senses of an audience and they are renowned for a distinctive theatrical style that exposes the workings of a production: video is mixed onstage, sound is produced live by a musician and the performers to create a unique, 'live chemistry' experience for audiences. Silence is a work which combines narrative impetus with astounding, original ideas and theatrical presentation.

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a devised production created by Filter And David Farr.

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RSC

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-1408156568

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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 10 Page 518

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Water

Synopsis:
Imagine you looked out of the window one morning and saw jellyfish. No birds fluttering, just a sky full of gelatinous animals. every now and then a shark of tuna glides noiselessly past. and everywhere. ..water. With the strange beauty of a dream, Water sets two deeply personal stories against a backdrop of increasingly unstable climate change. Two half brothers clash over the legacy of their dead father, while another man runs from the impending birth of his child.

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created by Filter And David Farr

1st Produced:
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknel    28 Sep 2007

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Genre:
Devised Piece

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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