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HASTE THEATRE
(2013 - )Nationality: English
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Haste is a multi-award winning, international, multi-disciplinary theatre ensemble based in London. We share a passion for simple, innovative and creative storytelling. Our practice is rooted in the European physical theatre tradition and focuses on clown, physical expression, chorus and live music. We work collaboratively, with a non-hierarchical approach to create new and original work that is light and humorous in nature, yet remains grounded in questions of humanity and engages in the society in which we live. Ultimately, we want to tell stories which provoke question, thought, laughter and enjoyment in a diverse audience.
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Beyond Cragporth Rock Hideout, The Oyster BoyBeyond Cragporth Rock
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Beyond Cragporth Rock invites the audience to join a rollercoaster ride of bleak laughs and horror. The lights rise upon a bizarre sprawl of bodies. Six sisters, living in a ramshackle cottage on the edge of an eroding cliff, explain differing versions of their mutual demise. Beyond the four walls lies a nightmarish, futuristic world plunged into dystopia by economic crisis. Afraid of the outside, the sisters live in constant fear of faceless foes and unspecified attacks. Here we find them ten years later, fresh risen from their own deaths to tell their bizarre, back-to-front story. Haste Theatre and Ally Cologna create a heightened microcosm of humdrum family life put under intolerable pressure. With six highly individual, beleaguered characters playing games of mutually destructive intent, this black comedy ticks away to a terrible, tense finale.
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Creative Team: Ally Cologna, Haste, Kate Rigby, Stuart Glover
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It's the 1920s and the Gods of Olympus spend their nights in Dionysus' boudoir, looking for entertainment by playing with the lives of the little people below. But have they bitten off more than they can chew as they attempt to meddle with the headstrong Ariadne, the courageous Theseus and the small matter of a Minotaur that needs defeating? Through a heady mixture of clowning, gypsy jazz and dance, The Hideout is a riotous collision of Greek mythology and the Kit Kat Club.
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Cafe cairo
24 Jan 2014
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OYSTER BOY is a dark comedy and tells the story of a boy who is born with an Oyster-shell-shaped head and his parents' struggle to raise their extraordinary son. A bittersweet tale of the trials of love and what it means to be Other, OYSTER BOY reminds us that we should be careful what we wish for and of the delicacy of life. The fairy tale-like world of the show introduces us to a range of larger-than-life characters that are sure to entertain and delight audiences of all ages. Drawing on a range of theatrical and filmic influences, this peculiar story is told through a rich blend of physical storytelling, live choral singing, clown, dance and puppetry. With this colourful, multilingual production, Haste invites you into a sensitive, funny and surreal world.
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Villa Mercede Theatre, Roma Fringe Festival
16 Jun 2013
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