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Idle Motion

IDLE MOTION

  
Nationality:    English
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Over the past five years Idle Motion have created several pieces of physical and highly visual Theatre. they work collaboratively to devise their productions, embracing the unknown and using play, workshops and improvisation to form their ideas and pieces. their commitment to watching and sharing Theatre is essential to their work, as is the sense of enthusiasm and fun that remains a constANT in their rehearsals. Idle Motion are an associate Company at the New Diorama Theatre, artists in Residence at the Oxford Playhouse and are supported by Greenwich Theatre. they are thrilled to have the support of Arts Council england, the British Council and award winning actress Juliet Stevenson. they are a small company with big ideas and a huge passion for creating exciting and beautiful new work.

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

         Borges And I         Passion Of the Sorors         Seagull Effect, The         Shooting With Light         That is All You Need to Know         Vanishing Horizon

Borges And I

Synopsis:
Idle Motion explore the parallels between Borges life, his stories, and his readership, taking you on a journey where books transform from a flock of birds, to a city, to an airplane. as these worlds collide, a vivid portrait of a man emerges during which we witness the aspirations of a librarian and of love found in a book group.

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Genre:
physical theatre 50 min

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Passion Of the Sorors

Synopsis:
Five nuns, five chairs, one bible. a beautiful piece of physical storytelling in which young nuns re-enact the Passion during the middle of the night. as the hours pass the womens innate characters become apparent.

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physical theatre

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Seagull Effect, The

Synopsis:
as a couples relationship crumbles and theyre confronted by its debris, Britain is hit by the unexpected 1987 storm. Using exciting and evocative staging, multimedia and personal recollections, Idle Motion pick their way through the chaos left behind during those remarkable six hours. they reflect upon the waves of destruction and the paths of the individuals it crossed.

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Pegasus Theatre, Oxford    16 Sep 2011

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physical theatre

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Shooting With Light

Synopsis:
In 1934 a young German refugee flees to Paris and discovers the genius of photography. She reinvents herself as Gerda Taro, becoming one of the pioneering women to photograph the front line. In this startling and visually rich production Idle Motion expose one of the most remarkable untold stories of our age. Today we live in a world where our lives can feel like they are defined by our collective Kodak moments. With the compulsion to capture it all we are flooded by a myriad of images. And yet within the 2.5 billion photographs taken every day, there will only be a precious few that we will continue to hold on to.

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That is All You Need to Know

Synopsis:
This stunning piece of visual theatre tells the story of Bletchley Park and the untold secrets of the remarkable men and women who cracked the enigma code. Total theatre Award nominated Idle Motion will take you back to 1940s england, to the eccentric country house whose grounds, filled with chess champions, Oxbridge graduates and young debutantes, was the melting pot of Britain's greatest minds. Among these were the visionary Alan Turing, the exceptional Gordon Welchman and the thousands of dynamic women whose work was the hidden heroisim of the war. This piece is a celebration of humanity's ability to solve the impossible, to crack the most complex of problems, and of the extraordinary people whose quiet work changed the course of our history.

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Idle Motion Developed with the Lowry, Jacksons Lane, Greenwich Theatre and Redbridge Drama Centre

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Vanishing Horizon

Synopsis:
a woman tries to discover her past going from one crowded airport to another and on to one not on this earth

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Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford    31 Mar 2011

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Drama

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