performance

Photos: Richard Nicholson & Tim Nunn

“It is through this theatrical vision that we see how easily we are blinded by words”The Times

Since 1995 Clod has created dozens of pieces ranging from 7 minute sketches to full length 90 minute productions, with casts as small as 2 and as large 26 and for spaces large and small, with spoken text or no words at all.

"Brilliantly intense, funny, thrilling theatre which defies simple classification"
The Stage

Each production is different - we take inspiration from photographs, paintings, stories, plays, or use the musical score as the ‘text’.

At the heart of each piece is a distinctive aesthetic that integrates movement based theatre with original music.

We collaborate with brilliant performers, artists and musicians from very different backgrounds, guaranteeing that no new project relies on an old formula.

We have performed in theatres, galleries, museums, public spaces, schools, and day care centres, including: Trafalgar Square, Victoria and Albert Museum, Purcell Room, BAC, Oxford Playhouse, McEwan Hall (Edinburgh) La Mama (NYC) , and at festivals including London International Mime Festival, Festival of Firsts, Fierce Festival,Glasgay!, Psi (Arizona and London). Our work has toured internationally with the support of the British Council to Eastern Europe, Brazil and Asia.

"A refreshing reinvention of the interplay between music and action on stage."
The Times

"... on stage musicians become part of the drama so often the boast and rarely the achievement of music theatre."
The Independent

© Clod Ensemble 2010