Lone Twin Theatre
Under the artistic direction of Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan, Lone Twin Theatre launched in 2006. Lone Twin Theatre is focused on developing an approach to narrative-based theatre while retaining the company’s hallmarks of generosity and optimism.
The Catastrophe Trilogy
Lone Twin Theatre present The Catastrophe Trilogy. Alice Bell, Daniel Hit By A Train and an as yet untitled third work share a common playful interest in the act of storytelling. Touching, comic and resolutely hopeful The Catastrophe Trilogy is a unique collection of works by an ever-surprising international ensemble.
Alice
Bell
‘Absolutely unique...Innovative, challenging and unforgettable.'
Three Weeks, UK
Alice
Bell premiered to critical and popular acclaim at KunstenFESTIVALdesArts,
Brussels, May 2006, before sell-out tours of the UK, Germany, and
Norway.
Under the artistic direction of Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan, Lone Twin Theatre launched in 2006.
In three acts with text, music, dance and song, Alice Bell
tells the simple story of a woman's life. A fictional character born
into a fictional conflict, Alice seeks happiness in a divided land,
finding love and companionship but at terrible cost. A tale for our
times, Alice Bell offers a portrait of life as an act of
hope, life as something to sing and dance about.
‘A fairy-tale of life over death over love over hate. A hope-filled story for the 21st Century.'
De Standaard, Belgium
Created
and performed by: Antoine Fraval, Cynthia Whelan, Molly Haslund, Nina
Tecklenburg, Paul Gazzola
Artistic Directors: Gary Winters, Gregg Whelan
Dramaturg: David Williams
Production
Manager/Lighting Designer: Mark Webber / Rebecca Curtis With thanks
to Joe Mapson
Co-commissioned
by: Sophiensaele, Berlin; KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Brussels; Farnham
Maltings, Farnham; and Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster. Funded by Arts
Council England.
Supported by: The Tron, Glasgow, and The German Federal Cultural Foundation.
Daniel
Hit By A Train
‘Touchingly
comic and oddly moving.'
The
Guardian, UK
Inspired by a Victorian collection of 53 true stories about people losing their lives trying to save the life of another, Daniel Hit By A Train
tells each tragedy in turn, in all their heart-wrenching, comedic,
vaudevillian glory. Sincere, but unafraid to raise a smile to these
most selfless of souls, Daniel Hit By A Train stands as a
testimony to the human spirit and our abiding need to help each other.
Created and performed by: Antoine Fraval, Guy Dartnell, Molly Haslund,
Nina Tecklenburg, Paul Gazzola
Artistic Directors: Gary Winters, Gregg Whelan
Dramaturg: David Williams
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Mark Webber / Rebecca Curtis
With thanks to Joe Mapson
Special thanks to Cynthia Whelan
Co-commissioned by: Wiener festwochen, Austria; brut Wien, Austria;
barbicanbite, London; The Arches, Glasgow; Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster;
Farnham Maltings, UK; and Leeds Met Studio Theatre, UK.
Research and development, and
touring, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Also supported by The Basement, Brighton.
New Production
Following the national and international successes of Alice Bell and Daniel Hit By A Train Lone Twin Theatre complete The Catastrophe Trilogy with a new production, to premier in March 2010 at the Barbican, London, followed by a UK tour. This as yet untitled work continues the company’s playful approach to storytelling, narrative and song, presenting an episode in the life of a character where chance and coincidence leave an indelible mark.
Created and performed by: Antoine Fraval, Guy Dartnell, Molly Haslund, Nina Tecklenburg, Paul Gazzola
Artistic Directors: Gary Winters, Gregg Whelan
Dramaturg: David Williams
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Mark Webber / Rebecca Curtis
Commissioners: KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Brussels; barbican, London; The Point, Eastleigh; Uovo Performing Arts Festival, Milan; and the Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster. Research & development, and UK touring, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Also supported by T he Royal Exchange, Manchester; the Corn Exchange, Newbury and The Basement, Brighton.
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