Privileged view – notes from MITsp, Brazil
Artist & producer Kate Daley introduces ‘Vista privilegiada (privileged view)’ a film she made during Quarantine’s recent residency at MITsp 2020 in São Paulo. This film was made during Quarantine’s residency at the International Theatre Festival of São Paulo, MITsp 2020. From 9th February to 11th March, we were based at Centro Cultural São […]
In quarantine – a message from Richard Gregory
“Quarantine – the word speaks of disconnection: hospitals, immigration controls, officialdom at its official worst or best…. And while Quarantine’s work is neither cold nor disconnected, and is a slap in the face of the awful officialdom of much theatre, queries about meaning are often the least useful place to start…” John McGrath, programme note […]
QUARANTINE STORY: Jonny Cotsen
Tell us a bit about yourself… I am a performance artist and an access consultant. Prior to that, I was a secondary school art and photography teacher. I quit my teaching job as a response to the lack of Deaf artists working in the arts in Wales. I wish someone had told me that it […]
Every conversation – reflections from Michael Brady
Quarantine’s philosopher-in-residence Michael Brady recently spent five days in our Tenancy house, inviting anyone who wanted to bring him their philosophical questions to discuss. Here he shares how the week went… I have been having conversations with Quarantine founders Richard Gregory and Renny O’Shea for many years – close to 36 in Richard’s case. Some […]
Steve Slater: A reflection on 44 conversations
Producer and artist Steve Slater looks back on his time in Quarantine’s Tenancy house, during which he invited creatives to have one-to-one conversations about their work. When Quarantine invited me to hold a number of ‘surgeries’ for artists and producers – informal, one-to-one conversations with me to discuss their practice and the challenges they face […]
Wallflower: A view from the audience
Ali Ford, Theatre Programming and Development Coordinator at Square Chapel Arts Centre, shares her response to the 5-hour version of Wallflower at GIFT this May – where we danced our 2,000th dance! I first fell in love with Quarantine’s work as a Theatre & Performance student at the University of Leeds, when Make-Believe came to stage@leeds. […]
News from the rehearsal room #4
Theatre Director Chelsey Gillard shares some interesting thoughts about communication adjustments during the rehearsals, and their echo outside the ENGLISH rehearsal room. Jonny – “There was a woman from Manchester who I couldn’t understand. She didn’t have any lip patterns, she didn’t move her mouth. I can normally understand people from Manchester….. Lou’s dad, he’s […]
News from the rehearsal room #3
Theatre Director Chelsey Gillard shares her response to some time spent in ENGLISH rehearsals An empty space. Or so it seems. A person in the space fills it with their thoughts, their history, every moment that has preceded this one. It seems obvious, yet all too often we forget. But how does that person share […]
News from the rehearsal room #2
A response to rehearsals for English I’m writing this on the train journey back to Manchester from Cardiff, where Ali, Kate and I have just spent a few days in the rehearsal room for English, Quarantine’s collaboration with National Theatre Wales that will premiere at the Wales Millenium Centre as part of the Festival of […]
News from the rehearsal room #1
Two weeks ago, rehearsals began for Quarantine and National Theatre Wales’ new piece, English. Richard and Renny, co-artistic directors of Quarantine, movement director Jo Fong and writer Sonia Hughes are working with performer Jonny Cotsen, in the rehearsal room at the National Dance Centre at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, where English will premiere as part […]