Curious Directive

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curious directive is a multi-award winning British Theatre company led by director Jack Lowe. The company is an ensemble of theatre makers and scientists [1] founded in the autumn of 2008 with a production called Return to the Silence.

Their productions are devised and written by members of the company, dealing with themes of science. The company uses many threads of theatre tools including cameras, projection, live music and movement. They are building a reputation for their multi-layered narratives spanning different times and spaces.

Recent productions have explored astro-biology, the NHS, myrmecology, cognitive neuroscience, light, architecture, genetics, motion and bio-politics.[2]

The company explores life in all its diversity and complexity through the lens of science."[3]

Past Work

Year Production Venue
2014 PIONEER curious directive, Norfolk and Norwich Festival and Watford Palace Theatre co-production
2013-14 THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS curious directive and Norfolk and Norwich Festival co-production
2012 AFTER THE RAINFALL curious directive in association with Watford Palace Theatre
2012 OLFACTORY Lyric Hammersmith, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Imagine Watford & Latitude
2012 BINARY curious directive/HighTide Festival
2011 AND WE WILL PLAY AGAIN? Green Man Festival/BAC/nabokov arts club
2011 YOUR LAST BREATH Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pleasance Theatre UK TOUR
2011 EXOPLANETS Latitude Festival
2011 RETURN TO THE SILENCE Pleasance Theatre
2010 DRIFT: PHOTO 51 Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Academy
2010 LE CORPS PERDUE Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Academy
2009 RETURN TO THE SILENCE Shunt Vaults, London Bridge
2009 RETURN TO THE SILENCE NSDF

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