20/09/2022
We’re so happy to tell you we're officially premiering our new show, Dead Cats as part of Studiobühne Köln Theatreszene Europa Festival (Sun 25th Sept) and then heading out on a UK Tour!
We’re looking forward to sharing the piece, to connecting to international audiences and artists, and also to a chance to see Michael Pinchbeck and Ollie Smith's A Seventh Man at Orangerie Theater.
Dead Cats reunites the team behind our last two theatre shows, A Machine they’re Secretly Building, and The Audit (or Iceland, a modern myth), and continues our investigations into privilege, power, protest, and control as part of our Truth to Power Project.
This time we’re looking at the slippery truth, shifting political optics, and how language is used to shape our world. In complex times full of manipulated distractions, Dead Cats blends new writing, performance, film-making, and an obvious plant, to show – not tell – the truths behind the fictions.
You can find out more about the show here: http://proto-type.org/projects/current/dead-cats/
UK Tour – 2022/23
SUN 25 SEPT | [PREMIERE] THEATRESZENE EUROPA FESTIVAL, STUDIOBÜHNE KÖLN | studiobuehnekoeln
TUE 11 OCT | CARRIAGE WORKS, LEEDS | Carriageworks Theatre
WED 12 OCT | THE CREATIVE CENTRE, YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY | York St John University
WED 26 OCT | AMATA, FALMOUTH | AMATA
THUR 27 OCT | SHOWROOM, CHICHESTER | University of Chichester Showroom
THUR 3 NOV | ARC, STOCKTON | ARC Stockton Arts Centre
MON 14 NOV | ENABLE US!, SHEFFIELD | Enable Us Project
TUE 15 NOV | HARROGATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL (HARROGATE THEATRE) | Harrogate Theatre
WED 25 JAN | LANCASTER ARTS | Lancaster Arts
WED 15 MAR | CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION | Cambridge Junction
DATE TBC | OXFORD PLAYHOUSE | OXFORDPLAYHOUSE.COM
FRI 28 APR | ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE, LEICESTER | Attenborough Arts Centre
WED 10 & THUR 11 MAY | THE CRUCIBLE, SHEFFIELD | Sheffield Theatres
DATE TBC | LANCASHIRE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2023, PRESTON | BOOKING SOON
FRI 19 MAY | DARTINGTON HALL | Dartington Trust
SAT 20 MAY | TOLMEN CENTRE, FALMOUTH | Tolmen Centre
DATE TBC | THE CIVIC, BARNSLEY | Barnsley Civic
Dead Cats is part of Proto-type Theater’s socially-engaged Truth to Power Project and has been made possible through funding from Arts Council England as well as through the continued support of ARC Stockton Arts Centre, Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, The Lowry, Theatre in the Mill & Word of Warning
IMAGE: Adam York Gregory & Proto-type Theater
ALT: DEAD CATS written in orange text on a grey background. Below are two women, one in a white suit with a dark bob. One in a navy jumpsuit style top, with blond hair. They are playing 'cats cradle' with orange string. 'White suit' looks out at us sternly, 'navy' looks up with feigned innocence. Text at the top reads: "In rooms like this room, people lie. Not little lies. The kind that kill people or worse".
