PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Full casting announced for the UK stage premiere of Heart of Darkness imitating the dog, one of the UK’s most original and innovative performance theatre companies are delighted to announce full casting for the UK stage premiere for their bold retelling of Joseph Conrad’s extraordinarily influential and timely novel – […]
We’re currently planning some new large scale projection works and it’s started me thinking about why we make this sort of work and what we can bring to it that is in some way new or unique to us. There are plenty of projection mapping companies who specialise only in this sort of spectacle whose […]
Media release – for immediate distribution New chapter for imitating the dog First Executive Director and board of trustees appointed as world-renowned theatre company secures regular funding from Arts Council England. imitating the dog (ITD) theatre company is delighted to announce the appointment of its first Executive Director and the forming of its first board of […]
Someone somewhere in an ITD meeting recently decided that it would my responsibility next to write something for the blog. ‘The April Blog’ it’s been called in emails and I guess it’s significant or at least symbolic because it’s the first blog produced by us as a National Portfolio Organisation. National Portfolio Organisation, NPO, what […]
We’re looking for a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees. The advert is below, if you’re interested then please get in touch with Julie, email below. Makers of world class theatre and digital performance Board Member (Treasurer) Sought imitating the dog (ITD) is at an exciting stage in its development. The company, which makes cutting edge […]
Yep, Seabreeze is on again from Tuesday this week at Morecambe’s Winter Gardens. It’s a lovely thing so please get yourself down to see it if you’re anywhere nearby. Here’s a little documentary about the process to whet your appetite!
A Farewell to Arms presents numerous challenges when it comes to translating Hemingway’s highly individual and evocative prose style into dramatic text for the stage. First of all there is the length and scope of the novel that Hemingway breaks down into five books, which, if uncut, would result in a performance lasting over four […]
Just a quick post from the studio…working on the A Farewell to Arms video design and loving this still using datamoshing and glitching. Amazing what you can get done in an hour when you’re actually concentrating and you’ve got some Aereogramme on the speakers.
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be touring a new show in the Autumn, and it’s probably our biggest and most ambitious project to date. We’re teaming up with The Dukes (Lancaster), Cast (Doncaster) and our regular supporters LICA and Live at LICA to create the first UK stage adaptation of Hemingway’s A Farewell to […]
A quick post to update any passers by on the ever expanding pursuits of imitating the dog. After a fairly busy 2013 with two shows touring the UK and a trip out to Georgia we’re starting to get out teeth into some work for the year ahead. We’ll be kicking things off with two outings […]