We had so many incredible applications for our inaugural Digital Routes programme and we’re thrilled to announce that over the coming months, alongside our partner organisations Leeds Playhouse and the Dukes, Lancaster, we’ll be supporting Babeworld. Babeworld is led by Ashleigh Williams (she/her) and Ingrid Banerjee Marvin (she/her), and seeks to create a […]
Actor Riana Duce reflects on her time so far making her first project with imitating the dog: ‘Being the newbie in a company is always a daunting prospect. You know you’ll end up spending at least the first week desperately trying to make a good impression and trying to be useful. Throw a whole […]
Associate Practitioner and Company Producer Morven Macbeth with some thoughts on ITD’s relationship to the Edinburgh Festival, and this year’s ‘smaller-than-ever’ event, which meant August felt very different in a city she called home for five years. ‘Our work has been part of the Edinburgh Fringe on and off for the past ten years […]
Co-Artistic Director Andrew Quick writes here about the first block of making and rehearsals for Dracula: The Untold Story ‘We’ve just completed the main block of rehearsals for our new show, which will open in September at Leeds Playhouse, our co-production partner, and it’s been one rollercoaster of a ride. Just like the […]
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Rehearsal images released for the UK stage premiere of Dracula: The Untold Story imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse have today released new behind the scenes images for the premiere of Dracula: The Untold Story, a radical new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel as told from the perspective of […]
As part of Seasons for Change a UK wide cultural programme inspiring urgent and inclusive action on climate change, and as part of ITD’s ongoing commitment to tread more lightly on the planet, co-artistic director Simon Wainwright reflects on where the company is at, as we begin making a new mid-scale touring show. […]
Co-Artistic Directors of imitating the dog Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks in conversation about why the company are taking on this particular novel, at this particular time. Pete: ‘Because we have children, we’re very concerned by the future. And our concern for the future is driven by our understanding of the past. And […]
Press Release For Immediate Release An imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse co-production DRACULA: THE UNTOLD STORY Written and directed by Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks Projection and Video Designs by Simon Wainwright Design by Laura Hopkins Lighting Design by Andrew Crofts Original music composed by James Hamilton imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse team up after their critically acclaimed unique shot-for-shot stage […]
Culture Recovery Fund Success Lancashire-based digital arts company imitating the dog benefits from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The company, which stages theatre productions and projection-mapping works for outdoor events, will receive £37,500 from the second round of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, and will be among more than 2,700 recipients to […]
Over to Laura Atherton, one of our new cohort of Associate Practitioners 2021, as she explains more about her work and her involvement with ITD: ‘I remember travelling to my audition for imitating the dog. It was 2007, I was 21 and the short train journey from Wigan to Lancaster was spent nervously going […]