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 – […]
David Callanan has been working with Co-Artistic Director Simon Wainwright on the video design for Theatre by the Lake’s recent production of Sense & Sensibility. Here he is on how he got started and what excites him most about his work: I started out as (and still am) a theatre maker, and I think […]
Co-produced by imitating the dog with Marche Teatro (Italy) and Cast. Supported by Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University and Theatre by the Lake. HEART OF DARKNESS By Joseph Conrad Retold by imitating the dog Adaptation and Direction by Pete Brooks and Andrew Quick Projection and Video Designs by Simon Wainwright Design by Laura Hopkins Lighting Design by Andrew […]
The Nocturnes touring company have spent July performing, holding workshops and giving lectures in Asia and what an incredible time they’ve had. Kicking off in Hong Kong, where the show was hosted by the brand new Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts on the site of the old Central Police Station, the company then […]
Sitting in Jakarta airport waiting to fly across to Makassar on Sulawesi (where the Indonesian leg of the tour kicks off), here’s some thoughts from the company on international touring and how Nocturnes is going so far: Q: Best thing about being in Hong Kong, performing at the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage & […]
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 […]
My name is Reggie Doherty and I am a costume designer, artist and costumier who worked on the wardrobe for Nocturnes. I joined the team whilst they were working on the filming aspect of the piece in Lancaster. It did not take long for me to be drawn in to this fascinating world that imitating […]