By Laurence Young ‘When I joined imitating the dog as Learning and Access Officer, I was fascinated by our digital magazine; what it already was, and what it could be. Starting out as a fanzine, the magazine was already acting as a kind of archive of work that has already been made, bringing to […]
My country. My house. I’m an actress and theatre educator who lives in a city called Porto Alegre, situated at the extreme south of Latin America in a country called Brasil. A very large country. And it’s common for people around the world to think it is constantly hot and sunny out […]
02 July 2020 Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 100 Parliament Street London SW1A 2BQ Dear Oliver Dowden We write to you today with urgency as the theatre and performing arts industry faces a critical moment. All around us is the news of our regional theatres and performance […]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release LANCASTER COMPANY AWARDED NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE IN QUARANTINE The Lancaster-based theatre company, imitating the dog, has won a prestigious, national BBC Arts and Arts Council England (ACE) commission. The company is one of just 25 across England to have been selected to create a new online […]
Here’s your invitation to join us on Friday 15th May for a special online Q&A from our Learning & Access Officer Laurence Young ‘Come and join the imitating the dog company for a special online Q+A. Hosted on Zoom, company members will open with a small talk about the work we’ve been sharing […]
PRESS RELEASE imitating the dog to stream online acclaimed production of Night of The Living Dead™ – Remix and selection of work from the last 20 years. In response to the COVID -19 restrictions, imitating the dog, one of the UK’s most original and innovative theatre companies have announced that they will be […]
In these, the strangest of times, we are all wrangling with our new realities, dealing with information which changes almost daily and most of all – working out what our place is within it all. We’ve talked and thought and talked some more and this is what we’re going to do: We […]
Board Member Sought imitating the dog (ITD) makes cutting edge theatre, site-specific digital projection and education programmes. The company is based on the Northwest and joined Arts Council England’s National Portfolio in 2018. The company has an established board led by David Dolan Martin as Chair. We now have an opportunity for an additional person […]
PRESS RELEASE Date 28th January 2020 For Immediate Release STREET A new participatory project made by Brewery Arts Centre, imitating the dog theatre company, Highlights Rural Touring and YOU! STREET is one of 40 new projects taking place in and around 40 arts centres as part of Here and Now, a national and local […]
ITD have made a commitment at board level to reduce our carbon footprint. Last year, we totted up our activities – making shows, touring, getting from A to B, you name it! – and worked out our carbon footprint. And this year, we’ve been setting about reducing that. You can read more about our findings and […]