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PROJECTS
Catherine
(in development)
Catherine posits what happens as the security of your own home is taken away from you by the inescapable reality of growing old and becoming increasingly dependent on the care of others. How does someone adjust to living in a world that is their own, to being betrayed by your body or mind and taken away from that world?
This piece is an ambitious coming together of artists working at a new scale. It asks us to imagine a better future for our older selves when faced with the stark reality of elderly care in its current state.
​Supported in kind by Battersea Arts Centre as part of the Making Space programme.
Developed at Theatre in The Mill as part of the Untitled Cohort programme.
Shortlsited for ARC Stockton's Make New Work programme.
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Photo by Ronnie Danaher.
idiots... GAY idiots
A vaudevillian cabaret night where funny gay idiots are funny, gay and idiotic. Platforming the best new and established alternative comedy performance. Expect drag, clowns, comedians & straight-up tomfoolery.
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★★★★ Broadway Baby
"idiots... GAY idiots is a brilliant celebration of queer theatre that is guaranteed to make you howl with laughter."
★★★★ Adventures in Theatreland
"Welcoming the wild, embracing the weird and hilarious throughout, idiots... GAY idiots is a queer cabaret like no other."
★★★★ A Young(ish) Perspective
"The pair are a slick, entertaining and funny, funny, funny double act. They bring the glitz, the glam, some great one liners, hilarious songs and a bunch of funny sketches."
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​Time Out​
"London's best cliché-free drag nights"
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More info at gayidiots.com
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Photo by James Klug.
PAST PROJECTS
Thatcher-Rite
An interactive performance exploring the personal and political legacy of Margaret Thatcher. The audience are invited to Mrs. Thatcher’s very own traditional English tea party. With lip-sync, clown, and verbatim theatre the audience are encouraged to bring their anger or admiration in the comforts of cake and cucumber sandwiches.
Created and performed by Jack, who grew up in Thatcher's former constituency, Thatcher-Rite puts the personal and political side by side. Her mark on the cultural, social and political notions of Englishness begs the question, “Has Mrs. Thatcher truly left us?"
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Directed by Lila Robirosa
Costume Design by Corinna Francavilla
Sound Design by Damian Pace
Produced by Mia Young
Marketing by Chama Aimable-Kapumpa
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Thatcher-Rite toured to Nottingham (Nonsuch Studios), Lincoln (Lincoln Arts Centre), London (artsdepot) and Sheffield (Sheffield Theatres, Playhouse) across 2023/24. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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Made with the support from artsdepot, Raze Collective, Something To Aim For and HighRise Theatre.
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★★★★★ North West End
★★★★★ Adventures in Theatreland
"An utter delight to watch from beginning to end."
★★★★ Theatre & Tonic
"One of the most quintessentially British shows."
★★★★ One Show More
"A perfect way to start a conversation and to reflect on what you stand for and what kind of community you would like to be part of."
★★★★ Theatre News
"As hilarious as it is terrifying."
"Never shies away from asking the big questions."
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Photo by Jenna Coombs.
UK New Artist Collective
Selected from a national open call, the UK New Artist Collective was a cross-disciplinary group of 17 artists, who worked collaboratively as well as individually from November 2022 to October 2023 in Lincoln; sharing work, undertaking commissions and collective activities and taking part in training, networking and mentoring.
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Jack's time on the UK New Artist Collective ended with the exhibition Soft Egg, Don't Wear It - a mix of visual art, sound installation, film and live performance. It is a culmination of the artists' time together in Mablethorpe as collaborators in June 2023. The group had an immediate personal and professional connection that led to the exhibition in the city of Lincoln. The group was interested in the people of rural spaces and how they interact with it.
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The exhibition was made by the group consisting of Jack Boal, Oliver Ventress, Johan Beavis-Berry, Emelia Kerr Beale, Ronnie Danaher and Alice Hackney.
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Find out more about the the UK New Artist Collective here.
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Photo by Ronnie Danaher.
GUSH
by Abby Vicky-Russell
Neil is a plumber from Sheffield.
He’s been called in on short notice to fix a leak, so a contemporary dance troupe can continue performing their very important piece exploring the relationship between pomegranates and vulvas.
He can fix taps, sinks and baths with his eyes closed – but hasn’t got a spanner for what matters most.
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Written and Performed by Abby Vicky-Russell
Directed by Will Armstrong
Assistant Directed by Lois Pearson
Produced by Jack Boal
Sound Design by Damian Pace
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★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
"GUSH proves to be an ingenious and fresh way of approaching a vital discussion"
★★★★ Broadway World
★★★★ Fringe Biscuit
★★★★ Creative Reviews UK
★★★★ Lost in Theatreland
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Origins Award nominee at VAULT Festival 2023.
Recipient of the Keep It Fringe Fund.
Supported by Sheffield Theatres.
Longlisted for the BBC Popcorn Award at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.
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Photo by James Klug.
The Children are Leaving
Co-created with Robyn Olivia and commissioned by Drunken Chorus for A Bit of A Do Festival.
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An equally surreal & sincere whirlwind exploring the desire and tensions of wanting to have a family on a dying planet. Through clown and puppetry, Jack Boal and Robyn Olivia present a raucous variety of scenes through humour and a sprinkle of puppets thrown in for good measure.
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From personal testimonials to a reimagining of the Teletubbies, this contemporary performance cabaret tackles the tensions of ensuring all kinds of families can flourish on planet Earth.
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Performed at Stanley Arts Centre as part of Drunken Chorus' A Bit of a Do Festival in October 2023.​
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First developed as part of Camden People's Theatre's annual artist development programme, Starting Blocks.
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Photo by Paul Fuller.
NewGens & The Concrete Jungle Book
NewGens was a youth collective overseen and delivered by HighRise Theatre, with the aim to give underrepresented creatives a route into higher education and job opportunities in the arts.
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The NewGens made their debut with The Concrete Jungle Book - a Hip-Hop musical retelling of the classic story at The Plea
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★★★★★ Always Time For Theatre
★★★★ Theatre Weekly
★★★★ North West End
★★★★ Musical Theatre Review
★★★★ Lost In Theatre Land
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"The enthusiasm of the cast is what engages the audience with The Concrete Jungle Book, but even its youngest patrons won’t fail to pick up on the underlying themes that make this such an important piece of theatre, one which reinvents Kipling’s original in a way that Disney could never have hoped to achieve." - Theatre Weekly
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Photo by Alex Brenner