Curious Directive

curious directive is a multi-award-winning British Theatre company led by director Jack Lowe. The company is an ensemble of theatre makers and scientists [1] founded in the autumn of 2008 with a production called Return to the Silence.

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Their productions are devised and written by members of the company, dealing with themes of science. The company uses many threads of theatre tools including cameras, projection, live music and movement. They are building a reputation for their multi-layered narratives spanning different times and spaces.

Recent productions have explored astro-biology, the NHS, myrmecology, cognitive neuroscience, light, architecture, genetics, motion and bio-politics.[2]

The company explores life in all its diversity and complexity through the lens of science."[3]

Past Work
YearProductionVenue
2014PIONEERcurious directive, Norfolk and Norwich Festival and Watford Palace Theatre co-production
2013-14THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERScurious directive and Norfolk and Norwich Festival co-production
2012AFTER THE RAINFALLcurious directive in association with Watford Palace Theatre
2012OLFACTORYLyric Hammersmith, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Imagine Watford & Latitude
2012BINARYcurious directive/HighTide Festival
2011AND WE WILL PLAY AGAIN?Green Man Festival/BAC/nabokov arts club
2011YOUR LAST BREATHEdinburgh Festival Fringe, Pleasance Theatre UK TOUR
2011EXOPLANETSLatitude Festival
2011RETURN TO THE SILENCEPleasance Theatre
2010DRIFT: PHOTO 51Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Academy
2010LE CORPS PERDUEEdinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Academy
2009RETURN TO THE SILENCEShunt Vaults, London Bridge
2009RETURN TO THE SILENCENSDF

Awards
  • Scotsman Fringe First Award for Pioneer
  • Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award for Pioneer
  • Winner of an Old Vic New Voices Lab Award for Pioneer
  • Winner of an Arts Award from Norfolk County Council for Pioneer
  • Winner of a Wellcome Trust Arts Award for The Kindness of Strangers
  • Shortlisted for the Oxford Samuel Beckett Award for These Bones of Mine (R&D)
  • Scotsman Fringe First Award for Your Last Breath[4]
  • Shortlisted for the Carol Tambor Award for Your Last Breath
  • Winner of a Wellcome Trust Arts Award for After the Rainfall
  • Award for Creative Landscape for Return to the Silence
  • Cameron Mackintosh Award for Music for Adam Alston for Return to the Silence
  • NSDF Judges' Award for Lighting Design for Rhys Thomas for Return to the Silence
  • NSDF Judges' Award for Sound Design for Anthony Lynch for Return to the Silence
  • Arden Entertainment Show Award for Ben Canning for Boy In Darkness[5]

Reviews

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Lowe, Jack. "Our Story". Curious Directive. Curious Directive. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved January 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2011-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.nsdf.org.uk/cms2/index.php?page=awards-2
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