![]() The company is famous for making its work as a collective, with a spirit of collaborative curiosity, through extensive periods of research and development which bring together performers, designers, writers, artists and specialists from diverse fields – a process now known simply as ‘devising’.Ĭomplicité’s recent work includes The Dark is Rising, a new audio drama for BBC World Service based on Susan Cooper’s cult novel Figures in Extinction, Can I Live?, The Encounter, The Master and Margarita, Shun-kin and A Disappearing Number. The company works across art forms, believing theatre, opera, film, radio, installation, publication and participatory arts can all be sites for the collective art of imagination. Founded in 1983, the company has won over 50 major theatre awards worldwide, and played in more than 40 countries.Ĭomplicité creates work that strengthens human interconnection, using the complicity between performer and audience that is at the heart of the theatrical experience. Simon McBurney, Artistic Director & Amber Massie-Blomfield, Executive DirectorĬomplicité is an international touring theatre company based in London led by artistic director and co-founder Simon McBurney. It is an honour to present one of literature’s most fervent portrayals of the human experience in our modern world. A monumental shift in collective attitude is necessary for us all to coexist in harmony with the world around us. This decade has demonstrated that our connection with the environment is both more delicate and deeper than ever perceived before. Tonight, witnessing Janina’s story, we might think ourselves not simply as an audience, but a solidarity. Great stories can be a little like that mycelium web – they can be a way that we forge links with one another, understand ourselves as part of something bigger than ourselves. A good metaphor for a story about the deep inter-connection between humankind and nature – and the perils that await when that relationship is fractured. She never cleans her home, preferring to devote her time to poetry and the cosmos, laughter and the secrets the animals have to tell us.Īn image we have returned to often in the making of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is that of the mycelium: the remarkable network of fungi that exists deep beneath the forest floor, linking the trees by the roots and transferring water and nutrients throughout the network. A prophet for a world on fire, she’s bold, messy, angry and righteous – furious with the state of the world but determined to do something about it. She expresses what it feels like to be alive right now with blinding clarity. We hope you enjoy the show.Īt the centre of Olga Tokarczuk’s savage, funny and wildly beautiful book, is a self-aware 65-year-old woman, Janina, whose wry wit adds an additional layer to her story. ![]() We are very excited to share with you the company's masterful staging of Olga Tokarczuk's acclaimed eco-thriller novel, which offers new insight into our relationship with the natural world around us. ![]() This year, Simon McBurney directs a sensational ensemble cast of ten performers. ![]() They last brought a new show for us back in 2016 – the captivating solo performance The Encounter. The internationally renowned company has a flawless record of adapting stories into breathtaking theatrical experiences that resonate deeply with the urgent issues of our time. This is our 11th collaboration in a remarkable relationship spanning 22 years and counting. We are delighted that you can join us as we welcome back Complicit é to our Theatre.
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