Professor Harry Hackett and his Box of Treats

For Little Earthquake
Commissioned by Birmingham REP and Flatpack

A theatrical treasure hunt — complete with clues hidden in bags of popcorn and candyfloss, and a secret coded message on a flock of Hook-A-Ducks — climaxing in an exclusive vaudeville show from Professor Harry Hackett and Miss Tuppence Change.

Deviser & Performer – Stan’s Cafe

Devising and performing for meta-theatrical legends Stan's Cafe. Work includes: Deviser for Of All The People In All The World (Perth, London and Birmingham); Performer in Finger, Trigger, Bullet, Gun (Birmingham and London).

The Nocturnal House

For Little Earthquake as part of The Three-Week Window Festival

For one day only, an ordinary shop window on an ordinary street was transformed into a mysterious twilight world. Hundreds of pedestrians pressed their noses to the glass and peeked at the shy and secretive creatures who emerged from the shadows for a disco each hour.

Guilty Feet Have Got No Rhythm

For Little Earthquake
Commissioned by Lichfield Festival

Celebrating the centenary of the first public radio broadcast, six actors brought Salome’s scandalous story to life in a pitch black auditorium, using Foley sound effects and the limitless power of the audience's imagination.

Writen and directed by Philip Holyman.

The Houdini Exposure

For Little Earthquake

Fuelled by guilt and grief, Harry launches a moral crusade which tears his friendships apart and sees death threats rain down on him from his enemies in this world — and in the world beyond.

The Haunting

For Little Earthquake

Leaving the safe confines of the theatre, we invited audiences into the dark, enveloping shadows of England’s reputedly haunted halls, houses and hotels. Heritage properties across the country hosted an unforgettable theatrical event, an evening quite unlike anything audiences had experienced before.

Deviser & Performer – Talking Birds

Deviser and performer for community interventionists Talking Birds. Work includes: Performer for The Whale; Deviser and Performer for Capsule.

The Masque of the Red Death

For Little Earthquake

A tense, claustrophobic thriller based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the same name. Whatever you do… don’t wear red.

The Premature Burial

For Little Earthquake

Obsessed by Edgar Allan Poe’s stories of untimely interment, our lonely hero lives in mounting terror of being buried alive. When his waking hours become a living nightmare, he resorts to increasingly desperate measures in his battle against a fate worse than death.

Written by Philip Holyman.

Madman

For Little Earthquake

Little Earthquake's very first production — an inventive, highly-charged version of Nikolai Gogol’s gripping short story Diary of A Madman. Reason and order fall spectacularly apart when Poprishchin falls truly, deeply… and madly in love.