Out of the Darkness Theatre Company

Performances

Present Performances | Past Performances

Future Performances and Workshops

The Just So Stories

We have just started developmental workshops with our Performance and Technical groups and with the writers Susan McClymont & David Gray Buchanan with a view to create a performance of “The Just So Stories” by Rudyard Kipling.

Scotty Philip - The Buffalo King

It is also hoped to look at the development of the Scotty Philip story about the Dallas born man who is credited with saving the buffalo from extinction

“Scatterbrain”

Our ongoing Social Awareness programme will run throughout 2011

Workshops

Community Outreach Workshops
We work on an on going basis creating drama experiences for a variety of community based groups.

Media Group
The group is currently working on creating a DVD about themselves and what they did over the past year. They are also working on special effects for the forthcoming play The Toy Shop.

Multi Arts Group
The group are working on props for the tour in February 2011 of The Shop around schools in Moray

Outreach Workshops
About to start a new outreach project at the Moray Council Training flat to focus on skills for independent living with the production of a training DVD

Past Performances, Reviews & Workshops

Portraits

With a generous award from the Scottish Community Foundation we have now finished working with the multi media artist Graeme Roger and created an installation/exhibition, “PORTRAITS” using a combination of visual arts, animation, film and multi media input to tell our participants their own personal stories. The piece was showcased on Wednesday 1st September at the Supper Room Elgin Town Hall between 10.00 and 3.00pm and was opened by George McIntyre The Moray Council Convenor.

Kiratam The Hunter’s Story

The company undertook a tour around schools in Moray with their production of Kiratam The Hunter’s Story in October and performed on certain dates with The Kala Chethena Kathakali Company from Kerala in southern India as part of their UK Tour.
Dates for your diary :
5th Oct : Fortrose Community Theatre
6th Oct : Elgin Town Hall
14th & 15th Oct : Glasgow Mitchell Theatre.

The Time Machine

Again the company worked with Bishopmill Primary School in a devised piece about Time Travel which was performed in Elgin Town Hall on 2nd & 3rd Dec.2009

Homecoming Project

The company worked with 6 local schools throughout Moray as part of Homecoming 2009 to portray famous local Moravians which culminated in performances in Elgin Town Hall on 6th and 7th October 2009

Young Arthur

The company tell the tale of a Young Arthur on his journey to becoming the fabled King Arthur working with pupils from Bishopmill Primary School.14 &15th January 2009 Elgin Town Hall

Kathakali Tour : 2008
Kiratham : The Hunter’s Tale was performed during the Scottish leg of Kathakali’s UK tour during Oct - Nov 2008

Media Group
Worked with the Young Scot Organisation’’s representative on a series of Podcasts about each individuals experiences covering a variety of subjects which include “Songwriting” “Childhood Memories” and “Holidays” The completed and edited Podcasts were uploaded to the Young Scot website.

A Conspiracy of Silence: 2008
Organised by Moray Domestic Abuse Forum

Alice
A play based on Alice in Wonderland.
The story of Alice in Wonderland performed with the company alongside working with pupils of Bishopmill Primary School

A Bridge of Dreams :2007
A specially written piece for The Moray Council’’s celebration of the works of Thomas Telford. This piece was performed on the actual site of the Craigellachie Bridge.

Scatterbrain

A piece about domestic abuse.
This piece was devised by our Artistic Director and was performed at a Domestic Abuse Conference in Elgin. The two actors remained in character after the performance to carry out a question and answer about why domestic abuse could take place.

Summer Shorts 2007
A series of 6 short performance pieces created from the ideas of the Technical group.
Once again the company technical group are undertaking a series of shorts to be performed by the performance group. The pieces are devised by the technical group who are responsible for set design,lighting and sound fx.

The Shop 2005

A Play aimed at parents and their chldren to show the effects of drug abuse among young people.
The Shop toured again in September/October 2005 around the schools in Aberdeenshire and Moray.This was again a collaboration with Grampian Police and proved very successful performances highlighting the dangers of drug misuse to parents and young people alike.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ODTC returns to Dubai in May 2005.
The Company will be going to Dubai in May 2005 to undertake a tour of the area with their production of “A Midsummer Night’’s dream”. This will be a fully inclusive performance using makaton,imagery and music.

Dark Cabaret
Dark Cabaret on tour again !!
Once again ODTC will be working in collaboration with the Perth and Kinross Health Initiative touring “The Dark Cabaret” around the schools in the Perth and Kinross area during Feb-Mar 2005. The piece raises awareness in health issues that may concern teenagers.

Kathakali 2008 Tour

REVIEW

Our tour in collaboration with the Kela Chethena Kathakali Company, a classical dance drama from Kerala, South West India proved to be an outstanding success
Our performers working alongside professional performers, using our own unique style, recreated the Kathakali Story - Kiratham, (The Hunters Story). We used a combination of Makaton, Mudras, Music and imagination to tell the story to the audience.The performances in the true village style of Kerala took the audience on a journey through to the main performance of Kathakali.

“Your performances are stunning, very professionally presented and delighted the audiences. I was amazed just
how similar your interpretation of Kiratham was to the Kathakali version, yet you had never seen it ! “
Kalamandalam Barbara Vijayakumar Kathakali Co Director

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Support

Supporting Organisations

We currently support organisations by providing technical back up at conferences and events. We also use an interactive theatre performance to support training conferences and awareness raising events.

Placements : ongoing
We offer placements in all aspects of our work to young people in education, students, volunteers and people needing support to get back to work.

Visits: ongoing
As well as our main programme we regularly offer members and other interested individuals visits to the theatre and other appropriate events.