Fuel Production Company Announce Spring 2011 Programming

The producers of Sound&Fury's Kursk (Young Vic & UK tour 2009/10), Requardt & Rosenberg's Electric Hotel (Sadler's Wells & UK tour 2010), and Inua Ellams' The 14th Tale (National Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe & UK tour 2010), kick off a new season of work full of treats.

Founded in 2004 and led by Louise Blackwell and Kate McGrath, Fuel is a producing organisation working with Contemporary Theatre artists to develop, create and present new work. Fuel produces the work of artists including Fevered Sleep (On Ageing), Sound&Fury (Kursk), Will Adamsdale (Jackson's Way, The Receipt) and Clod Ensemble (Under Glass).

This spring Fuel presents:

Jackson's Way: The London Jacksathon
The surprise hit Perrier Winner of 2004 is back, for a marathon tour of London, visiting 26 different venues in 26 days.

Everyday Moments
Fuel commissions artists including Hofesh Shechter (Political Mother), Josie Long (If.comedy winner), and Lemn Sissay (Something Dark) to create original podcasts.

MUST - the inside story
A legend of the New York queer scene, Peggy Shaw shares her poetic perspective on the body, with live music and movement from the award-winning Clod Ensemble

The Summer House
Four devised theatre aficionados collaborate for the first time in a comedy thriller all
about men, stag parties and Vikings.

And The Rain Falls Down
Fast acknowledged as the most inventive theatre makers for children, Fevered Sleep are back with a show in which the rain really does fall down...

Invisible Things
From the same company, a new book all about how they make theatre - the insider's
view. Love Letters Straight From Your Heart

All artists Fuel works with produce shows, performances or experiences which have very direct and playful relationships with their audiences. These artists see the world in a different way; they respond to challenges and events with ingenuity and ideas; they create unexpected moments which articulate fresh perspectives to their audiences.

Fuel responds to ideas, to artists and to projects, making them happen as best it possibly can, providing whatever is needed for that to happen - from dramaturgy to photocopying, fundraising to moral support, tour-booking to being a sounding board for ideas. Fuel also initiates ideas. Louise and Kate believe in creating great work by supporting artists to develop their own ideas, and by stimulating artists through provocation and challenge. They choose every artist, company or project they produce carefully: each relationship is unique as they try to respond to the needs of each artist individually.

 

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