George Mann

The Lowry Reveals New Year 2025 Contemporary Season

From dance to comedy, drama, music, and juggling… Lowry has announced its contemporary season for early 2025. Featuring shows from national and international companies the season includes array of new theatre to kick off the New Year.

Nancy Medina Will Direct A GOOD HOUSE as Part of Bristol Old Vic's 2025 Spring/Summer Season

Bristol Old Vic has announced its Spring/Summer Season for 2025, including a flagship production directed by Nancy Medina. Learn more about the full season here!

Ad Infinitum's LAST RITES Comes to MimeLondon and Manipulate Festival 2024

Combining striking visuals and physical storytelling with dynamic projection and a resonant  soundtrack, Ad Infinitum's new non-verbal solo show explores a powerful journey of love, loss, and what it means to be a parent.

MimeLondon Reveals First Season of Work in Collaboration with The Barbican, The National Theatre, Sadler's Wells, and Shoreditch Town Hall

MimeLondon is a new curatorial project created by Helen Lannaghan and Joseph Seelig, the directors of London International Mime Festival (LIMF), which ended in 2023 after five decades of award-winning success.

Shoreditch Town Hall Reveals Productions as Part of MimeLondon

As part of the brand new curatorial project MimeLondon, created by former directors of London International Mime Festival (LIMF) Helen Lannaghan and Joseph Seelig, Shoreditch Town Hall has announced the productions it will be hosting as part of the programme.

BEAUTIFUL EVIL THINGS Comes to Edinburgh in August

Told through the eyes of Medusa as she watches the battle of Troy, Ad Infinitum takes a look at the alternative stories of the most notorious women in Greek mythology in a show co-created and performed by long-term collaborator Deborah Pugh.

Ad Infinitum's BEAUTIFUL EVIL THINGS Will Embark on Tour

Told through the eyes of Medusa as she watches the battle of Troy, Ad Infinitum takes a look at the alternative stories of the most notorious women in Greek mythology in a new show co-created and performed by long-term collaborator Deborah Pugh.

Bristol Old Vic Releases Digital Version of PINK MIST for Limited Run

From 22 March, for a limited four-week release, the original 2015 Bristol Old Vic production of Pink Mist will be available on demand. The prodution was co-by George Mann and John Retallack and brought Owen Sheers’ visceral poem about the impact of war on servicemen and their families searingly to life on stage.

Bristol Old Vic Launches Full Season Of Digital Theatre For Spring 2021

Bristol Old Vic today announced an ambitious range of digital work running Feb-May to keep people entertained through the Spring and beyond, allowing stories to be shared and creativity to flourish in new ways once again.

Ad Infinitum and HOME Present WHERE YOU ARE

Ad Infinitum in association with HOME presents WHERE YOU ARE, a free online mini-festival of short films, podcasts, Q&As, talks and discussions exploring themes of freedom, transition, resistance and care.

HOME Commissions Bryony Kimmings, Javaad Alippoor And Others To Create Brand New Work In Isolation

Manchester arts venue HOME are spearheading a plan to take brand-new live experiences from the homes of artists into the homes of their audiences, defying the coronavirus outbreak.

Ad Infinitum is Creating a New Associate Director Programme for D/deaf Directors

Following their work with D/deaf artists for productions including Light and Extraordinary Wall [of Silence] (touring 22 Jan - 22 Feb), Bristol-based Ad Infinitum have announced a new programme for D/deaf directors which will be launched in 2022. The company will be working with D/deaf artists over the next two years to research, design and create a platform that will enable D/deaf directors to flourish.

Ad Infinitum is Bringing EXTRAORDINARY WALL OF SILENCE to HOME Manchester

Through three powerful coming-of-age stories, Extraordinary Wall of Silence, a new devised show from Bristol-based Ad Infinitum co-commissioned by HOME, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bristol Old Vic, Newbury Corn Exchange, In Good Company and in association with Salisbury Playhouse, supported by The North Wall, traces the oppression and ignorance faced by the Deaf community to one pivotal point in history.

EXTRAORDINARY WALL OF SILENCE Comes to Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio

With stories drawn from real-life testimonies collected through 40-hours of interviews with Deaf people from all over the UK, Ad Infinitum presents Extraordinary Wall of Silence, a new production shedding light on a relatively undocumented history of oppression experienced by Deaf people which comes to Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio on 22 & 23 Jan.

CHLOE AND THE COLOUR CATCHER Will Embark on UK Tour

Chloe lives in a world with only one colour, a world that is completely grey. But at night, when she's wrapped up tight, her dreams are colourful and bright. Transforming stages around the UK into a vibrant world of colour and rhyme, join Chloe on her courageous journey to unleash all seven shades of the rainbow in this extraordinary and wholly original tale of bravery, self-expression and fighting for what your heart knows to be true. Ad Infinitum's first full length show for children, Chloe and the Colour Catcher is a call to arms for young activists and future world-changers to speak out against what's wrong and to celebrate their differences.

EXTRAORDINARY WALL [OF SILENCE] Will Embark on UK Tour

With stories drawn from real-life testimonies collected through 40-hours of interviews with Deaf people from all over the UK, Ad Infinitum presents Extraordinary Wall [of Silence]*, a new production shedding light on a relatively undocumented history of oppression experienced by Deaf people. Helen, Alan, and Graham are told they are impaired and need fixing. As they begin to question the world around them, three powerful coming-of-age stories unfold, uniting them in a struggle against violence, ignorance and oppression. Connected through a shared past, they are transported to a crucial moment in 1880 that would impair the way the world views D/deaf people for over a century. The production premiered at Bristol Old Vic in October 2019 and now tours to seven arts venues across England.

Proteus Theatre Company Presents Re-imagining Of MACBETH

Award-winning theatre company Proteus present a highly physical re-imagining of Shakespeare's Macbeth as a corporate thriller set against the backdrop of the 'greed is good' culture of 1980s Britain. The show will be at the Connaught Theatre, with performances on Friday 8th November at 2pm and 7:30pm and on Saturday 9th November at 7:30pm.

Proteus Theatre Takes MACBETH On A UK Tour

Embarking on a UK tour following its successful run in London and Basingstoke, award-winning Proteus' adaptation of Macbeth takes Shakespeare's macabre tragedy to the tumult of the trading room floor. Directed by Mary Swan, the artistic director, this Macbeth is a gripping corporate thriller set in London during the stock market crash of 1987.

EXTRAORDINARY WALL [OF SILENCE] Comes to Bristol Old Vic

With stories drawn from real-life testimonies collected through 40-hours of interviews with Deaf people from all over the UK, Ad Infinitum presents Extraordinary Wall [of Silence]*, a new production shedding light on a relatively undocumented history of oppression experienced by Deaf people. Helen, Alan, and Graham are told they are impaired and need fixing. As they begin to question the world around them, three powerful coming-of-age stories unfold, uniting them in a struggle against violence, ignorance and oppression. Connected through a shared past, they are transported to a crucial moment in 1880 that would impair the way the world views D/deaf people for over a century.

Bristol Old Vic Announces 2019 Summer/Autumn Programme

Artistic Director Tom Morris today announced the completion of the 2019 programme and reflected on the impact and legacy of Bristol Old Vic's Year of Change in 2018.