Pontio and Invertigo Theatre Company establish new and exciting three-year relationship
Pontio, 黑料不打烊's brand new arts and innovation centre have announced Invertigo (鈥榚xciting young company鈥� -The Stage) as an Associate Company for the next three years, and both organisations are looking forward to working together to offer audiences dynamic new theatre in both Welsh and English.
The first step of this journey has been a period of writing and rehearsing My Body Welsh in Pontio鈥檚 Studio, which culminated in a 鈥榃ork in Progress鈥� event at Pontio. Exploring how ideas of nationhood are created through shared stories or collective fictions, My Body Welsh is a playful interrogation of small-town myth making, placing Wales and what it means to be Welsh at its heart. This co-production between Invertigo and The Conker Group also features an inventive use of sound, using live captured audio and playback, cultivating a sense of a storytelling community sitting around a campfire. Invertigo intends to tour this new, one-man show in Spring 2017.
The four co-founders of Invertigo met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and both Steffan Donnelly and Si么n Alun Davies hail from Wales, Steffan from Llanfairpwll and Si么n from Cardiff. Invertigo have gained critical acclaim and awards for their varied work, including three nominations forY T诺r (The Tower) at the 2016 Wales Theatre Awards.
Elen ap Robert, Artistic Director of Pontio said,鈥滻鈥檓 delighted that Invertigo will be our Associate Company for the next three years. Formalising our relationship enables us to plan ideas and projects more strategically, over a longer period. It鈥檚 very exciting to be working with such an inventive young company with roots in Wales.鈥�
Steffan Donnelly, Co-Artistic Director at Invertigo Theatre Company added, 鈥淚nvertigo鈥檚 mission is to push the boundaries of what theatre can look and feel like, by experimenting with form and content. To have the freedom to develop this with the resources and support of this incredible new centre is a real joy. As a young boy I dreamed of making theatre in and for my home area, so becoming Pontio鈥檚 Associate Company for the next three years is a 鈥楨ureka!鈥� moment! We are all looking forward to creating work with Pontio to excite, refresh, and inspire local audiences.鈥�
With support from Arts Council of Wales and and donors to 黑料不打烊.
Publication date: 20 July 2016