The Idiot Colony UK autumn tour, 2009, see dates below. SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST WINNER 2008 TOTAL THEATRE AWARD for BEST VISUAL THEATRE "an affecting, humorous piece of physical theatre" The Times "Endlessly inventive, thoroughly disquieting. It's stunning." The Metro Written by Lisle Turner Directed by Andrew Dawson Performed and Co-created by Claire Coaché, Cassie Friend & Rebecca Loukes RedCape Theatre present The Idiot Colony , a visually stunning blend of physicality and text, based on true accounts. Genuinely funny and incredibly moving. Forgotten for decades inside a mental hospital, Joy, Mary and Victoria escape their present by remembering their past. In the asylum's hair salon, to the strains of Rick Astley and Glenn Miller, they relive wartime affairs, illicit trysts and childhood secrets. Sept  23-24   8:00pm Sept  29-30   7:30pm Oct 1             8:00pm Oct  5-7         7:30pm Oct  9            7:30pm Oct 13           8:00pm Oct 14           7:30pm Oct 15           8:00pm Oct 16-17      7:45pm Oct 21           7:30pm Oct 23           7:30pm Oct 24           7:30pm Oct 26           7:30pm Oct 29           7:30pm Oct 31           7:30pm Nov 3            7:30pm Nov 4            8:00pm Nov 6            8:00pm Nov 9-10       7:45pm Nov 13          8:00pm Nov 14          8:00pm Nov 18-21     8:00pm Nov 26-27     7:30pm Nov  30         8:00pm Dec 2            7:30pm South Street Arts Centre - Reading The Carriageworks - Leeds Brewery Arts Centre - Kendal Burton Taylor Studio at Oxford Playhouse Bridport Arts Centre - Dorset unitytheatre - Liverpool New Theatre Royal - Portsmouth Trestle Arts Base - St. Albans Birmingham Repertory Theatre Arc - Stockton The Civic - Barnsley Square Chapel Centre for the Arts - Halifax St. Mary’s Hall (Canterbury Festival) Wickham Theatre - Bristol Aberystwyth Arts Centre Malvern Theatres Salisbury Arts Centre Dobinson Theatre at Stowe School Warwick Arts Centre - Coventry Wyeside Arts Centre - Builth Wells, Powys SpArC, Bishop's Castle - Shropshire Jacksons Lane - London Lakeside Theatre - Colchester The Junction - Cambridge Victoria Hall - Settle, North Yorkshire 0118 960 6060 0113 224 3801 01539 725 133 01865 305 305 01308 424 204 0151 709 4988 023 9264 9000 01727 850 950 0121 236 4455 01642 525 199 0845 180 0363 01422 349 422 01227 787 787 0845 402 4001 01970 623 232 01684 892 277 01722 321 744 01280 818 146 024 7652 4524 01982 552 555 01588 630 321 020 8341 4421 01206 573 948 01223 511 511 01729 825 718

"This intense, beautifully constructed piece of physical theatre lingers for days afterwards" The List

"A delicate work of damaged poetry and slow-moving grace. Beautifully accomplished, a remarkable debut." The Herald

"luminous to look at...it has a sly sense of fun. One to catch before it slips away." The Guardian

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Images by Nik Mackey taken at The ICA London January 2009