Angel Exit have been commissioned to create one off performances and interactive walkabout theatre at events including Einstein’s Garden at The Green Man Festival, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Live Art Speed Dating at The Arcola Theatre, London, weddings and fundraisers.
We were commissioned by the Women's Engineering Society to create a short play for their Electric Dreams festival celebrating the incredible women working in electrical engineering. Watts in a Home: Then and Now explored the question: "Can electricity emancipate women from drudgery?" by taking a closer look at domestic appliances from three different ages - 1935, 1985 and 2035.
Gallycrows was commissioned by Inside Out Dorset in response to Luke Jerram's work 'Gaia'. It is walkabout performance which encourages talk about climate change and rising sea levels in a thoughtful but light hearted way. It can be performed at festivals, events or in school playgrounds. Eye-catching costumes were designed and made by Sophie Fretwell from recycled items.
Set in 1968, MI5 operatives Grace and Shirley need bright minds to help them get to the bottom of a potential security breach. Cyber Security Workshop developed by The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, Imperial College, London and Angel Exit Theatre for the 2eMPower programme for neuro-diverse students.
How might Lady Macbeth's torment or Cinderella's sunny disposition have been influenced by their DNA? The Library of Imagined Gens is a biobank containing genetic samples of fictional characters. Browse amongst the books and samples to discover how our stories are shaped not just by actions and choices, but also by our genes.
Angel Exit collaborated with Einstein's Garden to create a commission for Kew Gardens' Full of Spice festival. Strictly Spice saw a group of traveling spice salespeople, the all singing, all dancing Ginger, Clove and Saffron, preparing their entry for the world spice dance championships.
Angel Exit together with Einstein's Garden were commissioned to create an interactive croquet game experience performed throughout summer 2014 at the Plantasia Festival. Lily, Basil and Hyacinth Plant - the world championship croquet team invited audiences to join them in a game of croquet on the lawn whilst they explored the journey from plant to medicine.
In 2013 Angel Exit were awarded a public engagement grant by the Physiological Society to create a new piece of interactive, walkabout theatre for Einstein's Garden at the Green Man Festival. Hormone Harmony was delivered by three performers playing ancient Greek heroes...
For the second year Angel Exit were commissioned by Einstein's Garden at the Green Man Festival to create a promenade, interactive piece of work as part of the Science At Play project supported by the Wellcome Trust.
As part of the Cultural Olympiad at the site of the Olympic sailing, Angel Exit took part in performances of Battle for the Winds in July 2012.
Tea lady Gwendolin and her cohort Humphrey visited a wedding up in Scotland, and caused much amusement by pouring champagne for the reception from their teapots, mingling with the guests, encouraging the guests to interact.
At the Green Man festival in 2011 we worked with scientists and PhD students to create a new collaborative piece of walkabout theatre on the theme of healing and injury; The Roaming Scar Collectors.
In February 2010 Lynne and Tamsin, co-artistic directors of the company, performed "The Interview" as part of Stoke Newington International Airport's sold out Live Art Speed Date event.