D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
There are two pages of the history of the company which, regrettably, are not easy to read: there's no white space because there's only single-spacing between paragraphs. There's a diary of events, a photo-gallery, what's available in their Music Hire Library and merchandise. You've got to keep going back to the front page to move on.
DV8 Physical Theatre
DV8 blurs the boundaries between dance and theatre and is a facsinating
company to watch. This site seems initially to have only three pages
- Past, the Current Production, and Present - but these branch out
to more than 15 pages which give a complete picture of the company
and its work.
Eastern Angles
Regional touring theatre company for East Anglia based at the John
Mills Theatre in Ipswich: news and reviews, what's on, box office
(secure online booking), Friends, mailing list, education.
The EJ Theatre Company
A new young company which is "dedicated to presenting challenging
work by new writers who have an inspired and original view to put
forward". There are details abut the company and its personnel,
its first production and how to contact them. Nice design!
Emergency Exit Arts
A group which produces "celebratory events" and consists of visual
artists, performers, composers, puppeteers, pyrotechnists, designers
and inventors. Thre are details of all the kinds of work they do,
with lots of (thumbnailed) pictures scattered throughput the site.
plus a diary of coming events.
Encore Theatre Company
Based in Birmingham. Details of the company and its memebrs, and its
productions.
English Touring
Theatre
Details of the company's present and past productions, their education
work (including an online education pack on The Caretaker),
the Friends organisation, their awards and merchandise - books which
are not available over the Web: you have to order by post.
Escape Artists
This company aims to use theatre to rehabilitate serving and ex-prisoners,
young offenders and young people at risk. There's a basic intro, news
(five pages of huge .gif images: they take a long time to download),
details (including a press release) of their current production, and
their diary. There are also details of talks and workshops which they
offer.
The European Theatre
Company
The ETC aims to provide high-quality, educational, foreign language
theatre in schools, colleges, theatres and art centres throughout
the United Kingdom, through a wide variety of great European theatre,
both adaptations of classic works and modern plays, in their original
language, and new writing in a bilingual mixture. The site gives some
basic info about the company, details of past and future productions
(one German, the rest French), and of their workshops, which are offered
in the target language or a mixture.
Factional Productions
"New artists, new work and new ways of staging live theatre to
audiences everywhere" is how this company describes its work.
There are details of the company, its shows, its email newsletter
and Rigor Mortis, its "alter ego" (what it calls itself
when rpesenting Murder Mystery evenings).
FestivalHighlights
A collaboration for the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe between producers Martin
Sutherland and James Seabright. The site gives details of their shows.
Fevered Sleep
An "interdisciplinary performance company", working on new devised
performances which are mainly visual and physical, as well as installation,
site-specific and multimedia shows. there's their Mission Statement,
details of performances and forthcoming projects, reference material,
and something on their education and outreach work.
Figment Theatre Company
Based in Holmfirth, Figment produce touring and educational theatre
for a variety of clients - theatres, LEAs, businesses, schools, and
libraries. There are details of their projects, their history and
the company members. Interestingly most of them trained at Bretton
Hall, not that far from Holmfirth.
Flying Pig Productions
A children's theatre company, specialising in the younger age-group.
Details of the company, its personnel, news and reviews, the shows
themselves and what's new. A very colourful site, but unfortunately
each page is a pretty massive GIF file which is very slow to download.
Forced Entertainment
Forced Entertainment is a group of artists in Sheffield who are involved
in experimental theatre, performance art and installation. There's
a page of general information, details of current work, and an archive
of past work, with photographs. Worth visiting if you're looking for
something very different in terms of performance.
Forest Forge Theatre Company
Based in the New Forest (Ringwood, Hants). Some pages have only pictures where you'd expect text (the Staff, for instance); some pages are missing (past, present and future productions); and some are just (unchanged) online versions of a print brochure. There are too many pages which just serve as a link to another couple. Looks nice, though.
Frantic Assembly
A small scale physical theatre company based in London. The are two sites, one based on Shockwave, the other plain HTML.
Furnace Memoirs
A company specialising in new and experimental work. There's its mission
statement, details about its artistic dirtector and of his one-man
show (plus reviews).
Futures Theatre
Company
A London-based company producing mainly issue-based work for children
and youn people. Full details of all they have to offer, a history
of the company, an archive of their productions and their supporters.
There's also a message board which doesn't seem to be used.
Gazebo Theatre Company
Based in Louth. Details of its artistic policy, past productions and the Tudor Barn Theatre. The site was very much out of date in March 2001.
Geese Theatre Company (Official Site)
Based at the Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham). A national touring company working in prisons and other custodial institutions, providing productions, workshops, residencies and staff taining. Ths site has grown considerably since it was first listed and has some fascinating details about its performances. There is also a CD-ROM game based on one the productions.
Geese TC
A page on the Escape Artists (qv) site. Just an outline of what the company does.
Graeae
The only full-time professional theatre company of disabled people in the world. Lots of information here, not just about its performances but every aspect.
Grey Matter Repertory Theatre Company
A company producing Audiobooks to order. There are details of the way it works, how they can be booked, and key personnel. There is also an online form for enquiries.
The Green
Room
This Manchester-based company describes itself as offering "the best
in innovative drama-based theatre and dance." When I visited the site
was slightly out of date (by a month). There was nothing on the news
page and the "Interact" page simply offered an email form.
Guest House Theatre
A small-scale professional company based in Stockport. Details of
the company, its members, its productions and how to contact them.
Guy Masterson Productions
Concentrates on small-scale and solo productions. Everything is covered: productions, biographies of performers, directors and writers, a diary, gfees and booking, and a gallery of pictures. The front page is a massive, slow-loading .jpg and this link by-passes it.
Heartbreak Productions
A touring company specialising in Shakespeare. There are details about
the company, productions, tour dates, contacts and tickets - but no
online sales at the moment.
Heart Productions
"Theatre with a beat" is how this Midlands-based company
describes itself. On the site there are details of its productions
and education work, and news, including its participation in the Edinburgh
Fringe in both 2004 and 2005.
Highly Sprung
Performance Company
The company works with dance, physical theatre and text, devising
most of its shows. there are details about the company, the shows
and the workshops they offer. Much use of the [BACK] button is needed
and most pages are images (even the text) which makes it slower than
usual to download.
Hiss and Boo Theatre Company
This company specialises in Music Hall, variety and panto, touring productions and providing corporate entertainment. There's an interesting feature article by Roy Hudd on songwriters.
History at Large
A company based in Salisbury which uses history as a source of "intelligent and informative entertainment." Past and future productions, collateral activities and pictures.
Horla Theatre Company
Based at the Rose and Crown, Hampton Wick. It tells "stories through performance with a physical edge" & promotes new writing, design and musical talent. A very throrough, well designed site.
Hull Truck
Formed as long ago as 1971, would you believe? Full details of one of the best known regional and touring companies in the UK: current season, touring productions, general info, history, mission statement, the future - and 10 "Hull Truck Facts".
Hydrae Productions
A group of actors and directors, specialising in performing new work,
who meet regularly in central London. There are details of their meetings,
of their interest in seeing new writing, of the casts of their last
production (along with CVs and pics), a request for sponsorship, and
their planning for an interactive theatre project on the Net. An unusual
company - worth a visit.
Hydrocracker
A new theatre company, producing "big, physical and poetic theatre
which challenges, entertains and has something to say."
