Theatre-Rites
"This company creates work which is grand in scale, beautifully crafted in its detail and as imaginative and rewarding as any company creating work for adults you'll ever hope to see."
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Shopworks
for everyone over 6 years old
Co-commissioned by LIFT and Wiener Festwochen
England: May 2003 / Austria: June 2003
| Directed by | Sue Buckmaster |
| in collaboration with | |
| Guest Artist | Gary Stevens |
| and | |
| Installation Artist | Sophia Clist |
| Sound Designer | Evelyn Ficarra |
| Lighting Designer | Sebastian Hall |
| Assistant Director | Mervyn Millar |
| Assistant Director | Caroline Thaw |
| Production Manager | Jon Howes |
| Stage Managers | Gareth Williams and Emily Laurens |
| Performers | Charles Broughton, Kyriaki Doxara, Michael Mellinger, Christabel Muir, Stella Sargeson, Helen Shearcroft, Yvonne Stone |
Shopworks began life when Theatre-Rites took over an empty corner shop in Tooting, London. Commissioned by LIFT and Wiener Festwochen it was performed throughout May 2003 in London, before transferring to a disused corner shop in Vienna for June 2003. In Vienna the show was recreated for the new space and performed in a combination of German and English.
This is a shop with a mind of its own … Step off the street into the Theatre-Rites shop – a world of wondrous transformations and strange happenings where the items for sale take on a life of their own. Meet the inhabitants, a bizarre group of shop assistants in brown coats clinging to their daily routines – collecting, sorting, weighing, wrapping, labelling and stacking. In this apparently ordinary world, discover what lurks beyond the counter and journey deep into the hidden back rooms.
“London’s most exciting theatrical experience”
The Guardian