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The Dark Room

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Inspired by Brecht's Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, The Dark Room transposed the world of underworld gansters to a modern secondary school and followed new girl Ruth as she knocks her classmates out the way one-by-one.

Using projection, screens and desks on wheels along with a rock soundtrack, Dark Room played to sold-out houses the production was nominated for Best Direction at the Off West End Awards.

Performances
The Dark Room performed at New Diorama Theatre, London.

Company
David Byrne Writer and Director
Dom Brennan Composer
Ed Cobbold Performer
Hannah Duncan Performer
Andy McLeod Performer
Madeleine MacMahon Performer
Phil McDonnell Composer
Leah Milner Producer and Performer
Catherine Webb Lighting Designer
Natalie York Performer

Quotes
✭✭✭✭✭ "A superb achievement of acting, execution, set design and direction"
OneStopArts

✭✭✭✭ "A unique vision of how theatre can not only dazzle us but also stretches our theatre-going experience into another dimension." WhatCulture

"Grade A comic timing. Fresh, frentic and very funny".
Time Out (Critics Choice)

Stroke of Genius

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PIT returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2099 for the first time since winning the Writers Guild and List Magazine Awards for Drama in 2004 with A Stroke of Genius.

This new dark comedy coincided with Darwin Year and the publication of On The Origin of Species, its both a journey into the dark and murky past of eugenics and sperm banks and a look at the future of DNA and genetics.

Using projected animation, puppetry, a newly composed score and about fifty cardboard boxes, A Stroke of Genius tells the story of rural librarian Dora Blake who, after stumbling on the curious incident of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank, decides she wants to have a genius child of her own. With a world of sensitive information at her finger tips she plots to blackmail a famous National Hero on his upcoming book tour but first shell need to seduce a young scientist to help her with the finer points of sperm donation and genetic manipulation

PIT will introduce audiences to the world of designer babies and to give them a glimpse into how they, too, could run their own sperm bank

Performances
Stroke of Genius performed at Camden People's Theatre, The Junction Cambridge, The Hotbed Festival, Pleasance Theatre, Islington & Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh.

Company
David Byrne Writer and Director
Fiona Boylan Performer
Ed Cobbold Designer and Performer
Greg Coulstock Animator
Chloe Kenward Lighting Design
Janet Overfield Composer
Phil McDonnell Designer Performer
Leah Milner Producer and Performer
Simon Perkins Technical and Performer

Quotes

"PIT have all the qualities of a young up and coming theatre company with a bright future. They are highly creative, their writing and stage craft original. We knew they were a company we wanted to work with and support."
Anthony Alderson, Pleasance

"It's taken me a while to find a show worthy of my top accolade, but my first five stars of this year's Fringe go to... drumroll, please... A Stroke of Genius. Innovative, thought-provoking and full of low-key humour, A Stroke Of Genius is what the Fringe is all about."
Fringe Guru ✭✭✭✭✭

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Supported by Pleasance Theatre, Charlie Hartill Special Reserve, Arts Council England, The Juntion, Cambridge, ScenePool and Escalator East to Edinburgh.

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"PIT have all the qualities of a young up and coming theatre company with a bright future. They are highly creative, their writing and stage craft original. We knew they were a company we wanted to work with and support." Anthony Alderson, Pleasance

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"PIT have all the qualities of a young up and coming theatre company with a bright future. They are highly creative, their writing and stage craft original. We knew they were a company we wanted to work with and support."
Anthony Alderson, Pleasance