Out of Joint Theatre Company Lysistrata

OUT OF JOINT THEATRE COMPANY

“With director Max Stafford-Clark and Out of Joint one never knows what to expect, except that it will be inventive, individual and humane” - Whatsonstage

ABOUT:

“Under the direction of Max Stafford-Clark the company has premiered plays from leading writers including April De Angelis, Sebastian Barry, Alistair Beaton, Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Robin Soans and Timberlake Wertenbaker; launched first-wime writers such as Stella Feehily and Mark Ravenhill; and staged bold revivals.”

(Taken from their website)

ETHOS:  

Inquisitive, epic, authentic and original: Out of Joint is a national and international touring theatre company, developing entertaining theatre that broadens horizons and investigates our times.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Being a company who are based around the idea of innovation and creativity, while I couldn’t find out exactly what the Out of Joint Theatre Company target audience is, I know that the audience they will target will probably be adults veering more on the young side, as I imagine a lot of their work may be quite complex to understand for young viewers.

PRODUCTION STYLE:

The Out of Joint style of production is to take something normal or everyday and re-invent how we may look and perceive it.  Out of Joint like to think outside of the box and mould old ideas into new shapes and sizes, creating a completely transformed version of a play or how we may look at things.

LYSISTRATA:

I believe that if Out of Joint were to make a production of Lysistrata, that they would want to remodel it and turn it into something interesting.  Since the play is set in Ancient Athenian Greece, I get the feeling that they may want to modernise the piece and set it somewhere more relatable nowadays.  This could be anywhere but in doing this, they would encourage their audience to see the piece in a different way than they did prior to seeing it; or if they had seen it done before.

As well as this, I also feel that they could change the costume to fit the new setting.  It would be interesting and inventive as they would hope to capture their audience and make them feel differently.  As well as this the setting and audience would likely be realistic and not completely ‘out there’ as otherwise it could alienate the audience.  One way they could do the play would be by making it futuristic and exciting, maybe foreseeing a dystopian future wartime on Earth.  

“You expect something special from the touring company Out of Joint” - The Times