Listen to Thieves! by Lydia Kolimechkov, one of our winning radio plays, brought to life by the Complicité company.
We’re now accepting submissions for our 2024 callout. Check out our guide for tips on creating a great radio play, along with some exercises to help you get started.
Deadline: Friday 10 January 2025
Find out more: www.complicite.org/projects/the-dark-is-rising-young-writers-radio-drama/
The Dark is Rising | Simon McBurney
Just one week to go until #TheDarkIsRising listenalong begins ❄️
"When the dark comes rising, who will hold it back…?"
Here's our Artistic Director Simon McBurney reflecting on the timelessness and prescience of the story. Watch full video: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1368782503927822
In 2022, Simon directed and adapted Susan Cooper’s classic 1970s novel into a 12-part audio dramatisation for the BBC World Service with co-adaptor Robert Macfarlane.
It is available on BBC Sounds, Spotify and Apple Podcasts 🎧: bit.ly/thedarkisrising
Join us next week, when we'll begin with Episode 1: Midwinter Eve.
A Complicité and Catherine Bailey Productions co-production.
Figures in Extinction 2025 | Teaser Trailer
Humanity’s impact on the natural world is greater than ever before. How can artists meaningfully create in the face of mass destruction?
In February 2025, our urgent dance trilogy #FiguresinExtinction will make its word premiere at Aviva Studios in Manchester; bringing together parts one, two and the never-before-seen part three - the first chance to experience the Figures in Extinction series as a whole.
Co-created by Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney. Performed by the NDT 1 dancers.
A co-production with Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). Co-commissioned by Factory International.
Co-produced by Schrit_tmacher Festival, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Montpellier Danse.
Find out more and book your tickets 🎟: bit.ly/FiguresinExtinction2025
Footage by Harmen Straatman.
Last chance for Christmas delivery 🎁
Order by tomorrow, Wednesday 11 December, at 12pm (GMT) to guarantee delivery in time for the festivities.
Explore Complicité’s online shop for totes, t-shirts, playtexts, and much more.
Browse our shop here: www.complicite.org/shop/
The Carpenter's Flame by Leyla Tompson
"Evelyn was only 8 years old when her parents had gone, leaving her with just this hut, a host of hazy memories, and a collection of carpenters’ tools that – strangely – could talk."
Listen to The Carpenter’s Flame by Leyla Tompson, one of our winning radio plays, brought to life by the Complicité company.
We’re now accepting submissions for our 2024 callout. Be inspired by our audio dramatisation of The Dark is Rising and write your own radio play.
Explore the winning plays and find out more: www.complicite.org/projects/the-dark-is-rising-young-writers-radio-drama
During the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show finale, Justin Timberlake ripped off Janet Jackson’s top. Her breast was exposed on screen for nine sixteenths of a second. A pop icon and role model for many black women, the moment derailed Jackson’s career for many years while Timberlake’s thrived.
But who was invested in the backlash?
What does all this have to say about the ways in which black women are scrutinised in the public eye?
Paula Varjack is one of our Mudlarks artists and Nine Sixteenths has been developed with support from Complicité.
6 - 16 November | Pleasance Theatre
Find out more: www.pleasance.co.uk/event/nine-sixteenths
"Evidence for a man-made, disastrous climate catastrophe is very clear; now it's up to the storytellers to step up to the plate"
Tim Bell (Senior Creative Producer at Complicité)
Hear how theatre-makers at the National Theatre are driving change and adapting their creative processes to make productions more sustainable, including insights from Tim Bell, Senior Creative Producer here at Complicité.
Watch the video in full 🎥 youtu.be/gBfLfv1pHgw
Complicité believes that action on the Climate and Ecological Emergency is urgent and vital. We take responsibility for our impact on people and the planet, working to ensure that we create and tour productions as sustainably as possible. We also believe in the power and importance of our art as a form of advocacy on issues around the Climate and Ecological Emergency.
Find out more: complicite.org/about-us/climatecrisis
Enowate Trailer (Dickson Mbi)
Make sure to see Dickson Mbi's, one of our 'Mudlarks: Supported By' artists, show Enowate at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. More info below 👇
Enowate
📍Pleasance Grand
⏰ 21-25 August, 12.30pm
Presented as part of Here&Now - formerly HZN at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024
Winner of the 2023 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance.
A dancer of extraordinary power and grace, Dickson Mbi summons multiple identities in this mesmerising solo performance inspired by a life-changing journey to his ancestral home in Cameroon.
Enowate, meaning ‘truth stands’, draws on sinuous elements of hip-hop and contemporary dance in combination with original music and otherworldly animated projections. In asking the relatable question, ‘who am I?’, he connects with enigmatic forces to reveal himself and emerge from the shadows.
🔗 Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/enowate-here-now-showcase
Visuals: Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones
Co-commissioned by: Sadler's Wells, The Barbican, Dance East & The Lowry
Supported by: Arts Council England, Complicité, Daniel Bailey & The Bush Theatre
'Feels Great. Very emotional. And, I'd forgotten how special it was.'
Go behind the scenes with our exclusive access to the #Mnemonic backstage diary📹
Playing until 10 August only.
A co-production with National Theatre
Find out more: www.complicite.org/work/mnemonic
"This landmark show is more relevant than ever" (Financial Times)
There's just two weeks remaining to see #Mnemonic.
Join us in an exploration of memory, origins and our connection with nature - topics that resonate as deeply today as they did when #Mnemonic first debuted 25 years ago.
Conceived & directed by Simon McBurney.
A co-production with the National Theatre
📷 Johan Persson
Must end 10 August.
🎟️ www.complicite.org/work/mnemonic
“I shall remember Mnemonic all of my life” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (2003)
Whether you first experienced #Mnemonic 25 years ago, or you have just watched it this summer at the National Theatre - we want to hear your thoughts, reflections and memories...
Comment below and tell us your stories and journeys: what was it like to see #Mnemonic again, what resonated differently with the passage of time? What moments and memories will stay with you?
This will be a rolling #callout during the run of #Mnemonic, so if you haven’t seen it yet there’s still time to book and share your responses with us: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/mnemonic
You can also read our limited-edition new book #Mnemonic - A Site celebrating the enduring impact of the show as it is remembered and reimagined at the National Theatre.
A beautiful compilation of anecdotes, artefacts and objects from 25 years of #Mnemonic, designed by Russel Warren-Fisher.
www.complicite.org/shop/mnemonic-a-site
“Your role as a set designer is to provide for those scenarios that are developing in the rehearsal room”
Michael Levine, the set designer behind Mnemonic, shares his insights on bringing the show to life.
#Mnemonic is now playing at the National Theatre until 10 August.
🎟️www.complicite.org/work/mnemonic
