The Exquisite Corpse

Written by
Branwen Davies
Angharad Devonald
Tracy Harris
Kit Lambert
Othniel Smith
          
Directed by Matthew Peover
Designed by Anna Bliss Scully

The Exquisite Corpse was originally developed as part of The Incubator Project at the Wales Millennium Centre between and April and September of 2007, and was premiered at their Weston Studio in October, 2007. The show will be remounted at the WMC in July 2008, before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

" compelling... entertaining... fascinating"
Micheal Kelligan, Theatre in Wales 

Whilst elves mend the shoes of a sleeping girl, a man falls to his knees in a busy street, and a dog talks to a therapist about his unhappy childhood... A wild, wonderful, surreal story, by five of Wales' most exciting young writers, told in the highly-visual trademark style of True/Fiction, and directed by Matt Peover. Uniquely re-imagined every performance, the audience re-orders the scenes into one of five million possible sequences, creating a genuine excitement, danger and beauty in the way they fall into place; frenetic, fragile and entirely unique. 

Alex Beckett Ensemble
Alex graduated from RADA in 2003 and went straight into the Donmar Warehouse in Robin Lefevre’s production of Hotel in Amsterdam. His theatre credits since then include Gull in Gull (Chapter Arts Theatre), Russell Markham in Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco (Swansea Grand), Horatio in Playing Hamlet (Kings Head), Sweeney in Sweeney Agonistes (Arcola), Alex in Letters (Union Theatre), Sid in Anniversary (New Voices 24hr Plays-Old Vic), Pilades in Swallow Song (Oxford Playhouse), Switch in Death of Cool (Tristan Bates Theatre), Price in Fractures (Trafalgar Studio 2), Joseph in Natural Selection (Theatre 503), Francois in Leo and Lisa (IWC – Geneva) and Roy in The Exquisite Corpse (Wales Millennium Centre). His television credits include Hotel in Amsterdam (BBC4) and Emmerdale (ITV).

Miranda Cook Ensemble

Trained at LAMDA. Theatre:  Heroes (NT Education), Seduction of Almighty God (Wrestling School), Kick for Touch (Orange Tree Theatre), Home (Beaumont Estate E10), House and Garden (Harrogate Theatre),  Gone (Edinburgh Festival, New Ambassadors London), D'Eon (Prague Festival), Hamlet (Neuss Globe, Gatehouse Highgate), Soldiers Tale, The Waves, Endgame (all BAC), As You LIke It, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Nights Dream (all Greenwich Park), The Fireraisers (Milan Festival) Development work: Wrestling School, Theatre 503, Young Vic, Old Vic New Voices, Miniaturists, Apathists, Liquid Theatre, Blind Summit. TV/Film:  The Bill (Talkback Thames), Rockface (BBC), London Voodoo (Zen Films), Writing Mother, Assistance.

Owain Rhys Davies Ensemble
Owain graduated from LIPA in 2003 
Theatre Credits include  Undermilk Wood/Child’s Christmas in Wales (USA Tour), My People (Sherman Cymru Workshop), Imagine This (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Amazing Grace (Wales Millennium Centre), Fiddler on the Roof (Aberystwyth Arts Centre), Abigail’s Party (Chapter Arts Theatre), Wolfskin, Marry Stuart, The Possibility’s (Sgript Cymru), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (National Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward Theatre), Aladdin (Torch Theatre), Grease (Scandinavian Tour), Soldiers Nativity workshop (Royal Court Theatre). T.V and film credits include Flash in Y Pris (Fiction Factory),  Dawns-Tastig (Apollo for S4C), Nico in Cowboy’s ac Injans (Opus), and The Actor in Y Briodas Fawr (HTV/S4C).  




Alastair Kirton Ensemble

Alastair graduated from the 2 year acting course at LAMDA in 2003. Since leaving his theatre credits include: Haemon in Gone (New Ambassadors theatre, Pleasance, Edinburgh) The Changing Room (Royal Court theatre) Lie Back in Anger (Union Theatre), Guildenstern in Natural Perspective's Hamlet (Greenwhich Observatory Gardens) and Toby in Liquid Theatre's Feeding Time (BAC). Film Roles include the title role in Nowhere Fast Films debut feature Colin.
For True Fiction Alastair has been involved in Neil Labute's Bash and most recently The Exquisite Corpse at the Wales Millennium Centre.

Branwen Davies Writer

Branwen trained as an actor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She went on to do an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Wales, Bangor. In 2005, she co-wrote the Welsh language play Dominos for the National Theatre of Wales.

Angharad Devonald Writer

Since graduating from Trinity College Dublin, Angharad's work for theatre includes Dangerous Women of the Mabinogi (Sherman Theatre Company), Disco (Theatre Na N'og), Diwrnod Dwynwen (Sgript Cymru) and The Morals of Modern Day Myths (The Splinter Group). Her television work includes Pam Fi Duw?, Jara (HTV for S4C) and Pobol y Cwm. Three series of her popular comedy drama series Not Getting Any have been screened on BBC2W and BBC Canada. Angharad has also worked with Radio Wales, on Welsh Mam, a comedy drama broadcast live from the Sherman Theatre. She has published three books for younger readers - Grafitti, Angst ac Anawsterau (both shortlisted for the Tir Na Nog Children's Literature Award) and Rebel.

Tracy Harris Writer

Tracy studied Contemporary Theatre Studies at Lancaster University and graduated in 2001. Her first play, Past Away was produced by Sgript Cymru and toured nationally in 2002. Her play, Spring Forward, Fall Back received a rehearsed reading by Menagerie Theatre Company, and an extract was produced by Ruth is Stranger than Richard, a new writing event in 2004. Since then, she has written several new plays and is currently developing a new play for Menagerie Theatre and under commission with The Contemporary Theatre and New Writing Company of Wales.

Kit Lambert Writer

Kit graduated from his MA in Creative Writing at the Univesity of Exeter n 2003. His first play, The Custom House, won the Sherman ScriptSlam 2005 and was short-listed for the Kings Cross New Writing Award. Since then, he has written several new plays including Aftertaste, which was performed by Paines Plough at the Young Vic as part of their 2006 Wild Lunch season.