End of year round-up

It’s been quite a year for On The Run.  Last year, I didn’t even have the confidence to refer to us as ‘On The Run’ because On The Run was really just Hannah and I in a dingy rehearsal room, scratching our heads and crossing our fingers that this show we were making would turn out OK. 

The Edinburgh Fringe changed all that.  We performed our show So It Goes to a lot of people and they reacted in exactly the way we had hoped: by crying, laughing and sharing their own stories of loss.  We can’t wait to take the show on tour next year. 

We’ve just announced our first London date, at Clapham Omnibus on January 29^th, with more performances to follow in the Spring.

Recently, we’ve shared some of our approaches to Autobiographical Theatre in a workshop for IdeasTap members and we’ll be doing the same again, in a workshop on February 14^th at Vaults Festival.  It’s free and participants get discounted tickets for performances at Vaults that day.

2014 was also the year we launched No Such Thing, our night of short-form theatre, in partnership with our good friends Rhum and Clay Theatre Company and the New Diorama.  No Such Thing #1 ran in February with six amazing acts and #2 was just last week, when we performed our own brand new piece ‘Greek Tragedy’: a lovingly, deranged spoof of theatre’s most murderous genre.  We’ll be bringing No Such Thing back next year and it will keep giving a platform to bold, short-form work and new, exciting collaborations.

Hannah and I started making So It Goes way back in 2012.  But 2014 was the year we came into the world.  Let’s raise a glass to everyone who helped us get there including, of course, to all our audiences.

Finally, here’s to 2015 when we’ll be performing So It Goes in London, around the UK and maybe even back in Edinburgh, if you’re lucky!  We’ll be running more workshops.  No Such Thing will be back for more.  And we’ll start work on a new show... more news on that soon!

Much love, David (and Hannah) xx

PS We’d like to wish you a happy Christmas with this five minute slice of joy.

So It Goes comes to London in January

We are very excited to announce our first London date for So It Goes!

We'll be bringing the show to Clapham Omnibus on January 29th for a one-off performance, with more London and UK dates to be announced in the new year.

The Omnibus is one of the friendliest venues we've ever visited, so we're delighted to be performing there!  Tickets are available here.

To find out more about So It Goes and to see what the critics said at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, click here.

Boredom

We've got a real treat for you this morning.

Fresh from its premiere at No Such thing last week, we bring you Boredom, a short animated film by Chris Harrisson.

When Chris isn't working with his company Rhum and Clay, he's only co-running No Such Thing with me or designing our So It Goes posters and flyers.

Hit him up at www.haveyoulostme.com or @haveyoulostme

No Such Thing photos

Thanks to Mihaela Bodlovic for these photos from last week's No Such Thing.  Six amazing acts, including our loving spoof 'Greek Tragedy'!

The acts at No Such Thing #2 were:

Alicia Kidman and co. - Oscillations
Chris Harrisson - Boredom
Les Soeurs Souches - Ka-Tchang!
Finger and Thumb - Blues Bear
Fye and Foul - Cathedral
On The Run Run vs. Milk Teeth with friends - Greek Tragedy

Credits for Greek Tragedy:

Performed by Hannah Moss, Chris Harrisson, Olivia Rose, Charlotte Farmar, Rachel Lincoln
Directed by Kristoffer Huball and David Ralfe
Devised by the company

No Such Thing approacheth - December 7 & 8

Oh, look!  It’s our lovely flyer for No Such Thing.  Six fantastic acts in one evening.  The last one sold out in advance, so book ahead now!

Flyer design by Chris Harrisson aka @haveyoulostme

IdeasTap workshop

We're excited to announce that we're running a workshop on 'Approaches to autobiographical theatre-making' for IdeasTap members in London on November 29.

We'll be exploring how we can use our own lived experiences - from the extraordinary to the everyday - to make theatre which is inventive and universal, giving an insight into how we made So It Goes and also borrowing from David's Lecoq training.

It's a free workshop is open to anyone with an interest in making theatre, professional or otherwise. You need to be a member of the IdeasTap network to sign up but that's also free and straightforward.

Sign up for the workshop here.

No Such Thing line-up announced!

We're delighted to announce the line-up for the next No Such Thing at the New Diorama Theatre on December 7 and 8.

We'll be featuring dance, mask and clown theatre, hand shadow puppetry, multimedia performance and spoken word.  David and Hannah will also be creating a brand new piece for the night, as part of a fantastic ensemble of Lecoq performers.

The full line-up...

Alicia Kidman presents Oscillations, a playful collaboration between dancers and live double bass.

Les Soeurs Souches, a slapstick duo fresh out of the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris, present Ka-Tchang! in which two warring sisters fight over loose change.

Finger and Thumb Theatre Company present dazzling hand shadow puppetry in Blues Bear.

Tom Wainwright brings Barry The Beaver, a no-nonsense poetry-slamming beaver.

Fye and Foul share Cathedral, an immersive audio piece to be experienced in near-darkness.

On The Run’s David Ralfe, in collaboration with Kristoffer Huball aka Milk Teeth (with help from a fabulous ensemble of performers) present Greek Tragedy, a darkly comic and partially deranged tribute to Western theatre’s most murderous genre.

No Such Thing is a home for bold, short-form theatre, curated by On The Run's David Ralfe and Rhum and Clay Theatre Company's Christopher Harrisson.  Twice a year, we put out an open call for applications and curate an eclectic line-up of short, self-contained pieces from across the theatrical spectrum.

We had an enormous number of responses, so thanks to everyone who applied to be a part of it.

The last No Such Thing sold out well in advance, so book ahead here!