Early Work

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1996 - 2001

 
 

Between 1996 and 2001 Fevered Sleep created a series of experimental projects that were the foundation for the company’s exploration of form, theme and process.

 
 

Time of Our Lives, 2001

An installation in a North London shopping centre that was created in collaboration with a group of old people.

 

Exquisite Moments and Imperfect Endings, 2000

 
 

A performance about time, death and disappearance, created to celebrate the millennium. Collaborator: Karina Garnett

 

Fantasy Party, 1999

 
 

A site-specific performance and party which took place in a domestic space. Collaborators: Steve Hill, Zoe Bywater, Karina Garnett, Tash Alexander, Johanna Bywater

 
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Still Matter, 1999

 

A visual theatre piece about the body and technology. Collaborators: Tash Alexander & Karina Garnett

 

Carpel and Stamen, 1999

 

A site-specific gardening performance.

 

Shore, 1999

 

A visual theatre piece that was a meditation on the rituals and textures of the British seaside holiday. Collaborators: Kat Davison, Erin Barnes, Karina Garnett, Hansjörg Schmidt

 
 
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Yarn, 1998

 

An installation and storytelling project which took place in total darkness.

 

Orlando, 1997

 

A free adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel. Collaborators: Ben Robinson, Michelle Clarke

 

Inamorata, 1996

 

A visual theatre piece inspired by Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber. Collaborators: Steven Green, Karina Garnet, Tash Alexander, Zoë Bywater, Natalia Campbell