Shows timeline (2008-)
13 major productions, reaching 275,000+ people worldwide
2026 - Heartwood - premiered, May 2026, touring nationally in 26-27 Heartwood explores dendrology, ultramarathon running and organ donation.
2025 - The Exoplanets - ★★★★ - ‘succeeds brilliantly in illuminating the strangeness, beauty and charm of the farthest reaches of the universe’ - LondonTheatre1
The Exoplanets explored astrobiology.
2024 - Black Sheep - ★★★★ - ‘a gentle, succinct and bittersweet warning cry about the environment that becomes louder and more urgent as it progresses.’ - The Stage
UK Theatre Awards Nominated 2026 for Best New Play
Black Sheep explored farming.
2022 - Spindrift - ★★★★ - ‘superbly intelligent and subtle...the central metaphor of quantum mechanics may be found at the cellular levels of its concept, story, sound, light, video and theatre craft.’ - The Stage
Norfolk Arts Award Winner for Best New Play
Spindrift explored Quantum Biology.
2021 - Deciphering - ★★★★ - ‘A love letter to learning, brimming with curiosity and suffused with a childish sense of wonder’ - The Guardian
OffWestEnd Award Finalist 2022 for Best Sound and Best Set.
Deciphering explored Archaeology.
2019 - Gastronomic - ★★★★ - ‘a lyrical exploration of memory, migration and molecular gastronomy’ - The Stage
Gastronomic explored Gastrophysics.
2017 - Frogman - ★★★★ - ‘a 360 heightening of the senses’ – The Sunday Mail
Frogman explored coral reefs.
A curious directive and Hull City of Culture co-production. Supported by Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Brisbane Powerhouse.
Toured the UK and Internationally, with 300+ performances.
2015 - Pioneer - ★★★★ - ‘Restlessly intelligent theatre’ – Telegraph
Fringe First Winner 2014.
Pioneer explored astrophysics.
a curious directive production, in association with Watford Palace Theatre.
2014 - The Kindness of Strangers - ★★★★ - ‘I watched a real ambulance on call with renewed admiration’ – Financial Times
The Kindness of Strangers explored paramedic science.
a curious directive and Norfolk and Norwich Festival co-production, supported by Wellcome Trust Arts Grant. UK tour to Theatre Royal Plymouth, Watford Palace Theatre and Southwark Playhouse.
2013 - Olfactory - ★★★★- ‘a blissful, delicate experience, its scent and atmosphere lingered long after it had finished’ – The Guardian
Olfactory explored perfume.
2012 - After the Rainfall ★★★★ - ‘Jack Lowe and his ensemble continually push boundaries and fire imaginations’ - The Metro
BRIGHTON FRINGE AWARD nominated
After the Rainfall explored myrmecology.
2011 - Your Last Breath ★★★★ - ‘Connections of many different kinds lie at the heart of this rigorous, inventive & intelligent show from bright young company curious directive’ - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
Fringe First Winner 2011
YOUR LAST BREATH explored cryogenics
2008-9 - Return to the Silence - ★★★★ - ‘Powerful…a dramatic pleasure’ - Caroline McGinn, Time Out
NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL AWARD WINNER
Return to the Silence explored neuroscience.