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Liveartshow [1] is a company that makes theatre with music and was established by director Martin Constantine, writer Alan Harris and composer Harry Blake. The company works with a wide range of artists from different disciplines.

Work

The company produced its first show, a contemporary dance opera, Manga Sister [2] at The Yard Theatre, London and they returning the following year with an adaptation of Wagner's Rhinegold [3] in 2012. These productions were the centre piece of the Peter Brook Empty Space Award winning season at The Yard Theatre. [4]

In 2014 the company produced The Future For Beginners in collaboration with the Wales Millennium Centre at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival along with a national tour. The production won a Musical Theatre Network Award. [5]

The company staged Marsha; a girl who does bad things as part of the 2015 Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre, London in 2015.

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References

  1. Official website, http://www.liveartshow.co.uk
  2. Manga Sister review. http://www.timeout.com/london/sport-and-fitness/manga-sister Time Out. September 22, 2011
  3. Rhinegold at The Yard Theatre, London, http://www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/event-archive/rhinegold/
  4. Peter Brook Award. http://www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/2012/11/we-won-an-award/
  5. Musical Theatre Network Awards Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Musical Theatre Network – MTN Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-01-02.