Early Work

An overview

Dates

1996 – 2001

Creative Team

All projects conceived,
designed and directed by
David Harradine & Samantha Butler

In collaboration with

Inamorata
Steven Green, Karina Garnet, Tash Alexander

Orlando
Ben Robinson, Michelle Clarke

Fantasy Party
Steve Hill, Zoë Bywater, Karina Garnett, Tash Alexander, Johanna Bywater

Still Matter
Tash Alexander

Shore
Kat Davison, Erin Barnes, Karina Garnett, Hansjorg Schmidt

Exquisite Moments
Karina Garnett

 

Between 1996 and 2001 Fevered Sleep created a series of experimental projects that were the foundation for the company’s explorations of form, theme and process. This diverse body of work includes:

Inamorata: a visual theatre piece inspired by Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber.

Orlando: a free adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel.

Fantasy Party: a site-specific performance and party which took place in a domestic space.

Still Matter: a visual theatre piece about the body and technology.

Carpel and Stamen: a site-specific gardening performance.

Yarn: an installation and storytelling project which took place in total darkness.

Shore: a visual theatre piece that was a meditation on the rituals and textures of the British seaside holiday.

Exquisite Moments and Imperfect Endings: a performance about time, death and disappearance, created to celebrate the millennium.

Time of Our Lives: an installation in a North London shopping centre that was created in collaboration with a group of old people.