Welcome to Red Shift 27 years. England, Scotland, Wales Northern Ireland, Eire, Egypt, Chile, China. Edinburgh Fringe Firsts, Time Out, Stage and International Festival Awards. 14 Edinburgh Festivals. Over... 3000 performances, 250000 tickets, 1000 get-ins/get-outs, 50000 miles driven, 35000 miles flown. "Red Shift does the shows people want to see" - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Enter Website		Prior to 2009, Red Shift's last Edinburgh show was GET CARTER in 2006. The production visited 50+ theatres across the UK: "stunningly effective, the real thing" - Guardian. "perfection, heart-stopping" - Edinburgh Guide "the best" - British Theatre Guide. "full-frontal assault" - Metro. OUR CURRENT PROJECT: find press release here THE FALL OF MAN
Red Shift was founded in 1982 by Director Jonathan Holloway and Designer Charlotte Humpston. The company has toured all over the world, played in literally hundreds of UK theatres from modest studios to lyric houses, won numerous awards and has been hugely influential. Become a Fan of Red Shift Theatre Company on Facebook. Jonathan Holloway is also on Facebook & twitter (JHollowayLondon) "Red Shift's cinematic style is thrilling, refreshingly vigorous and up-to-the-minute" TIME OUT The Red Shift Back Catalogue Red Shift has produced over 50 new scripts in its 27 years, many of which have since been given exciting new productions by other companies across the world. Rights are available to produce these scripts subject to a simple process of negotiation (Contact: Jonathan Holloway). They include: DEATH IN VENICE (Cast of 4) “illuminating new material, unrolls with X-ray clarity” – The Independent (London) CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Cast of 4) “really ingenious” – The Independent (London) LES MISERABLES (Cast of 7 upwards) “gives power and immediacy to Hugo's timeless themes” – The List (Edinburgh Festival) THE ASPERN PAPERS (Cast of 4) “mythic, fairy tale, very tense theatre” The List (Edinburgh) THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY (Cast of 5) “A great little piece of theatre” – The Guardian (London) NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Cast 7 upwards) “brilliant tribute to a great novelist” – The Scotsman (Edinburgh) VERTIGO (Cast of 4) “a superbly adapted masterpiece” – BBC Radio (UK) GET CARTER (Cast of 6) “stark and clear” – The Scotsman (Edinburgh)		Edinburgh Festival latest 2009.... Guardian.co.uk: Lyn Gardner’s Edinburgh Festival Theatre Tips “My Pleasance picks include Red Shift’s The Fall of Man, King of the Gypsies, My Life With the Dogs, Stand By Your Van and Beachy Head.” WhatsOnStage.com " 2009 highlights include... Red Shift Theatre['s] new piece The Fall of Man" edfringe.com official website of the Edinburgh Fringe "The Edinburgh Fringe's reputation for presenting the most innovative work anywhere is maintained this year with shows including… Red Shift Theatre['s] return with The Fall of Man" Wikipedia History of the Edinburgh Fringe: "Over the years, it has attracted a number of companies that have made repeated visits to the Fringe, and so helped to set high artistic standards. They have included… Communicado, Red Shift and Grid Iron." Daily at the Edinburgh Fringe Venue: 'Beside' at The Pleasance Courtyard Tickets 0131 556 6550 Fri 7 - Sun 30 Aug @ 2:45pm A collaboration between Jonathan Holloway (founder: Red Shift), Graeme Rose (co-founder: Stan's Cafe) and the Company using original dialogue and excerpts from John Milton's Paradise Lost The Story: Sited in the bed-sitting room of Slovenian child minder Veronica. Visited in the early hours by Peter - father of the children she minds - we watch their adulterous relationship fall apart lit only by a bedside candle. An intense theatrical experience played with the audience huddled around their single bed. Unforgiving in its explicit physicality and emotional depth. Skirmishing across issues of the actor-audience relationship. Like watching surgery without anaesthetic. High tragedy in a tiny domestic environment. Huge words. Throwaway remarks. Candid love-making eclipsed by mistrust. Red Shift welcomes Graeme Rose back to the company for this ambitious risk-taking event: Graeme is a theatre-maker committed to developing innovative, collaborative work. A co-founder of companies Glory what Glory, Stan's Cafe and The Resurrectionists, he is also associate artist with Bodies in Flight, and has worked repeatedly with the likes of Insomniac Prods, Talking Birds and Red Shift. The Fall of Man is available for National and International touring