Quarantine

About me:

Based in Manchester, Quarantine makes and tours work nationally and internationally.

We work with both experienced performers and people who have never performed before. Using their personal histories and experiences, we invent a theatrical form that’s tailored to each piece – from intimate encounters to epic events. We often make theatre that blurs, exchanges or even removes the distinction between spectator and performer. Our past projects have included shared meals, family parties and a journey in the dark for one person at a time - as well as more conventional performances on stage, watched by audiences in seats.

Quarantine asks questions: about the world we live in, about who theatre is for – and who should make it. Because of its form, content and the people who make and engage with what we do, we see Quarantine’s theatre as social action as well as artistic reflection.

Quarantine is regularly funded by Arts Council England.

Quarantine has created a series of shows excavating the lives of real people and we’ve never seen one of these fragile, beautiful performances that wasn’t an outright winner.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, May 2006