Uninvited Guests
Formed in 1998, Uninvited Guests make entertaining and provocative performance. Our work represents a contemporary reality, in which memories of movies are as much a part of our experience as intimate dialogues with lovers. The company works in various contexts and constellations, focusing mainly on performance but also producing installation and digital media. Recent work has blurred the line between theatre and social festivities, with audiences joining us in events that are celebratory and elegiac, nostalgic and critical of these times.
Uninvited Guests & The Darkroom
Uninvited Guests received the Darkroom bursary at a really important time in the company's development. We had been together for 6 years. We had just begun the process of reflecting on a previous show and considering points of departure for a new piece. We had never, until that point, had breathing space to think, play and talk without the demands of having to generate a product. We spent a week at The Hurst in Shropshire - a beautiful house, once owned by John Osborne, and surrounded by idyllic countryside. The perfect place to reflect, to take stoke of where we were as a company, and through doing so enable us to move forward, to feel inspired to try something new. We ate every meal together, walked and made dens in the nearby woods, played out ideas in the studio, just a short stroll from the house, and spent evenings talking in the very comfortable sitting room. We were able to just let things happen.
During our time at The Hurst we were given the opportunity to collaborate with a writer. It was a chance for us to review the way we used text and try something new. We were able to find some distance from our usual way of working and see through someone else's eyes. It was a truly inspiring experience, one that we are very grateful for. (Uninvited Guests worked with A Smith)
