AlternativeExpressions is our most recent theme, and as such, is only just being put to the test.
Here we explore the power of words; how they have been, and continue to be, such an important tool for human development through the ages. Only in recent decades have we as a Society
begun to fully realise that stories, myths, literature etc have effectively acted as
the technology of learning.
Literature can mean many things to a lot of people - entertainment, playing with language, comfort, sharing/communicating - and have many different forms
- prose, poetry, plays, lyrics etc.
But there is also another point of view, one that we subscribe to, that isn't necessarily clear to a lot of Literature lovers - Literature as a science, a source of truth, a repository of universal
knowledge, a way of discovering what it means to be alive, to be human.
In the same vein as our other alternative approaches, we take an established body of work and seek to appreciate it better through analysis, testing, and understanding. From that comes a new collection of written pieces, more relevant to our time and stage of development, whilst staying true to the impulse of the original piece of Literature.
We have 3 areas of focus - written, aural, and visual – and in common with our other workstreams, we continue to apply our alternative approach. This is our most recent area of work, and the early indications are there is plenty of useful research work and understanding yet to be undertaken.
For more details, click here to visit the AlternativeExpressings website.
Please note our AlternativeWords work is very much in its infancy and
as such we have plenty of ambitions but as yet little to show!

AlternativeExpressions
Alternative PlayBooks
In 2024, we took a major shift in our work patterns. After 20 years of total focus on developing the Alternative Approach through the world of Shakespeare and Theatre, we turned our focus to the realisation of our vision through the digital world - Taking
Our Theatre Out of The Theatre. This is now our major focus
going forward: how best to share our work
and findings globally.
To do this, we have devised a crossover medium, Alternative Playbooks, one that combines the energy and directness
of Theatre with the intimacy and inclusivity of the world of
Books. It all starts with the performed script of a Theatre
play as the bedrock of the Playbook, which then goes to the second stage of re-imagining it in terms of a book.
The third and final stage is to let the twin impulses of
Play and Book free to create the finished Playbook.
Alternative PlayBooks
Below are current list of PlayBooks
Shakespeare's Dream
Alternative Play Scripts
Below is the current list of Alternative Play scripts that will soon
be available for download. To find more details,
please use the Contact form.
Alternative Theatre Plays
Kicking Off ¦ Parklife ¦ One Christmas Eve ¦ The Nativity 2015 ¦ Love Hurts
3 Women, 2 Chairs, 1 MP ¦ The Accidental Lives of Memories ¦ Shooting Clouds
I Love You Goodbye ¦ Orpheus in Blue ¦ The Other Side ¦ Best of 3 ¦ Barefaced Nights ¦ NTI Workshops ¦ A Quarter Full ¦ Our Park ¦ Our Christmas
Alternative Shakespeare Plays
Time After Time ¦ Romeo & Juliet for All Time ¦ Macbeth Killing Time
Tempestfugit: Prospero's Dream ¦ Time Out of Joint
Ophelia, Princess of Denmark ¦ An Audience with Falstaff
King Lear (alone) ¦ Cordelia / Fool Romeo & Juliet: The Confessions
Queen Gertrude ¦ Antony & Cleopatra Unto Death

