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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 TheatreThis 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.

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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

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