We've received a grant of £499,999 from
@ace_national
to help fund the development of
#GeckoCreationSpace
on Ipswich Waterfront. Supported by
@IpswichGov
and EDRM Architects, the transformed warehouse will be fully accessible & environmentally sustainable
We are thrilled to announce Arlene Phillips CBE and Dominic West as Gecko’s first ever Patrons!
This signals a HUGE new moment for Gecko as we approach our 18th birthday, and our work is being seen by more people than ever.
We are broadcasting
#Institute
for free online for the first time ever! Join us on Wednesday at 7pm to watch our captivating production and bring physical theatre to your living room -
#TheatreForEveryone
We are disappointed by
@suffolkcc
decision to implement a 100% cut to core cultural investment in Suffolk.
We join our colleagues across the sector in urging the Council to immediately reconsider this cut which will cause irreparable damage to the cultural fabric of our county.
Yes, it’s true – we’ve made a film!
#InstituteFilm
will premiere on
@BBCFOUR
on Sun 19 July, 11:10pm, and be on
@BBCiPlayer
after. Based on our internationally-acclaimed stage production, Institute dissects the way we nurture and care for ourselves and each other
We are extremely sad to lose our beautiful friend Dave Toole who Helen danced with for many years across the world. Dave was a remarkable human being and an astonishing performer. Rest In Peace Dave x
We have officially arrived at the
@nationaltheatre
to begin rehearsals for Kin!
What a journey it's been since we started making Kin 4 yrs ago - this run is the culmination of not just those 4 yrs, but also the last 23 yrs of making work for audiences all over the world.
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🚨 AUDITIONS ALERT 🚨
Gecko and Dream Awake (a newly formed immersive company) are delighted to be opening auditions for physical theatre performers and actor-musicians to join both companies!
Application deadline: 9am, 1st April 2024
Learn more:
We’re really excited to announce our upcoming Facebook group, Gecko: Engage - full of resources, FAQs, videos & discussions. The group will be for people interested in/ studying Gecko, both formally or informally, & we’ll be encouraging people to share their work & discuss! (1/2)
My beautiful dear friend Lindsay Kemp passed away yesterday evening after a day of joy, laughter and dancing. What a wonderful way to leave the stage.
You lit a furnace inside me Lindsay, which will burn fiercely in your memory.
Yours,
Amit
After the success of
#Institute
, we are broadcasting
#TheWedding
for free online for the first time ever! Join us next Wednesday 27th at 7pm to watch our captivating production and once again bring physical theatre to your living room -
#TheatreForEveryone
This week we’ve made a Gecko bubble and began some early R&D for a new production!! 😍 Thank you Suffolk Council for providing us with COVID-19 tests so we could do what we love safely.
Here’s to getting creative again (at last!) 🥂
#GeckoShow8
FIRST TIME ED-FRINGERS, we want to hear from you especially!
We're curating a bit of a brochure of our own... All you need to do is tweet us your EdFringe poster + we'll share it (Twitter/FB)
Let's get behind each other & make our social media space the loveliest place to be!!
10,000 words + 7 attachments and we've submitted our
@ace_national
funding application. Fingers crossed we're successful in October to start work on Gecko's Creation Space. Thanks
@IpswichGov
& for your support &
@dance_east
&
@MtGstudios
for your advice🤞
Hands up if you're taking a show to EdFringe???
We want to see all your lovely posters so we can give you a big shoutout here and on Facebook. We'll even pick our favourite posters every week and give them a special mention on Instagram!
Don't forget that our
#Institute
broadcast is TONIGHT at 7pm (UK time)! We've made the show available online for the first time ever, and it will only be up for a limited time, so make sure you tune in to watch with us!
#TheatreForEveryone
Time to get our gecko wedding dresses on again ready for Busan, South Korea next week!! It’ll be Vanessa Guevara‘s first shows with us and she’s smashing it already....
Curtain call noise courtesy of our amazing Barbican audiences 😉
ANNOUNCEMENT! We're SO excited to tell you all about A LITTLE SPACE, our first ever collaborative show with Mind the Gap, one of Europe’s leading learning disability theatre companies.
@MtGstudios
Find out more about A Little Space:
Edinburgh Fringe brochure just came through the Gecko HQ door...
We're not taking a show this year, but let us know if you are and we'll give you a big Gecko shout-out!
22 Years in the Making 🦎
We are thrilled to announce the run of our new show, Kin at the
@NationalTheatre
from 12-27 January 2024 📣
Tickets go on sale to the public at 12 noon on Friday 30 June 2023.
Learn more: ✨
#InstituteFilm
is being broadcast TONIGHT! This is the first time you can see our debut film, adapted from our internationally-acclaimed stage production.
With support from
@thespacearts
and
@BBCFOUR
, we're honoured to share our latest work with you
Tonight, 11:10pm - BBC Four
Get your hard hats everyone - it's time to start building 👷♂️🚧🔨 Really pleased to announce that
@IpswichGov
Planning Committee unanimously agreed to give the
#GeckoCreationSpace
planning permission. Watch this space, exciting things to come!
So full of joy (and relief!) at FINALLY being able to share our wonderful news with you. We've had to keep it to ourselves for a while, but the excitement, love and supportiveness you've responded to our announcement with is what makes it all worth it. Thanks everyone! ❤️
We've got loads of content to keep you going throughout self-isolation! Head to our website () to see full versions of our non-touring shows and The Time of Your Life, or to our YouTube for interviews, behind-the-scenes and other educational resources!
Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in for
#Institute
, that was fantastic! We're delighted to be able to continue to share our work and connect over theatre
#TheatreForEveryone
Hot off the press, a brand new documentary exploring the making of our production, The Wedding. Filmed over three years, it captures our
#totaltheatre
approach to making a production. Available now until midnight, Friday 3 July 2020. Hope you like it!
With this usually being the month of
#EdinburghFringe
, we want to help fellow artists & theatre companies. We have a wonderful, large & supportive platform so if you have something to shout about, comment or DM us - it costs nothing & we'd love to engage with new + old friends ⭐
Whoops, the secret's out...
With our partners
@IpswichGov
, we're planning a game-changing new building for the next stage of Gecko's journey. Watch this space (LITERALLY, the Gecko Creation Space) because we'll be launching our fundraising campaign soon.
We are ON SALE for The Wedding at
@BarbicanCentre
in January.
We're honoured to be the first British company to perform in the prestigious international slot at
@MimeLondon
Festival. Join us for our biggest show yet!!
Book:
We are BACK at BAC for our Phoenix moment.
MISSING returns to
@battersea_arts
on 6-25 September. Four performances almost sold out.... don't miss out on the rest!!
Book:
We're collaborating on a new show with
@GeckoTheatre
about family, home, migration and racism.
It asks how compassion and empathy can be cultivated at a time when the re-birth of community and acceptance seem so vital.
It comes to the NT in 2023 as part of a nationwide tour.
We really feel like we're missing out not being at
#EdFringe
this year, theres so much great work we wish we could see!
To help us to feel more included, why don't you tag us in a tweet about your show and we'll retweet it 🎉
#GeckoEdFringe
@edfringe
Such an exciting announcement calls for a new look 😍
Here's the new, refreshed poster for our shows at the
@NationalTheatre
, what do you think?
We love what the National's team have done with the artwork for Kin, it's looking more beautiful than ever!
We're SO excited to share our latest collaboration with
@ChemBros
on the video for their latest track, 'No Reason'!
We've been collaborating with The Chemical Brothers for several years now and we're so proud of our ensemble for their incredible work!
🤩
⭐️ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS
We’ve had some great applications so far - only 5 days left so keep them coming! We want to invite a broad range of people to our initial 2-week residency & would also love to hear from mature performers (40, 50, 60+) & actors with movement expertise. (1/2)
It can be reeeeally tough nowadays to see past getting bums on seats, but friendships are just as important for resilience in the arts. Let’s make all of our shows a success!!
We are taking a stand with
#LightItInRed
to highlight the urgent need for government support for the live events sector. Today is Global Action Day, and the beloved venues, projects and people that make up our industry need funds to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
#WeMakeEvents
🔴
Creative top tip - always carry a notebook with you wherever you go! Our Artistic Director, Amit, and his notebook are in Valencia planning some exciting things. What would be in your list of
#CreativeCommandments
to live by?
COMPETITION
Did you miss the broadcast of
#Institute
? Wanna see it again? We'll give 5 people access to the show one more time! To enter:
✨Be following us on Twitter
✨Reply to this tweet tagging 3 friends who you'd take to see the show
You've got 48 hours, we'll DM the winners!
Happy
#EuropeanDayofLanguages
!! 🌍
Multiple languages are integral to Gecko shows, aiding the emotion of each scene. The 9 performers in THE WEDDING speak in Serbian, Cantonese, Norwegian, English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Georgian, German, Welsh, Russian, Basque, & Esperanto...
🚨 DREAM JOB ALERT 🚨
We're recruiting a Producer!
Our team is expanding again and we're seeking an outstanding, driven and experienced Producer to join us at a pivotal time for the company.
Apply by 11.30am Friday 9 June
Download the job pack here:
Getting our warmup on at
@NottmPlayhouse
earlier... with the ALL-NEW CAST of Missing!! 👏🏻👏🏿👏🏽👏👏🏾
One more performance here tomorrow eve, and then onto
@NSTheatres
Great news for the Gecko Creation Space and neighbouring Arts/Creative Hub planned for the old Burtons factory and warehouse on Ipswich's waterfront, with a £3 million boost from the Governments Getting Building Fund, with work due to start very soon. 🔨
It’s a week until the broadcast of
#InstituteFilm
on
@BBCFOUR
(Sun 19 Jul, 11:10pm). Have you seen the stage production? Where and when? Or will this be your first Institute experience? Let us know in the comments!
The first week of performances here at the
@nationaltheatre
have been totally surreal and the response to Kin has been more positive than we could have ever imagined. It's become very clear that this story of empathy and hope is needed, now more than ever.
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Experience Kin this Autumn.
Commissioned by the
@NationalTheatre
, Kin is our most ambitious show to date.
With an international ensemble of world-class performers, cinematic lighting & visuals and a mesmerising original score, Kin is the show to see this autumn.
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Our techniques have now been included in a textbook YAY!!!!Massive thank yous to
@stanislavskiexp
and
@routledgebooks
for the collection, and including an amazing mix of practitioners and companies.
Link to buy:
We're back in rehearsals! 😍
Now we've announced our new show, we can open the doors on our creation process like never before.
This is the first time we've announced a show before it even has a title so we can't wait to bring you with us on this journey. Stay tuned! 💛
We're INCREDIBLY excited to announce that THE WEDDING is coming to
@BarbicanCentre
on Jan 24-26!!
We're so honoured to be performing as part of
@MimeLondon
Festival. Get ready for a Wedding!!!!
Public booking opens on 26th October.
Today's the day 🤩😛
#TheWedding
is being broadcast for free online for the first time ever TONIGHT at 7pm (UK time). We hope you can join us and bring physical theatre back to your living room -
Another successful week of R&D in our bubble, both living and rehearsing together 🏠
Devising for us always begins with a seed idea that is, in Amit's words, "strong, personal, simple and societal". This is explored, and when something resonates it is pursued and developed 💫
This is quite amazing news, we'll wait to analyse the detail, but we are optimistic that this will help secure the future of those in the creative industries.
ARTS NEWS
🎭A £1.57 BILLION emergency support package
🩰 Weeks in the making to make this world leading fund to help the arts weather the storm of Covid
🎶 I said I wouldn’t let the arts down.
Culture and the arts matter, and this Govt backs you
@RishiSunak
@ace_national
📣 AUDITION ALERT! 📣
We're looking to expand our ensemble and are seeking performers for an initial 2-week development process with our Artistic Director, Amit Lahav, here in our home town, Ipswich. Find out how to apply by clicking the link below.
🖱
★★★★ 'It's a vivid, very human show' Independent
★★★★ 'Extraordinary' London Theatre Reviews
★★★★ 'Thought-provoking and necessary' The Reviews Hub
★★★★ Arts Desk
Ķīn is playing at the
@nationaltheatre
until 27 January. Find out more: