September 11, 2024 by katie
BOOK LAUNCH!
‘A Rainbow for Amala’ by Sudha Bhuchar, Katie Day and John Sear for The Other Way Works
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new interactive storybook for kids.
Meet the writer and creators, hear extracts of the story, solve puzzles and crack codes at this fun workshop for kids aged 8-11 and their families.
Bear Bookshop, Bearwood, Birmingham
11am-12pm
Saturday 21st September
Book your free tickets online here
How Brave is the Wren, Kings Heath, Birmingham
11am-12pm
Sunday 22nd September
Free, just turn up!
Tickets for children and accompanying parents/guardians/siblings are free.
Copies of the book will be available to purchase on the day (£7.99).
Nafeesa cares about the earth and wishes that everyone else did too. But it’s hard being an environmental activist when even your best friend keeps forgetting about his pledges to walk to school and pick up litter.
Join Nafeesa and her best friend Karim as they set out on a quest to befriend the quiet new girl Amala. What will give her back her smile? Use your phone or tablet to listen to their conversations, help them solve puzzles, crack codes and become part of their journey to uncover the truth.
A Rainbow for Amala was created with input from children at Regents Park Community Primary School in Small Heath, Birmingham.
A Rainbow for Amala is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Also funded by the Foyle Foundation, the Sir Barry Jackson Trust, and the Sir Robert McAlpine Strong Foundations Fund.
March 3, 2023 by katie
‘A Moment of Madness: On Demand’ launched today and is now available online for you to play whenever you choose.
The experience will be available to play for FREE for a limited period.
For more information about how to play, click the button below:
A Moment of Madness: On Demand is supported by The Space and Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery, and by The Foyle Foundation.
May 17, 2021 by katie
‘A Moment of Madness’ is back! And this time you can experience it from your sofa…
As the press gather for a big announcement on the new environmental bill, a politician’s future hangs in the balance.
Thrust into the heart of a spy thriller, you’ll navigate the political scandal of the decade. Watching over a multi-storey car park, you must use every mode of surveillance to hunt down facts and intercept evidence. As agents of the state you will expose a complex network of corruption that threatens to destroy the UK’s path to environmental progress.
A Moment of Madness fuses compelling drama with real-time gameplay to create a visceral new live experience.
In a brand new format for 2021, audiences will take part online in teams of 2-4, taking active roles as MI5 agents from the comfort of their own homes.
Tickets are now on sale, and the show opens next week as part of the fantastic Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
And then another chance to catch it in a couple of weeks time when we’ll be presenting the show in association with Oxford’s own Zoom Theatre Pioneers Creation Theatre.
(You can play from anywhere in the UK remember – its online!)
Book: Tuesday 25th May – Thursday 27th May 2021: 2pm, 4pm, 7pm & 9pm
Book: Wednesday 9th June – Saturday 12th June 2021: 2pm, 4pm, 7pm & 9pm
A Norfolk & Norwich Festival commission. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Supported by Unity Theatre Trust & Birmingham Open Media. Originally co-produced with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Flatpack Festival.
Photo:Electric Egg
November 14, 2020 by katie
If you could take only one memory with you into eternity, which would it be?
One day creative retreat
Sat 28th November 2020 | 10 am- 5:30 pm
Online, from your own home
Let us guide you through a creative process of discovery, exploration, and celebration of your own amazing autobiographical memories.
A carefully curated programme of self-guided creative activities,
With 3 short live group zoom sessions at the start, middle & end of the day to share & reflect, lead by our team.
To register for a free place sign up at
afterlife.theotherwayworks.co.uk
Afterlife is a participatory project in development from The Other Way Works.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, with Derby Theatre/University of Derby, and BOM (Birmingham Open Media).
October 10, 2019 by katie
Our final tour dates of 2019 are nearly upon us. We’ll be appearing as part of Frequency Festival in Lincoln this October. Booking is now open.
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October 2019
Frequency Festival
Lincoln Drill Hall
Tickets £40 per car (up to 4 people)
Tickets Available – Book here
November 30, 2018 by katie
Touring in 2019
Birmingham 3-6 May 2019
World Premiere in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Flatpack Festival.
SOLD OUT Flatpack Festival.
London
Friday 17 – Saturday 18 May
Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford
Tickets: £40 per car
watermans.org.uk
Stockton-on-Tees
Friday 2 – Sunday 4 August
Stockton International Riverside Festival, Stockton-on-Tees
Tickets to be released later in 2019
sirf.co.uk
Lincoln
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October
Frequency Festival
Drill Hall
Tickets £40 per car (up to 4 people)
Frequency Festival Tickets Available
March 15, 2017 by katie
We will be presenting the 60 minute prototype version of A Moment of Madness as part of the First Bite Festival at the Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester.
This may be the last chance to see the prototype before the project goes into its final stage of development in preparation for the premiere of the full version in 2018
Saturday 25th March 2017
Attenborough Arts Centre
University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 7HA
Performances:
2:30pm
4pm
5:30pm
9:15pm
There are only 8 places available per show
October 7, 2016 by katie
We’ll be performing our prototype version of A Moment of Madness at Watermans Arts Centre’s Digital Weekender over the weekend of 12-13th November 2016.
All the information, including booking can be found on Watermans’ website.
This game is played in pairs so tickets are sold as pairs. Four players play at one time, so two pairs together. Sessions last 1 hour. The experience includes some strong language and is only suitable for adults 18+. A pair of tickets costs £10.
Performance times are:
Saturday 12th Nov 2016: 2pm, 3:30pm, 5pm, 7pm
Sunday 13th Nov 2016: 2pm, 3:30pm, 5pm
September 14, 2015 by katie
We are producing two ‘Making Of’ events to accompany the 2015 tour of Black Tonic.
These informal Q&A events provide an opportunity to find out more about the making of Black Tonic.
The making of Black Tonic: The science behind the show (Birmingham)
Discussion event: Friday 18th September 4-5pm
Meeting point: Birmingham REP foyer, by the Box Office
Free entry (but pre-booking is essential): through Eventbrite
Join Katie Day, the Artistic Director of The Other Way Works, and Elise Facer-Childs, Doctoral Researcher working at the University of Birmingham on circadian rhythms and human performance, in a discussion of the scientific concepts behind the show, and discover why the subject matter is even more relevant as we re-tour the show in 2015.
The making of Black Tonic: Where technology meets a theatre adventure in a hotel (Bristol)
Lunchtime Talk: Friday 2nd October 1-2pm
Venue: Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Bristol
Free entry, more details here
In this Lunchtime Talk, Artistic Director of The Other Way Works and Pervasive Media Studio resident Katie Day will take us behind the polished hotel exterior and spill the beans on what its like to create and produce an interactive theatre production in an operational hotel.
Katie has been collaborating with Watershed’s Creative Technologist David Haylock to build a magical card table interface for the 2015 tour, and we’ll discuss the research, design and implementation of this and other technologies employed in the production.
September 12, 2015 by katie
Booking is open for Black Tonic 2015 in Bristol
In Bristol Black Tonic is presented in partnership with Watershed, and performed at The Grand Hotel, our Official Bristol Hotel Partner.
Tue 29th September – Sat 3rd October
6.30pm | 7.45pm | 9pm
Tickets: £45 (one ticket admits two people), Concessions available
NB: Tickets for Black Tonic are very limited, with only 2 tickets per time slot.
Book now via Watershed
Online or call the Box Office on 0117 927 5100
