Complimentary (2008)

“Your date is waiting for you at the theatre bar, stirring a strong, dark drink, ice clinking against the glass. We invite you to join them for a bittersweet one-to-one rendezvous; a journey from woozy unrequited love to cool financial transaction. Enjoy, with our compliments. After all, the best things in life are free…”

Complimentary is a performance for an audience of one that takes place at a Theatre Bar. The audience member is drawn into the role of cupid, playing messenger and matchmaker for the two performers. Past lovers, the characters Helen (an off duty A&E doctor) and Steve (an international session musician), quite by chance spot each other across the bar. Funny stories evoking past memories help to break the ice, before the audience member is given the power to determine how the flirtation will end.

Commissioned by Experiment:Grow from China Plate

Complimentary Credits

July 24, 2013 by

Devised by the Company
Director: Katie Day
Performers: Gareth Nicholls and Louise Platt
Commissioned by Experiment:Grow
With thanks to Paul Warwick, Warwick Arts Centre, and artistic contributions from other members of The Other Way Works.

Complimentary Promoter Info

July 14, 2013 by

‘Complimentary’ is an intimate performance for an audience of one that takes place at the bar, rather than inside the theatre auditorium. It has been designed for performance in Theatre and Arts Centre bars. The performance was commissioned by Experiment:Grow, and has been presented at Warwick Arts Centre’s theatre bar in May 2008 as part of the ‘Bite-Size’, where it was free of charge to audiences. The performance is devised by the Company.

Complimentary tours with 2 performers and 1 Production Manager.

The Company can perform up to 12 fifteen-minute one-to-one shows per day (4 hours of performance).

We prefer to make a venue pre-visit, in order to select the best positioning for the performance in the bar area, and make any adaptations to the performance so it will fit with the specific venue.

We require that the bar is open and serving for the duration of the performances – we work around the existing clientele using the bar.

Complimentary Performance History

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Presented as part of ‘Bite Size’ on 31st May 2008 at Warwick Arts Centre www.warwickartscentre.co.uk.

Hatch:Fresh, Leicester October 16th 2011, Embrace Arts

new performance dates

May 1, 2008 by

The Other Way Works will be presenting their new one-to-one performance Complimentary as part of ‘Bite Size’ at Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 31 May 2008.  Book day package tickets, including a free ticket for Complimentary from WAC www.warwickartscentre.co.uk or on 024 7652 4524.  See the Complimentary page for more info on the show.

The first performances of Black Tonic are also coming up soon, commissioned and co-produced by CPT in London as part of their Sprint Festival in June 2008.  See the Black Tonic page for details.