PAST PROJECTS
LAIKA
1958.
A thousand miles above the mighty USSR.
Last recorded transmission from the burning Sputnik 2.
'She melts you know. The snowchild. She melts...'
Laika is trapped in a cardboard box, hurtling at 18,000mph into the unknown perils of space. But she isn't alone - the walls bend as she fills her square world with stories of wondrous planets made of fire, smoke and ash. Featuring live music, physical theatre and cutting-edge tech, Gilmore's story takes us on the final hours of Laika's infamous voyage, celebrating the soul who was the first to dance among the stars.
FOUNDATIONS
by Ilya Bodrenkova and Aimee Dickinson
A factory above, a factory below. Two worlds, existing side by side - until someone crosses the boundary.
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MJ is a human who is sick of moving boxes around all day like a robot. Pins is a robot who doesn’t fit into the underground. When they meet in the space between their worlds, they form a friendship that blurs the boundaries of human and machine. Are we becoming machines? Are machines becoming too much like us? Is there another possibility?
Originally performed in The Assembly Rooms Theatre in partnership with Wrong Tree Theatre Company, Foundations is an experimental play about technology, love, and bad dancing, told through physical theatre and puppetry.
TOUCH
Three children awaken at sea.
A stormed has passed… …and another stirs on the distant horizon.
But in this wonderland, the waters are alive. What dreams will rise from the azure shallows? And what nightmares lurk in the blackened depths? As their pasts, presents and futures intertwine, the siblings will sail through a dimension only found in the wildest of children’s books. Can they ever sail to the sunrise?
TOUCH is the first feature length production by UVP. Originally adapted from a stage play, and filmed during the COVID-19 Pandemic in conjunction with government restrictions, TOUCH tells a sensitive story of reconnecting in a world where people feel oceans apart.
ARCADIA
by Aaron Rozanski
Awakening in a paradisiacal forest, Samantha remembers nothing.
But high-above, whistling in a tree, the charming Sebastian is all too happy to guide her home.
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And yet, as they journey deeper into the whispering trees, a secret is desperate to stay hidden. A secret that will shatter the beauty that Samantha clings to with her life...
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A short film created by 11 young people from around the UK with the National Film and Television School and British Film Institute.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
The forest of Fairyland is alive with imagination. An array of lost circus performers wander through the trees. Clowns cry. Dancers sway. And all around, fairies sing hypnotic lullabies.
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An entirely original adaptation of Shakespeare's infamous comedy of love, magic and dreams, UVP's unique blend of live music, expressive dance and beautiful colour promises to spin a tale as wild as the most love-sick imagination.
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Roll up, roll up, and let the circus begin...
DEATH OF A DISCO DANCER:
by Eric Yu
'This is the most alive you will ever be. All young and bright and...sexy. You’ve got to grab it. Hold onto it until you’ve squeezed it to death.'
Sometimes, talking about a problem can make it even harder to understand. Set over one night of dancing, debauchery and drugs, Death of a Disco Dancer is a black comedy centring around the charismatic but troubled Mattie. During a cocaine laced reunion with old friends, Mattie's nihilistic behaviour pushes the boundaries of their love to the limit. As they dance deeper into the night, the rotten core of their relationships comes to light, and we begin to question if the addiction Mattie experiences is the drugs they take, or the applause of the crowd they receive.
BREAKOUT ROOM:
by Tom Murray
Two students.
Auditioning for a play on Zoom.
Sat in a breakout room rehearsing.
Waiting.
Patiently.
Forever.
We join them.
Filmed during the COVID-19 Lockdown, ULTRAVIOLET is thrilled to produce this short Absurdist film written and directed by Tom Murray, starring Charlie Barnett and Ben Willows.