What is Physical Theatre?
Physical Theatre is a crossover between dance and drama where many forms of performance take shape. Many physical styles of theatre such as mime, Commedia dell'Arte, slap-stick, clowning etc can be categorised as physical theatre. Any movement-driven theatre can also be called Physical Theatre.
Our take on Physical Theatre
4DR's Physical Theatre is very much dance and comedy based. We explore many issues, stimuli and ideas to create our work. We also use observation and human reaction to fuel our creativity. We've made pieces based on simple ideas such as being physically stuck to someone else and at the other end of the scale we've created work based on personal issues and insecurities.
As a company we are very physical, our work includes a lot of lifts and jumps and we also use a lot of choreography. You can find pictures demonstrating some of these lifts in the Gallery. These pictures are taken from rehearsals and creative sessions.
Same, But Different
We take a lot of inspiration from other companies such as DV8 who are very dance based, Frantic Assembly and Pretty Good Girl Dance Theatre.