Gog Theatre Company Ltd Is a Professional Group of Young People Initially Formed from A

Gog Theatre Chronology:

Theatre of Gog – The Youth Opportunities Training Programme (YOP)

Based at the Crispin Hall, Street

1981 – The Gazelle Boy, an outdoor performance for festivals etc. 1981 – The Village Project, performance tour for schools, village halls etc. 1981 – The Under Fives Festival, performed at Crispin Hall 1981 – Punky Night, performed at Crispin Hall 1981 – Tai Chi, training 1982 – “The Comedy of Errors”, performed at Crispin Hall

Moved to the Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury

1982 – “The Ancient Mariner”, performed at Dartington College 1982 – “The Ancient Mariner”, performed at Edinburgh Festival 1982 – “A Day in the Life of X”, an adult cabaret

Gog Theatre Co-operative

1982 – “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, performance tour for primary schools 1982 – Residential at Brathay Hall, Lake District for special needs students 1983 – The ’31 club Assembly Rooms, an Arctic Cabaret in the Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury 1983 – “Theseus and the Minotaur”, a community theatre workshop production 1983 – Residential at Brathay Hall, Lake District for special needs students 1983 – “Gi’us a Light”, performance tour for primary schools 1983 – Two residentials on Dartmoor for the unemployed 1984 – Community Theatre Workshop, working as a co-operative 1984 – “Art on the Dole”, a community exhibition, Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury 1984 – Residential at Brathay Hall, Lake District for special needs students 1984 – 131 club Assembly Rooms, Community Arts Club 1984 – Residentials on Dartmoor, a week for the unemployed 1984 – Video Workshop (YTS), Ace Project, Yeovil 1984 – “Ambitions”, a secondary school and youth club tour 1984 – Gog Café, a contact centre for the unwaged, Assembly Rooms 1985 – Recce Visit to Cameroon 1985 – Video Workshop (YTS), OUTSET, Taunton 1985 – Cameroon Cultural Exchange Project, West Africa 1985 – “The Merchant of Venice” performance tour, Cameroon and UK 1985 – “Pack Your Troubles”, 2nd performance tour for primary schools 1985 – Video Workshop (YTS), Sainsbury’s 1985 – Video Workshop (YTS) Trainers, Bridgwater 1986 – Video Workshop Residential for Trident, Peterborough 1986 – “Into Africa”, performance tour – national and schools 1987 – “A Comin’ Home”, performance tour for primary schools 1987 – Video & Theatre special needs workshops, age 16+ units in Somerset Colleges 1987 – “Across the Divide”, video with The Somerset & Dorset Film School 1988 – North/South – Across the Divide, residencies: Bootle, Bradford, Nottingham & Glastonbury 1988 – African Dance Workshops, in Somerset schools

Passed Assembly Rooms over to the community and moved to Tom and Caryne Clark’s house/office

1988 – “Lost Words, Forgotten Sounds”, performance tour for primary schools 1988 – “The Tide is Turning/Peacechild”, residency at Kingsmead School, Wiveliscombe 1989 – “The Gods Are Not To Blame”, performance tour South West schools and colleges

1986 Gog Theatre Company Ltd

1989 – “Birdman”, performance tour Republic of Georgia 1989 – Somerset/Soviet Youth Theatre Exchange Project 1990 – “Birdman”, performance tour UK National and France 1990 – “Exile”, performance produced with students from Strode College 1991 – “The New Kid”, performance tour for primary schools 1991 – “Carnivale”, Episodic Theatre residency at The Assembly Rooms 1991 – “The AIDS Show”, individually devised group response to AIDS 1991 – “The Hero’s Journey”, Gog-Rustaveli Collaboration at The Assembly Rooms 1992 – “Sticks and Stones”, performance tour for primary schools 1992 – “Magdalene”, solo performance tour by Sue Palmer 1993 – “Safe Haven”, performance tour for primary schools “Suitcase”, solo performance tour by Caryne Chapman-Clark “Lovebites”, performance tour Glastonbury and Berlin