Not Quite Theatre co.
a new experimental collective

NQT co. is a London-based laboratory for experimental theatre & performance.

The core company is comprised of a rotating ensemble of multidisciplinary theatre and performance artists working collectively on devised works of postdramatic theatre under the leadership of Artistic Director John Kurzynowski. Over the course of long-term developmental periods, ensemble members may also be commissioned to create smaller works of theatre and performance in conjunction with each large-scale project.

All new works favour process over product, with an emphasis placed on the potential for discovery and invention within experimental artistic practices that do not adhere to institutionally-mandated or commercially predetermined outcomes. This emphasis may result in theatrical performances that are not quite theatre as it is, but rather representations of what theatre could be without the expectation of what it should be.

NQT co. seeks to challenge traditional company structures and producing models. A core ensemble is formed for each new project based on the creative and administrative needs of that particular experiment. Rather than taking on individual roles within the company, ensemble members work collectively to develop and produce the current project and nurture the company’s core process of creative collaboration. Additional associate artists make up the rest of each project’s creative team.

Artistic Director
John Kurzynowski

2025 Ensemble
Alex Ansdell
Lauren Lucy Cook
Dean Elliott
Emily Foxton
Ellie McCoy

Project 1: This Technicolor Play

Over the course of 2024 and 2025, NQT co. will develop and produce its inaugural project This Technicolor Play, drawing inspiration from Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows and interrogating melodramatic Technicolor cinema of the 1950s while drawing connections to contemporary melodramatic entertainment.

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