Points of Departure

Points of Departure took the story of a man from another world with a culture the opposite of our own visiting our earth, as a starting point for a multi-disciplinary site-specific exploration.

With the wonderfully atmospheric old navy victualling yard as our playground we worked over a period of 10 days with artists from dance, film, installation, creative technology and text based theatre to explore how the various disciplines might collaborate on an equal footing in carrying the narrative journey for an audience.

  • a photograph from PECo theatre's Points of Departure project. A sparkly disco ball hangs in the foreground inside an old warehouse, lighting up a thin pillar and the back wall
  • in a shadowy room, a woman in a red coat with a commanding manner stands above a man on all fours, their larger than life shadows fall on the brick wal behind them

Points of Departure was supported by Arts Council England, Urban Splash and the Royal William Yard.