Resources
We’re proud to be a recommended practitioner on various GCSE, A/AS Level and IB syllabuses, as well as being studied by those in higher education.
To help support students at all levels of their learning, we’ve created a number of resources as well as recommendations of additional publications where you can read about us and our work. Our resource pack is free to access and designed with students in mind. We also have a number of educational videos on our YouTube as well as access to full length recordings of some of our shows.
Our educational content is inspired by the questions we often receive from students and teachers. During lockdown in 2020 we created Gecko: Engage - an initiative to help us stay connected with those studying us, respond to queries and create a forum to share and discuss work. We welcome questions, discussion and requests for future educational content.
Resource Pack
You can view and download the fully designed version of our resource pack below. We hope that you will be able to enjoy this resource pack without printing it, however if you wish to do so then please download our more environmentally-friendly low-ink PDF.
Videos
We try to record and include as much as we can about our process to give you a full picture of how we create a Gecko show. To find out all about our creative process, please visit our YouTube channel.
You’ll find interviews with various members of our company talking about aspects of their work in response to questions that we regularly receive from you. If you have a question for us, please get in touch via Twitter or Gecko: Engage and we’ll do our best to answer it for you.
Great places to get started
Full shows
Schools, colleges and universities with a subscription to Digital Theatre+ can also access a full-length recording of The Wedding, them film version of Institute, and making-of documentary The Wedding: Making Total Theatre in the 21st Century.
The Time of Your Life
The Time of Your Life was a 30-minute performance created for LIVE FROM TELEVISION CENTRE on BBC Four in 2015. You can watch the full piece for free on our YouTube, and it’s a great introduction to Gecko and our style.
This was also our first venture into film, allowing Artistic Director Amit to create work for the camera and to consider a unique approach to capturing movement. Watch out for the 9-minute long single shot in which the performers were choreographed to move around a Steadicam camera operator who was spinning on the spot.
Publications
We’ve been featured in several textbooks, covering various aspects of Gecko’s style from scenography to devising. Click on the images below for more details.
Gecko: Engage
Gecko: Engage is our online platform for those teaching, interested in, or studying Gecko.
Make sure you join our Facebook group to get involved in the discussions, ask us questions, and share your Gecko-inspired work with other like-minded creators.