Our Culture

Vision

Deepening human connection through physical, visual, visceral and ambitious performance and participation.

Mission

Gecko is dedicated to providing experiences of the highest quality possible; for audience members coming to see one of our shows or watching one of our films, for school students taking part in a workshop delivered by one of our world-class performers, for our local communities taking part in our Creative Engagement programme, and for artists developing their own practice. These experiences take place in our hometown of Ipswich, across the UK and around the world.   

In everything we do, we want to create the opportunity for people to connect to our work and to each other.  

We create performance that explores contemporary themes relevant to the society in which we live, performance that is inspiring and provocative. We blend choreography, sound, lighting and set design to create our worlds and use breath, emotion, multiple languages and metaphor to tell our stories. Our audience engage with our work in various ways (visually, sonically and emotionally) giving it a broad appeal across diverse age groups, nationalities and backgrounds. This approach encourages our audience to deepen their connection with the company and each other, and to create and share their own interpretation of our work. 

We take the same approach with our Creative Engagement programme. Working with our highly experienced facilitators, we create a safe and supported environment that allows creative practitioners, local community groups and students to be bold and experimental, inviting them to push beyond the boundaries of their previous experience, develop new skills and a new understanding of the world around them.