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Are you our next Producer?

We are seeking an outstanding, driven and experienced Producer to join us at a pivotal time for the company as we tour our latest theatre production, Kin.

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Summer Residencies Are Back!

Summer Residencies Are Back! Applications are now open for our 11-15 July 2022 residency programme, a uniquely curated experience and richly collaborative space in which to connect, play and make art within a safe community where honesty and vulnerability is encouraged and championed.

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See The Wedding at The Barbican Theatre

Following a sold out run in 2019, Gecko returns to the Barbican Theatre 7 - 11 June 2022 with The Wedding, a blur of wedding dresses and contractual obligations, set in a dystopian world in which we are all brides, wedded to society. Tickets are selling fast so book now!

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We’re heading up north with The Wedding!

There’s one final stop on our post-lockdown return to theatre tour of The Wedding. We’re delighted to announce that we will be performing at the Storyhouse in Chester on 16-19 Feb 2022!

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Ensemble Auditions

A number of changes in our performing ensemble has created the opportunity for us to invite up to three new performers to join our company as a performer in The Wedding, a devising performer on our new show, or both.

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A Little Space: The Film is released!

Commissioned by The Space, this new version of our associate show and co-production with Mind the Gap promises a whole new experience to the stage version which toured theatre venues in 2019/2020.

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Movement and Migration:

We're delighted to release our new short, exploring how Amit and the performers bring their own experiences of migration and racism to the creation of our new show.

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Gecko announces new show commissioned by National Theatre

We are delighted to announce our new show, commissioned by the National Theatre, which will see the piece being performed at the venue in 2023. The show explores the themes of family, home, migration and racism and is currently being developed in our hometown of Ipswich.

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Who are the new characters in Institute, the feature film?

While the roles of Martin, Daniel, Karl and Louis are played by the same four devising performers that first toured with the show in 2013, there are a few fresh faces in the film. We asked the film and stage production’s writer and director, Amit, about his decision to include these characters.

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Gecko announces debut feature film

In collaboration with Illuminations, The Space and BBC Arts we are incredibly excited to announce our debut feature film Institute, an intimate, funny and moving exploration of what it means to care.

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Q&A with Amit

Yesterday Amit hosted a live Q&A on Facebook for members of our Engage group to ask all of their burning questions. Here are some of the big questions he was asked, and what he had to say.

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Gecko and CITA Artist Exchange

A huge part of the work we do here at Gecko is within education, outreach, and artist development so when James Sutherland, Artistic Director of CITA Tokyo who met Gecko’s Artistic Director Amit Lahav while teaching students at East15 UK, invited Gecko to collaborate on a creative exchange residency, we very enthusiastically accepted.

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Taking on the Gecko style

Guest Post by Karen Bartholomew - Associate Artist: Dance and Engagement at Mind the Gap, and A Little Space Co-Creator

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Taking the 'Thinking Year' to Valencia

Amongst many other exciting things, Gecko are currently in the process of developing a new show. The show is at an early stage that Amit refers to as the ‘Thinking Year’.

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