Banff 2000
 The company is engaged in a long-term collaboration with The Banff Centre
for the Arts in Canada and Theatre Calgary. A series of workshops are
bringing together Calgary actors with the nomads to share approaches,
techniques and methods of performance. The first workshop period began an
exploration of the novel Sick Heart River by John Buchan. Future workshops
will develop the work on this text towards a large-scale performance piece
for 2002.
The first workshops led to the performance in Banff of a series of fragments
inspired by Buchan's novel. The performers were Louise Barrett, Paola
Cavallin, Caroline Cave, Claudia Hope, Paul Huntley-Thomas, Kevin
Kruchkywich, Ryan Luhning, Jean Pagni and Ester Purves-Smith. Luke Dixon,
Ian Prinsloo and Jane Turner directed.
 "Being in Banff was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. It was a
performer's heaven; an arts centre nestled between snow-capped mountains,
pine forests and breath-taking beauty. The facilities were incredible and
the atmosphere and drive in workshops was liberating. Without the domestic
hazards of day to day living, a home life to think about and an arduous
journey to rehearsals, I felt my mind and body to be the most instinctively
reactive. I can't imagine woking under better conditions - I LOVED the place
and can't wait to go back."
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