Timeline

With nearly half a century experience creating original productions, IOU has a varied and wonderful history. Use our timeline to scroll back through the years and explore the project archives. 

The IOU shows and projects shown at this initial launch of the timeline, will be added to, to include as much information as possible to create IOU’s complete archive. If you have information or stories connected to any of the past production, please let us know, we would like to hear from you! We would like to eventually include anecdotes and memories of audience members on the timeline.

If you have a specific year you’d like to explore, use the year scroll function on the left. 

1977

A outdoor, site-specific, live show for Brighton beach. Oleaginous amphibians labour in the surf under the stern gaze of the watchtower.

Production

Towers l

First presented

June 1977

An outdoor site specific show for Birmingham Arts lab.
Singing furniture presages an ocean voyage where a deadly game of squash is played on deck in a thunderstorm.

Production

Nutrimenta

First presented

October 1977

An indoor touring show, throughout the UK & Netherlands.

‘Somewhere near the Bering Straits, they are busy turfing out out-moded gods in preparation for coming of The Signifier.’

Production

The Rape of The Tea Goose

First presented

Spring 1977

A touring piece plus a residency on Mersea Island.

Developed for the beach and dunes on Mersea Island. Further adapted as a touring version.

Production

Towers ll

First presented

June 1977

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