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 right. 

1978

Between the Floods – the Churning of the Milky Ocean. A drowned village hosts savage matrons, an upside-down man and an articulate protozoan. In the cool of the night, a fabulous beast comes to drink.

Production

Between the Floods

First presented

Sept/Oct 1978

Between the Floods II – was created for the courtyard at Birmingham Arts Lab. Life around the lake in a sunken, silted village continues.

Production

Between the Floods II

First presented

November 1978

Mayhem and Violins – outdoor, site-specific, live show for the grounds of Digswell House, Welwyn Garden City. Another chapter in the story of the Tree Man. A galloping rider appears in the distance as a long-buried man em...

Production

Mayhem and Violins

First presented

August 1978

A sedan chair trails smoke while a wolf goes fishing. He reels in a lovesick fish/poet and the tables are turned. Residency with Snoo Wilson at the University of East Anglia & Bretton Hall.

Production

Les Loups du Lac

First presented

April/May 1978

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