A work devised by Katie Mitchell and the Company, from the text of Virginia Woolf’s novel, The Waves, this was one of the first shows to feature the cinematography and video design of Leo Warner for Fifty Nine Productions.
Crafting a form that would come to be known as “Live Cinema”, The Waves had a significant impact on both critics and audiences, introducing many to a new way in which theatre and film might interact. Referred to by Guardian critic Lyn Gardner as “an entirely new art form” it was also praised as “art of the highest order” by the Telegraph’s Sam Marlowe.