On Global Recycling Day, we’re shining a light on our efforts to minimise our impact on the environment by reusing and repurposing our sets, in the ‘reimagine, repurpose and reuse’ part of our Environmental Action Plan. Our sets are the largest item across all of our activities, so maximising their lifespan can make a significant difference to the amount of resources we are using.
A perfect example of this approach is the set for our Christmas production for families, Starchitects Save Santa!, which is now on it’s third ‘reimagine and reuse’ cycle. The set was originally created for our 2013 production Broken, which toured until 2016, then reused in 2019/20 to create our children’s show Starchitects for a residency at Bluestone Wales and subsequent touring. We then used it again in 2023 to make Starchitects Save Santa! for a residency at MAC Birmingham. The show has now also been performed at Brighton Dome during the festive season in 2024.
We also reused the set from our 2013 outdoor production Captive in our 2015 commission Fragile and in Forging the King in 2024. The blocks from BLOCK, our 2016 collaboration with NoFit State Circus, have been reused in HENGE, Forging the King, and in our performance with Raye at the National Lottery’s New Year’s Eve Big Bash on ITV in 2022. We also use both the Captive cage and the blocks in many of our professional and youth training activities.
Find out more about all our shows, past and present, go to https://www.motionhouse.co.uk/productions/ and https://www.motionhouse.co.uk/productions/past-productions/
