Mick Gordon

Following their acclaimed shows On Ego, On Religion, On Emotion, and On Love, the On Theatre now tackle empathy. When Bea asks something of her mother that no parent would want to be asked, and of her only friend "Not Gay Ray," they are both forced to challenge the boundaries of their own compassion.

Written by international award-winning director Mick Gordon, this drama of passion and prejudice takes us to the heart of one family's struggle to define home. Also features songs and lyrics from iconic musician and writer Billy Bragg, who writes from a socialist rather than a jingoistic perspective of identity.

How did we get here and what might lie ahead? Join Charlie and his dog Fitz as they jump on board a roller coaster that will send you back in time, from the beginnings of life, through dinosaurs to DNA, and on into the future.

Are we just the puppet of our emotions? No aspect of our mental life is more important to the quality and meaning of our existence than emotions. They are what make life worth living, or sometimes ending. They are what motivate our behaviour and influence our beliefs. Maverick Theatre-maker Mick Gordon and neuropsychologist Paul Broks join forces with acclaimed puppeteers, Blind Summit, to use and abuse the tools of the theatre, an art form which creates and manipulates feelings, to explore the complicated and crucial arena of human emotion.

In this collection of seven provocative essays, acclaimed theater director and playwright Mick Gordon argues that the theater represents a physical corollary of the invisible workings of our minds. Gordon draws upon his five years of experience working with leading neurologists and cognitive psychologists.

The astonishing adaptation, by Malcolm McKay, of Max Arthur's bestselling and acclaimed book, "Forgotten Voices", is based on the spoken testimony of veterans of the First World War, collected by the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum in 1970. Five ordinary survivors - four men and one woman - movingly reveal their memories, which make up a complete narrative of an awesome war. "Forgotten Voices" will run at the Assembly Theatre, Edinburgh throughout August, before transferring to the Riverside, London.

How does the brain create a sense of self? This work is a poetic journey into the science of the mind. A philosopher watches as his wife's brain tumour changes her personality. Ego theory and bundle theory collide in a struggle to define identity. It is an expose of the illusion of self.

Inspired by -Intimate Death- by Marie de Hennezel

-Near perfect as a piece of experimental theatre- - The Daily Telegraph