Clod Ensemble is a performance company and registered charity  based in London

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, UK

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. Founded in 1995 by composer Paul Clark and director Suzy Willson, the company creates performances, workshops and other events in the UK and internationally.

Their productions include: Under Glass whose performers are encased within a series of glass

Glass

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 containers and jars (Winner of the Total Theatre Award for Visual/Physical Theatre in 2009), Red Ladies a chorus piece for 18 identically dressed women and Must a collaboration with New York

New York

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 performer Peggy Shaw.

Performances take place in traditional theatre

Theatre

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 spaces, festivals, galleries and also in found and public spaces. These have included Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

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, Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

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, Sadler's Wells

Sadler's Wells Theatre

Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue located in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington. The present day theatre is the sixth on the site since 1683. It consists of two performance spaces: a 1,500 seat main auditorium and the Lilian Baylis Studio, with extensive...

, South Bank Centre

South Bank Centre

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, Serralves Museum in Portugal

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, Public Theatre and La Mama

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

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 in New York, and festivals including London International Mime Festival

London International Mime Festival

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, Festival of Firsts, Fierce Festival

Fierce Festival

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, Glasgay!

Glasgay! Festival

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, Psi (Arizona

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 and London).

They are also known for their Performing Medicine project which uses the arts to help medical student

Medical Student

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s and doctor

Physician

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s gain skills relevant to their clinical practice. (Winner of the Times Higher Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts, 2007)

They also run a programme called Extravagant Acts for Mature People which takes concerts and other performances into daycare centres in London.