Here’s a couple of hapless Greek deities from the 1992/3 show, ROUGH, devised by Bodies In Flight

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Another image from the Bodies In Flight Theatre Company archive, in anticipation of a publication to mark their 30th anniversary in 2019. This photograph is from their production “Rough – a passion” (1992), and features Simon Pegg and Graeme Rose . . . #bodiesinflight #theatre #experimental #performance #photography #documentation #dothewildthing #joncarnall #blackandwhite #portrait #portraitphotography #desire #bnw #bnwmood #graemerose #simonpegg #performanceart #human #lensculture #analogue #analoguephotography #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #noiretblanc #theatreofphotography #actor

A post shared by Edward Dimsdale (@edward_dimsdale) on May 27, 2018 at 3:06am PDT

Photographer and printmaker Edward Dimsdale has collaborated with Bodies In Flight throughout its history; not only documenting the work, but developing a visual language which provides the interface between the core themes of ‘Flesh’ and ‘Text’. Ed is currently compiling images from the company’s back catalogue in preparation for a programme of 30th Anniversary artworks for 2019. As well as a publication from Ed, there are plans for a new performance piece, which, I am excited to say, I will be a part of.

In ROUGH, four seemingly redundant Greek Gods are reduced to touring the Working Men’s Club circuitwith their whirlwind interpretations of the Greek tragedies; all the juicy, gory bits compacted into a tasteless melange. When things go a little too far – even by their own standards – the Gods don their angel wings, pick up their lyres and ascend to a heavenly place…

Backstage with Bodies In Flight. (clockwise) Simon Pegg, Graeme Rose, Catherine Porter and Charlotte Watkins. Bristol, 1992