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is has been a momentous year for Piloteatre - not only did we bring over ourshow WC School from Argentina, but we alsoextended our Platform 11+ work with newcommissions, created our first everShakespeare tour of Romeo and Juliet andmanaged to secure a place in the newportfolio of arts organisations with ArtsCouncil England.Our productions of Catcher, WC School, eMystery of Jack and the Clones of Chaos,Romeo & Juliet, and Hansel & Gretel tookour number of performances to 178, wehave had 32 weeks on tour and reachedaudience numbers of 32,547. In addition tothis activity on our stages we have also hadactivity online - including work on theartsfunding ning site and the use of Twitter hashtags during the last 12 months of change.

Our teams have visited Croatia, Finland,Estonia, USA, Germany, Portugal, Italy andFrance this year as part of our work, and wehave made new International partnershipsand been asked to present at NationalConferences and events such as the RSAState of the Arts conference. We know that being a publicly fundedorganisation brings immense publicresponsibility and we are very aware of thetimes in which we find ourselves. It is vitalthat we continue to work collaborativelywith our colleagues and audiences to ensurewe continue to make and deliver great artfor everyone across a range of platforms.We look forward to working on our newprogramme of work with new artists, andreaching new audiences.I want to take this opportunity of thankingthe teams we work with, our Board and ourFunders for their continued support inenabling Pilot eatre to move forward intoits next stage of growth and development.Marcus RomerArtistic Directorin

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Pilot eatre TeamMarcus Romer Artistic DirectorMandy Smith ProducerSarah Seddon Company AdministratorKatie Posner Associate DirectorRebecca Storey Press and Media ManagerMarc omsonMarketing OfficerMark Beasley Production ManagerCharles Moore Finance DirectorJackie RaperFinance AssistantRichard Hurford Associate ArtistTom BellerbyAssociate ArtistHelen CadburyEducation Associate

Production & Freelance TeamIlaria AriemmeMark Lee Armstrong SmithMary BrowningLisa CameronStuart ChildsLydia DennoPhilip D’OrleansLouisa EyoEbony FeareJuliet ForsterBryn HoldingSamantha HowardRichard HowellRichard James-NealeKatherine JewkesMitzi JonesSam KrylonskiMichael LambourneChloe LamfordNick LaneChris LindonCeleste Martinez Suzann McLeanCarl MoirClaire MorseSandy NuttgensSolange PerazzoKarl Andre Photography Dublinstones Photography Chris RandallMary RoseJulian SierraRobin SimpsonRachel SpicerWill StandishRonan SummersRichard TaylorWill TravisOliver Wilson

Board MembersTracy CochraneTim EvisonStephen MasonDave Moutrey – ChairKully iaraiJenny WardPete WhelanAnn WishartTina Wright

Patrons:Stan BarstowMelvin BurgessAnne CassidyJudy CarverDolly DhingraReece DinsdaleJohnathan HarveyAyub Khan-DinNaomi WallaceNigel WilliamsRoy Williams

THE MySTERy OF JACKAND THE CLONES OF CHAOSby RICHARD HURFORDDIRECTED by KATIE pOSNERDESIGNED by LyDIA DENNO

e Mystery of Jack & eClones of Chaos was a playabout the transition betweenthe simplistic certainties ofchildhood and a morecomplex adult life justappearing on the horizon. Itis Pilot’s national productionfor Platform 11+ and wasdeveloped alongside practicalresearch with its target agegroup of 11- 15 year olds.As well as playing in schoolsand York eatre Royal itwas also presented as part ofthe annual festival for theproject in Palmela, Portugal.pERFORMANCES 10AUDIENCE 1050

CATCHERby RICHARD HURFORD

DIRECTED by SUzANN MCLEANDESIGNED by LyDIA DENNO

Catcher was first performed aspart of the Shift Happens 2.0conference as an R&D piece.A year later it was developedinto a full length theatricalplay and was staged in eStudio, York eatre Royal inMay 2010 before a short tourto Ipswich as part of the PulseFestival and then to theCroydon Clocktower."Cunningly devised, taut littlethriller" e Independent"Catcher is Pilot eatre at itsbest: provocative, thrilling,topical, challenging, dynamic,intelligent theatre, superblyperformed and directed." e PresspERFORMANCES 23AUDIENCE 1850

WC SCHOOL - MADE IN ARGENTINAby CARLOS DE URqUIzA, GAbRIELFERNANDEz CHApO AND LUzRODRIGUEz URqUIzADIRECTED by MARCUS ROMER

A co production withArgentinian Companyeater UPB. WC School was performed in Spanish inBuenos Aires in March2010. It played in York inthe Summer 2010. 3 cuttingedge tales about life inschool, Buenos Aires style,the play was performed inEngland in both English andSpanish and presented inassociation withPlatform11+.pERFORMANCES 3 AUDIENCE 75

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ADApTED FOR THE STAGE by NICK LANEDIRECTED by AMANDA J SMITHDESIGNED by LyDIA DENNO

is production of anuntraditional telling of thewell known fairy tale wasoriginally presented insummer 2009 at Yorkeatre Royal and then wastransferred to the Byreeatre, St Andrews for asummer run in August 2010. A high energy andengaging show for familiesand schools “I have seen manyperformances at the Byre butnothing as energetic, funny anduplifting as Hansel & Gretel.”St Andrews CitizenpERFORMANCES 28AUDIENCE 1589

ROMEO & JULIETby WILLIAM SHAKESpEARE

DIRECTED by MARCUS ROMER ANDKATIE pOSNERDESIGNED by CHLOE LAMFORD

ese violent delights haveviolent ends. And in their triumph die, likefire and powder, Which as theykiss consumePilot eatre’s firstproduction of a Shakespeareplay, this was a co-production with Yorkeatre Royal that toured for22 weeks throughout GreatBritain.e production had its owndedicated website –youkissbythebook.com andmade use of the hashtag#kissbythebook to engageaudiences and continuedebate on Twitter.

With a dedicated team ofeducators following theproduction around thecountry and the introductionof Skype conversations withstudents unable to attendPost Show Discussions, thisproduction rolled out theway Pilot intends tocontinue to make the mostof the technologies availableto us through social mediaplatforms to reach thosepeople who may not be ableto visit us at a theatre venue.is is not reverentShakespeare, although there isclearly affection for thelanguage, but Shakespeareplayed to be understood andenjoyed” A Younger eatrepERFORMANCES 114AUDIENCE 27,983EDUCATION SESSIONS 41pARTICIpANTS 1148

SHIFT HAppENSALT-SHIFT“We believe that Shift Happensprovides a unique sharing ofthoughts and ideas, and bringsto York a unique set of thinkersand creative participants intothe same room to address thepossibilities and challenges thatface us all" Marcus Romer,Artistic DirectorALT/Shift was Pilot's thirdannual Shift Happensconference held at Yorkeatre Royal in July 2010.It focused on Arts/Learning/Technology.

Marcus attended the TEDconference 2011 inCalifornia in March and hassince been invited to attendthe 2012 conference in PalmSprings. Marcus wasselected by Arts CouncilEngland to be one of theCreative Producers Team 2011visit to South by SouthWestFestival (SXSW), Texas aspart of the Pervasive MediaStudio, Bristol Initiative.

is two day event looked atthe latest developments andapplications in digitaltechnology, exploring theiruse through workshops,inspiring case studies andhelped create partnershipsfor future collaborations.Attention was given to howworking digitally can openup new areas of funding andsustainable working fororganisations.As well as the 270 delegateplaces, 8 bursary places wereoffered at a free or reducedrate for students. Speakers at the conferenceincluded Sir Ken Robinson,Alice Greenwald (Directorof the 9/11 Museum) andJohnathan Harris (Number27.org)CONFERENCE SESSION 5ATTENDEES 278co

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TEDxyORK 7TH JULy 2011

THE RON COOKE HUb, UNIvERSITy OF yORK

SCIENCE TECHNOLOGy ENGINEERING ARTS MATHS - STEAM

A new STEAM age We will be looking at how the Arts canmake a creative impact within the Science,Technology, Engineering and Maths(STEM) subject areas to deliver a newSTEAM Age of innovation and creativityis event will be run by Pilot eatre andhas been supported by Arts CouncilEngland, York City Council, Science CityYork, University of York and York St JohnUniversity.Speakers at the event, which sold out in 25minutes, include Mariéme Jamme, Billompson, Peter Gregson, Kristin Alford,live from Adelaide and Yatterbox.

SHIFT HAppENS FOUR – A NEW HOpE IN COLLAbORATION WITH yORK THEATRE ROyAL,SCIENCE CITy yORK, yORK UNIvERSITy & yORK ST JOHNUNIvERSITy.

is will be the fourth installment of ourannual conference which will be presentedtogether with satellite events via the CAVnetwork and a full programme of activitiesacross the year. A range of speakers, events,skill sharing and training opportunities willprovide inspirational thinking and ideageneration across the sector building anetwork of arts leaders who value sharingtheir knowledge and skills for the benefit ofall. It will be an international beacon ofdigital excellence.

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CAST:

DANIEL CAMERON

LyNSEy-ANNE MOFFAT

CHRIS TOWNER-JONES

SEAN WILDEy

TOUR DATES

e Studio, York eatre Royal 11th -21st MayElsinor eatre, Milan 6th -7th June eater Junge Generation, Dresden15th -18th June

WHAT LIGHT CO-pRODUCTION WITH ELSINOR THEATRE, MILAN

by RICHARD HURFORD WITH GIUDITTA MINGUCCIDIRECTED by KATE pOSNERDESIGNED by ILARIA ARIEMME

2061 and it’s a whole different world. Noschool, no shops, no internet. No escapefrom the rain that keeps falling. No way outof life filled with fear and hate. Fourteenyear old Sid wants to know why Grandpahates the world so much, but Grandpakeeps his secrets. en one day Sid meets agirl with blood on her hands and everythingbegins to change. Together they discoverthat life wasn’t always like this and find outwhat really happened to all the bright lightsand good stuff.Working with students from the RoyalScottish Academy of Music and Drama.What Light is one of the new playscommissioned for young people as part ofPlatform 11+, a European Culture 2008project with 12 countries across Europe.#whatlight

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GEORGE COSTIGAN AS RAy

SARAH qUINTRELL AS UNA

TOUR DATES

e Studio, York eatre Royal21st October – 12th NovemberTron eatre, Glasgow15th - 19th NovemberMercury eatre, Colchester23rd - 26th NovemberNorthcott eatre, Exeter29th November - 3rd DecemberOxford Playhouse6th - 10th December

pILOT THEATRE & yORK THEATRE ROyAL pRESENT

bLACKbIRDby DAvID HARROWERDIRECTED by KATIE pOSNERDESIGNED by LyDIA DENNO

Why now? Why here? What does she wantfrom him?He was 40. She was 12. It wasn’t right, butdespite what they said he was never ‘one ofthose’. Ray has done his time. Now, 15 yearslater, he just wants to get on with his newlife. But today she has come and foundhim again.George Costigan (Emmerdale, Rita, Sue andBob Too) takes on the role of Ray in thisunflinching portrait of two people trying tomake sense of a painful past. Winner of the2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best NewPlay. “Neither condoning nor condemning, Harrowerhas produced a fine, thought-provoking piece ona taboo subject.” e Independent‘Blackbird is a drama that mixes guilt, memoryand desire into the most potent of theatricalcocktails' Daily Telegraph

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With an exciting design and stunningvisuals from KMA we follow Colin’s race,we unpick his thoughts and become part ofhis journey.#longrun2012

THE LONELINESS OF THELONG DISTANCE RUNNER CO-pRODUCTION WITH yORK THEATRE ROyAL

by ALAN SILLITOE A NEW ADApTATION by ROy WILLIAMS DIRECTED by MARCUS ROMER

Working with our patron Roy Williams, wewill bring this searing text of class, thecriminal justice system and race to the stagein a stunning new production for theOlympic year of 2012. Touring Nationally.Set in the real time of a long distance race,we follow Colin Smith, a defiant youngrebel who inhabits the no-man’s land of aninstitutionalized borstal, as his steadyrunning rhythm transports him over a harshfrost bitten earth.During the race we will find out why, forwhom and for what he is running…

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THE UMbRELLA pROJECT DIRECTED by HANNAH NICKLINMUSIC by SIMON GOFF

e Umbrella Project is aboutinterconnectivity, strangers,storytelling, the murmuringsof a city, and the glimmers ofhuman kindness reflected inthe puddle of a rainy day.e Umbrella Project willgather stories from allacrossYork, it will then bringthese stories together to finda voice for the city ; recordedvia umbrellas in the rain.Sound experiences thatanyone can contribute to, leftbehind as traces in the rain.Umbrellas handed out tostrangers in need of themand then passed on. What doyou have to say?More will be revealed aboute Umbrella Project laterthis year.You can follow@umbrellaproject on Twitter

DRAMA ON DEMAND AND THE LIvE-STREAMED READINGSpROJECT

CO-pRODUCED WITH MEDIAMILL, MEzzO AND REvOLUTION SOFTWARE

A series of interactivedramas made available ineatre venues and otherpublic spaces.ese new deliverymechanisms incorporatingvisuals and audio text enableaccess to drama in theatrefoyers, libraries and schoolsand develop a new dramaexperience. Newly commissioned workwill sit alongside existingworks including My Name isRachel Corrie.Pilot eatre will work withKinura to develop new newdistribution models andmethods of DigitalAmplification.

HASHTAGS ANDGLADRAGS IN DEvELOpMENT FOR pRODUCTIONIN 2012 / 2013

In R&D in 2011, this will bea new writing project usingthe Twitter platform.Led by Dan Rebellato andDaniel Bye, this will be acompletely interactiveperformance project, writtenover 9 months, reflecting theevents and stories of thatperiod and using the input ofboth on and offlineaudiences, this project willtour Nationally.

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URbAN GRIMSHAW ANDTHE SHED CREW by bERNARD HAREADApTED FOR THE STAGE by KEvINFEGAN IN DEvELOpMENT FORpRODUCTION IN 2013/ 2014

Acclaim for the novel:'A compelling piece ofethnography, but it is also adeeply personal memoir .Moving but neversanctimonious, it is anotherCity of God, this time forBritain rather than Brazil.'(Observer )'A damnation of British societythat is both violently shockingand laugh-out-loud funny,reading somewhere between apre-teen Trainspotting and anorthern-English equivalentof Larry Clark's Kids . . . amemoir with attitude' (BigIssue )

bLOOD, SWEAT ANDCHOCOLATE THE ROWNTREES STORy

WRITTEN by MIKE KENNyCO-pRODUCTION WITH yORK THEATREROyAL AND SLUNGLOWIN DEvELOpMENT FOR pRODUCTIONIN 2013 / 2014

A new commission sharingYork's place in history,exploring social welfarereform over the last 100years and tracing the historyof a World War 1 chocolatetin through four generations. is project will build on thepartnership delivering theYork Mysteries 2012 andcoincide with Centenary ofWW1.

LOS CARTONEROS CO-pRODUCTION WITH THEATER UpbbUENOS AIRES AND yORK THEATRE ROyAL

IN DEvELOpMENT FOR pRODUCTIONIN 2014 / 2015

Los Cartoneros ‘CardboardPeople’ will build on therelationship formed duringour 'Made in ArgentinaProject' (2010).Creating a new dance/music/theatre piece for YoungPeople set in a dystopianworld with actors and artistsfrom Argentina, Brazil andthe UK.

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Pilot deliver a varied and extensiveengagement programme working withschool students, teachers, young people andadults on a range of activities fromconferences to training to practicalworkshops to residencies.Skype sessions, post show discussions, blogsand other forums, alongside free onlineresources allow both an evaluation of ourpractice and an ongoing commitment togive our audiences as much information aspossible about our processes of makingwork.Educational projects over the last year haveincluded; Extensive practical work in schoolsaccompanying our production of Romeoand Juliet, when over the course of our 8month tour our creative team deliveredworkshops to schools, colleges and youththeatres across the UK. Summer schools at the eatre takingthemes from e Mystery of Jack and theClones of Chaos to put on a play at the end ofa week

A 10 day European Youth Exchange toTallinn, Estonia with 8 Youth eatremembers and 3 staff - seetallinn2010.posterous.comA year long programme of activity with 4Yorkshire Schools culminating in thedevising, writing and production of 4 newplays by young people for our PlatformFestival in May 2011. eir shows, WhatGoes Up, Dami, Hush and Time Fliesexplored the same themes of hopes,imaginings, future and responsibilities asWhat Light.In 2010/2011 we ran 112 sessionsinvolving over 3412 participants/attendances.

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is year has seen an intensity of activitywith meetings across Europe and artistexchanges with Estonia and Italy. We haveco-produced with Elsinor eatre in Milan,run a Teacher Development weekend inPortugal, planned in Berlin, taken a group ofyoung people to Tallinn and toured to Italyand Germany.Its about exchange on so many different levels,not just of skills but of ideas, thinking,language, interests - all linked by passion.Passion for working with theatre, with youngpeople and passion for learning. ( Julian Ollive, Workshop Leader forTeachers Meeting)is year Platform11 + will hold its annualfestival in June with a showing of all theproject’s co-productions in Dresden ateatre Junge Generation together with amulti media display of the associated schooland youth groups’ creative work.

A book is published with extracts from allthe new texts written so far from the 13participating countries both individuallyand in collaboration with others in the co-productons, to inspire and provide a greatresource for others working for and withthis age group.

We then look forward to creating our finalproduction involving all the companies andpresented first in Pilsen, Czech Republic –European City of Culture 2012, beforetraveling to all partner countries.For further thoughts and feelings aboutPlatform 11+ seeplatform11plus.posterous.comPilot's Producer, Mandy Smith, has usedthe work on Platform 11+ as a central partof her project for her European Diploma inCultural Management, to be completed inDelphi, Greece in June 2011.

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