Out of Joint Theatre Company
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| Industry | Theatre |
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| Founded | 1993 |
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| Defunct | 2025 |
Out of Joint (1993-2025) was a British and international touring theatre company based in London. It specialised in the commissioning and production of new writing, interspersed with occasional revivals and classic productions.
History
[edit]Leadership
[edit]Out of Joint was founded in 1993 by director Max Stafford-Clark and producer Sonia Friedman.[citation needed]
In 1998, Graham Cowley succeeded Friedman as producer in 1998.[citation needed] Upon his retirement in 2012, Cowley was succeeded as producer by Panda Cox, who originally joined the company as Stafford-Clark's assistant.[citation needed]
Martin Derbyshire joined in 2013 and later became Joint CEO and Executive Producer after Stafford-Clark's departure.[1]
In September 2017, Stafford-Clark left the company.[citation needed] In April 2017, he was replaced by then Co-Artistic Director Kate Wasserberg.[citation needed]
Activities
[edit]The company premiered plays by established writers such as David Edgar, Sebastian Barry, Richard Bean, Caryl Churchill, April De Angelis, David Hare, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Mark Ravenhill and Timberlake Wertenbaker, as well as work from first-time writers such as Stella Feehily and Mark Ravenhill.[citation needed] Classic productions include She Stoops to Conquer, Three Sisters and Macbeth.[citation needed]
The company performed on six continents and has co-produced with theatres such as The National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Bush Theatre, Hampstead Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company.[citation needed]
By May 2021, the company had changed its registered address, professional and legal names, becoming known as Stockroom, previously the name of its writers development project. The organisation closed in November 2025.[2]
Productions
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| Year | Title | Writer | Notes | Ref |
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| 1994 | The Man of Mode | George Etherege | ||
| The Libertine | Stephen Jeffreys | |||
| The Queen and I | Sue Townsend | |||
| Road | Jim Cartwright | |||
| 1995 | The Steward of Christendom | Sebastian Barry | ||
| Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | |||
| The Break of Day | Timberlake Wertenbaker | |||
| 1996 | Shopping and Fucking | Mark Ravenhill | ||
| 1997 | Blue Heart | Caryl Churchill | ||
| 1998 | Our Country's Good | Timberlake Wertenbaker | ||
| Our Lady of Sligo | Sebastian Barry | |||
| The Positive Hour | April De Angelis | |||
| 1999 | Some Explicit Polaroids | Mark Ravenhill | ||
| Drummers | Simon Bennett | |||
| 2000 | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Andrea Dunbar | ||
| A State Affair | Robin Soans | |||
| 2001 | Sliding with Suzanne | Judy Upton | ||
| Feelgood | Alistair Beaton | |||
| 2002 | She Stoops to Conquer | Oliver Goldsmith | ||
| A Laughing Matter | April De Angelis | |||
| Hinterland | Sebastian Barry | |||
| 2003 | Duck | Stella Feehily | ||
| The Permanent Way | David Hare | |||
| 2004 | Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters | Russell Barr | ||
| Macbeth | William Shakespeare | |||
| 2005 | Talking to Terrorists | Robin Soans | ||
| 2006 | The Overwhelming | J. T. Rogers | ||
| O go my Man | Stella Feehily | |||
| 2007 | Flight Path | David Watson | ||
| King of Hearts | Alistair Beaton | |||
| 2008 | The Convict's Opera | Stephen Jeffreys | ||
| Testing the Echo | David Edgar | |||
| 2009 | Mixed Up North | Robin Soans | ||
| Dreams of Violence | Stella Feehily | |||
| 2010 | The Big Fellah | Richard Bean | ||
| Andersen's English | Sebastian Barry | |||
| 2011 | Bang Bang Bang | Stella Feehily | ||
| Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | |||
| A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson | Adapted by Russell Barr, Ian Redford and Max Stafford-Clark from James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. | |||
| 2012 | Fear Of Music | Barney Norris | ||
| Our Country's Good | Timberlake Wertenbaker | |||
| 2013 | Ciphers | Dawn King | ||
| 2014 | This May Hurt A Bit | Stella Feehily | ||
| Pitcairn | Richard Bean | |||
| 2015 | Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage | Robin Soans | ||
| Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | |||
| All That Fall | Samuel Beckett | |||
| 2016 | A View from Islington North | Alistair Beaton, Caryl Churchill, Stella Feehily, David Hare and Mark Ravenhill | ||
| 2017 | Consent | Nina Raine | ||
| Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Andrea Dunbar | |||
| 2018 | Close Quarters | Kate Bowen | ||
| 2019 | The Remains of the Day | Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro adapted by Barney Norris | ||
| 2020 | The Glee Club | Richard Cameron | ||
| 2022 | Dead Air | Stockroom | ||
| 2023 | Alice in Wonderland | Stockroom and Vikki Stone | ||
| Blaccine | Stockroom | |||
| 2024 | Boys from the Blackstuff | Based on the TV show by Alan Bleasdale adapted by James Graham |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bios". Out of Joint. London. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ Fisher, Philip (12 December 2025). "The Sad Demise of a Much-Loved Theatre Company". British Theatre Guide. Manchester, UK. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- Stafford-Clark, M. and Roberts, P. (2007) Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark, London: Nick Hern Books, ISBN 1-85459-840-6
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