Art Heist

Art Heist, 2019 | Composer, Sound Designer, Performer & Deviser

Three thieves break into the same gallery on the same night.

They're all intent on stealing the same Extremely Valuable Painting. They’re bound to meet and it’s bound to get messy. An existential comedy caper which asks the Big Questions. What is art? Why is it Extremely Valuable? And, how much can I get for this on eBay?

Art Heist is produced by Poltergeist in association with the North Wall Arts Centre.

Winner of the New Diorama & Underbelly Untapped Award 2019. Supported by Arts Council England.

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford • 18th July 2019

Latitude Festival • 19th July 2019

Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Big Belly, Underbelly) • 30th July - 25th August 2019

High Tide Festival • 15th August 2019

New Diorama Theatre • 15th - 26th October 2019

Tour (to be rescheduled due to COVID-19): The Egg, North Wall Arts Centre, Exeter Phoenix, Marlowe Theatre, HOME Manchester, Pound Arts Centre

★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Scotsman ★★★★ Three Weeks ★★★★ The Upcoming

Praise for sound design:

“Artfully-designed soundtrack.” Exeunt Magazine

“Dramatic Bond-like music… great sound effects enhance the staging.” Fringe Review

“Alice Boyd’s sound-design… struck me as the real heart of the thing, and is about as good a bit of storytelling through sound as I’ve seen this year.” DARKER NEON

“The three main protagonists overcome obstacles to their mission, highlighted by great sound effects.” one4review

Praise for performance:

“It’s Boyd in that last role, and also as stage controller, and skilful audience engager, who quietly threatens to steal the show, with an unassuming tour-de-force.” The Scotsman

“The utterly magnetic Alice Boyd narrates from on stage.” - Broadway Baby

“Poltergeist Theatre Company’s Alice Boyd could read you the yellow pages, and it would sound like the most magical book you’ve ever heard.” The Play’s The Thing

Writer / Director - Jack Bradfield
Deviser / Performers - Alice Boyd, Rosa Garland, Will Spence, Serena Yagoub
Producer - Charles Pidgeon
Set and Video Designer - Shankho Chaudhuri
Lighting Designer - Lucy Adams
Composer and sound Designer - Alice Boyd
Assistant Producer/Costume Designer - Georgia Crump