About Clod Ensemble
Clod Ensemble works at the intersection of different forms and disciplines – at the point where they meet, transform and challenge each other to become something new.
Clod Ensemble Description
Our work is presented in London, across the UK and internationally in theatres, dance houses, galleries and public spaces including Sadler’s Wells, Tate Modern, The Lowry Salford, Wales Millennium Centre, Serralves Museum Porto and Public Theater New York.
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Less than a week to go until we open #Placebo at The Place.
Seven dancers and an audience reckon with the placebo effect – attempting a series of experiments to discover what gives them pleasure and what dulls their pain.
30 October - 10 November. 7:30pm.
... Book your tickets: https://www.clodensemble.com/performance/ placebo/
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Explore #ThePowerOfPlacebo programme, a series of talks, panel discussions and workshops that unlock the potential of #ThePlaceboEffect:
This Wednesday we'll be hosting a practical workshop to decipher the psychological and physiological responses we have in healing environments, at The Harris in #Preston.
Led by Andrew Hall, Sound Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, participants will experience a variety of practical exercises as well as delving into the innovative local history of sound design at the Whittingham Hospital, through drawing on the #whittinghamlives exhibition.
As part of #ThePower...OfPlacebo programme, a national programme of events to accompany our new performance, Placebo.
Book now: https://www.clodensemble.com/…/sound-we llbeing-environments/
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After a brilliant opening run at The Lowry, tonight is the second stop on our Autumn tour of Placebo - Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts in Brighton. Book now - 16-17 October at 8pm. Clod Ensemble: Placebo | 16-17 Oct | 8pm With pre-show discussion at 7pm on 16 October.
Tonight in #Brighton we are hosting the Feeling Better panel discussion with speakers including Lisa Quadt, Dr. Laura Marshall-Andrews & Bobbie Farsides.
Join us for the conversation as we consider how beliefs, expectations and relationships can have a radical impact on our health and wellbeing.
7pm, Monday 15th October... Chowen Lecture Theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts The Brighton Health and Wellbeing Centre
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Read the latest instalment in our Placebo blog series. Alex Mermikides - theatre academic Guildhall School of Music & Drama - reports on her symptoms, side-effects and prognosis after exposure to Placebo during rehearsals earlier this year.
We're excited that Jo Marchant will be contributing to our Symposium #AgentsOfChange: #ThePowerOfPlacebo at Wellcome Collection on 3rd November.
To book: https://www.clodensemble.com/works…/pow er-placebo-symposium/
Just five days until the world premiere of Placebo at The Lowry in Salford, as part of Manchester Science Festival. We're there for three nights 11-13 October. Book now: thelowry.com/events/clod-ensemble-placebo
One week to go until the world premiere of Placebo at The Lowry in Salford. Book now: thelowry.com/events/clod-ensemble-placebo
"...Folks have been facilitating their own placebo response since humans have been around."
New blog: If We Think of Placebos as Pills We’re Missing the Point by Sarah Goldinday - Lecturer in Drama at Exeter University.
In the second blog of our #ThePowerOfPlacebo series, Sarah Goldingay gives a personal account of the way placebos can impact our lives.
... As part of The Power of Placebo, Sarah is speaking at Agents of Change: The Power of Placebo at the Wellcome Collection on Saturday 3 November. Book: https://www.clodensemble.com/works…/pow er-placebo-symposium/
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Make sure you tune in to BBC Two tomorrow at 9pm for The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body? - a BBCHorizon special and Britain's largest ever trial to investigate the placebo effect, presented by Dr Michael Mosley with lead consultant Jeremy Howick. Jeremy will be running a workshop and speaking at The Power of Placebo panel discussion in Salford, as part of The Power of Placebo event series.
Our Power of Placebo programme of events in Salford & Manchester kicks off next week with workshops & talks unlocking the remarkable placebo effect at The Lowry, Whitworth Art Gallery and Gorilla as part of Manchester Science Festival. Explore the full programme here.
**This workshop has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled soon.**
Part of Reboot, Clod Ensemble's artist development programme.
Manchester Camerata orchestra’s community programme uses music as a tool to encourage people to express themselves, communicate with others and develop new skills. The programme places participants at the centre of the creative process and is delivered by a range of artists including musicians, music therapists, composers and producers. New music i...s created on every project, consisting of both structured compositions and improvised pieces which are created in the moment.
This evening workshop will discuss best practice when working with vulnerable people in the community, with particular reference to people living with dementia. You will discover the process behind collaborating with vulnerable people and explore how it feels to deliver a session, reflecting on the effects that this can have on your own wellbeing.
You will also explore how it feels to take part in a session and the potential outcomes for participants, both during the session and over the course of a project.
This workshop is suitable for artists working across all disciplines and no musical experience or knowledge is required.
Music in Extraordinary Places is free to attend but places are limited. If you are interested in taking part, please email studiomembers@thelowry.com to express your interest. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis.
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Costumes for #Placebo are designed by @artschool_london. Their debut womenswear collection has just been featured in Vogue.
"If any one brand reflects the new breed of young creatives radically dissembling fashion’s once-rigid stereotypes, it is #ArtSchool."
Placebo tours to Salford (@TheLowrySalford), Brighton (@attenboroughcentre), Preston (@DerelictLive) and London (@ThePlace) this Autumn.
... Book tickets for Placebo: https://www.clodensemble.com/performance/ placebo/
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Read the first of our series of blogs delving deeper in to the incredible placebo response.
Some say placebos are so powerful they cure almost anything, while others say they barely work. Dr. Jeremy Howick - Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford - asks what's the truth about placebo effects?
The first of our Power of Placebo events takes place tomorrow evening at The Rose Hill in Brighton. Join us for Sound Affects and explore the connection between sound and wellbeing.
What is fake and what is real? Is the movement the medicine? Watch our new trailer for Placebo now: Touring this autumn to The Lowry, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Derelict and The Place. 🎬 - Lisa Cazzato Vieyra