Codpiece Devised Theatre Society
New Plays in New Ways
Codpiece society is the theatre society for new devised work and workshops. Our plays have won dozens of awards, gone on to tour nationally, had features in national newspapers including the Guardian and the Scotsman. Codpiece is the oldest theatre society in Warwick, and has spawned several theatre companies, including Curious Directive, FellSwoop Theatre, Dumb Show & Fat Git. We make adaptations; devise from scripts new and old; and start from tiny ideas and build them into epics. Come and play...
Exec
President - Joseph Boylan
Secretary - Emily Wright
Treasurer - Shubham Saraf
Productions Manager - David Levesley
Social Secretaries - Chloe Dichmont & Josh Goulding
Workshop Co-Ordinator - Matt Bent
Marketing & Publicity - Kieran Lucas
If you have an idea, run with it. And we'll help.
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Codpiece Companies
Curious Directive
A regular in Lyn Gardner's theatre column in The Guardian, Curious Directive began in Codpiece. Their first show, Return to the Silence, was a Codpiece studio show, went on to clean up at NSDF, and has since played all across the UK. Their most recent work, Your Last Breath, won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
FellSwoop Theatre
FellSwoop Theatre's adaptation of Belleville Rendezvous was a studio show in 2010, toured to the Edinburgh Fringe, and in 2011 won FellSwoop the NSDF Emerging Artist's theatre award. After playing in the Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh, it moved to the RSC's Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Pleasance, Islington. Their other work includes a devised adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull called Most Drink in Secret, which played in Bristol and Portsmouth this year, as well as various cinema soirees and parlour parties in London and Leamington.
Dumbshow Theatre
Dumbshow's Clockheart Boy has been a regular fixture at the fringe for the past few years, and has received a lot of critical love (evidenced here). The show began as a Codpiece studio show, and was this year accompanied in Edinburgh by two shows, Oedipus and Roar. Dumbshow are also the source of Codpiece's infamous 'swimming cap commune' image (below).
Fat Git Theatre
Fat Git Theatre was born last year. Their devised show The Nose, an adaptation of Gogol's short story, toured up the whole of England all the way to Edinburgh, where they were met with widespread acclaim. The Nose was awarded funding by Codpiece through Codpiece Submissions, where groups pitched ideas for shows to the society. Fat Git's other work includes new writing, and lots of paint.