Who were Impact Theatre Co-operative?
Impact Theatre Co-operative, 1987 -86, were one of the most outstanding visual and physical theatre companies of the late 70s and eaerly 80s. Founded in Leeds and inspired by a variety of post-68 European theatre, visual art, film and literary experiments, Impact developed a spectacular, musically rich style which was both raw and seductive, fusing those elements of performance art which focused on endurance and real-time action, with highly realised fictional locations. Impact made about 26 shows in 8 years including: Ice (1979), The Undersea World of Erik Satie (1980), Certain Scenes (1980), Dammungerstrasse 55 (1981), Useful Vices (1982), No Weapons for Mourning (1983), Songs of the Clay People (1983) and A Place in Europe (1983). The Carrier Frequency was its last major collective piece of work. Impact’s core members were: Pete Brooks, now director of Insomniac Productions. Richard Hawley, still acting on stage and screen. Tyrone Huggins, now director of Theatre of Darkness, still
