The Genesis Laboratory - Behind the scenes

HighTide, with the support of The Bulldog Trust, have produced a series of web-based documentaries that invites you into the rehearsal room. Follow HighTide Genesis Laboratory artists behind the scenes and gain exclusive access to their creative processes.

In this first instalment takis introduces his design concept for Ditch by Beth Steel. Ditch played 51 performances in Summer 2010 in the Old Vic Tunnels beneath Waterloo Station in London.

In this video takis walks you through the series of tableaux he created to put the audience in the world of the play before entering the theatre to take their seats.

takis on the Design of Ditch from HighTide Festival on Vimeo.

About the Genesis Laboratory

The Genesis Laboratory is HighTide's research and development studio for emerging artists producing new innovative work.

Launched in March 2010, The LAB prides itself on being a bespoke programme.  It has no remit, no agenda and is led by the applications; it thrives on projects that practitioners are excited by. The LAB tries to respond directly and sensitively to the projects that it wishes to support.

LAB projects are often at the beginning of their life with a question at their heart that demand you be bold and brave.  They require experimentation and interrogation, space and time. They are, at times, too fragile to talk about but ripe for the doing.

The LAB is an open access programme, awarding gifted theatre makers with the essential – but often a premium – resources of a financial bursary, space, and collaboration and mentoring from HighTide’s artistic team.