A short play inspired by the myth of Echo and the tradition of the stocks, the pillory and the gallows...
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Echo
Call
A short ghost story as part of Are You Sitting Comfortably at Artsadmin.
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Instructions for a Wake
"...everything’s been taken care of – in front of each of you is a full script for the evening. It sets out everything you need to say and do to remember Paul. Please follow it carefully and don’t deviate....
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Five Easy Pieces
A limited-edition set of 5 original artworks, created by the artists of performance company Switch.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machines…
A performance piece created in response to the work of photograper Charles Gatewood.
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Instructions for a Call
On the boards to the right is a dialogue between the artist and his grandmother. Gran is sat in her living room. She’s waiting for your call. Read the part of Mark. She will read her part. When you’re...
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Instructions for a Scene
A community hall on a Sunday afternoon. Preparations for a play.
A director. A scene under rehearsal. A struggle toward utopia.
An attempt to outrun history, powered by an ever-changing series of actors.
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Instructions for an Exhibition
The artist instructs a group of participants to create a sequence of three tableaus. Each depicts a moment from an apocalyptic narrative, beginning with a group of scientists creating a terrifying weapon and culminating in the end of the...
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News
Mark has just been appointed Producer with Glue for Scratch Interact at Soho Theatre. The evening presents work-in-progress interactive theatre pieces. [...]
About the Artist
Mark Butcher is a live artist and experimental theatre practitioner interested in the relationship between audience and performer. His work has experimented with taking control of groups of people, issuing [...]
