It was conceived and curated by Jessica Brewster, and co-produced by Roland Smith.
The Theatre Souk model is that of a performance marketplace where emerging theatre companies to showcase their more experimental work, in an immersive theatrical environment governed by the principles of exchange and barter.
[2] In response to these economic conditions, and the cuts in arts funding that resulted from them, Theatre Souk was devised as a theatrical experience structured around barter and persuasion, highlighting the negotiation of use value and exchange value that is inherent in the production, dissemination, and consumption of art.
[3] The first Theatre Souk opened as a pop-up theatre event in a derelict building at 3-4 Picton Place, the former offices of Uzbekistan Airways, in the West End of London, and ran from September 14 to October 16, 2010.
.dash: Chaika CasinoThe Lab Collective: Matador / The Bull PenBarometricCurving Road: a scene from Laura Wade’s 2005 hotel thriller Breathing CorpsesFoxedUP: Priceless (Underground) HalfCutJuliane Von Sivers: Uzbekistan Airways by Tom EllenKeiko SumidaNatural Shocks: Between Life and Nowhere orThe StairwellFlabbergast Theatre: The Puppet Poker PitStraight out of Line: Soft Armour