Just Add Water
Theatre CompanyShot in the dark
Shot in the dark theatre
One of Shot in the Dark's founding members is Ben Moores, co-founder of Just Add Water (Theatre) Company.
Another founding member is Lowri Evans, who has also collaborated with Just Add Water.
Shot in the Dark debuted at the Contact Theatre with Writer's Write. One year later Ben was joined by Matt Rothwell and Tom Barry.
In the summer of 2009 another member of Shot in the Dark, Niven Ganner, joined Ben, Matt and Tom for Just Add Water's: Why Me?
Shot In The Dark produced two shows to rave reviews over a two year period. Their second show Lost/Found, having performed at the Contact Theatre, was invited by the nearby Library Theatre to be part of it's Re:Play Festival, a showcase for some of the most exciting fringe work for that year.
The group then went it's seperate ways before 5 of the 6 got together to create a short piece, again at the Contact Theatre, which combined brand new ideas with reworked material.
It was to be a short-lived experiment however, and the company once again only exists in the memories of those who have worked within it or watched from the auditorium. I hope though, to have to update this page again in the future....
Lost/Found
Written & devised by Shot in the dark
Contact Theatre 2008 & Library Theatre 2009
City Life review
It's a constantly surprising fusion of puppetry, physical theatre, masks and mayhem set in what I can only describe – even though it unjustly and inaccurately makes the production sound pretentious –as some sort of Lost Property office of the imagination.
Touching on all manner of topics, including domestic violence, found photographs, and lonely childhoods, and closing with a live performace from a full-fledged rock band who’ve hitherto remained hidden, it’s enormously ambitious, not a little challenging and performed with impressive enthusiasm.
Writer's Write
Written & devised by Shot in the dark
Contact Theatre 2007
Audience reviews
This five star show takes the audience through the experience of devising their new piece by the simple device of placing us right slap in the midst of the process, the places, the false starts and the inevitable bickering. As we progress each russian doll moment opens to reveal another. Eventually blurring the lines between reality and script in a gloriously surreal spiral of creation and its creators. Frequently tongue in cheek, belly laughs are effortlessly spun into aching moments of beauty, just before the rug is truly pulled out from underneath in slapstick joy.
Lurching between monstrous caricatures and hyper-naturalistic iterations of themselves. A series of set-piece monologues punctuate the piece, book ended by Ben's fast paced Dali-esque surrealism, interspersed with Niven and Ste's bickering ego-centricism, Fiona's childlike energy and Lowri's stark and soaking anger. With exquisite comic timing combined with great on-stage chemistry "Writers Write" delivers a well-paced delight.