Idée Fixe

 (Idée Fixe) is a performing arts company which draws from a collaboration of like-minded artists possessing a range of different backgrounds to create performances where sound, movement, image and drama are imaginatively conjoined using relevant technologies. Each work the company makes is based on a theme from daily life: a day in anyone’s life, the rooms of a block of flats, the fun and perils of travel. Objects (sound, visual) from everyday life are combined in an experimental performance context. This is done to make works particularly tangible and user-friendly. Stage designs not only act as décor, but also as sound installations triggered by movement in entertaining and challenging performances. One of the company’s key aims is to set an example and facilitate active participation in art-making on as wide a scale as possible. It stands for an artistic process based on working with people, not at or on them. This process is founded on developing devising as a working practice where individuals all contribute to and can be identified in collaborative creative work. The company encourages and facilitates a range of community-based activities, all of which are custom-made for each host taking into account group and individual needs. It seeks convergence between the arts and amongst professional and community arts contexts.

Co-directors: Leigh Landy & Evelyn Jamieson