Welcome to The Strange Names Collective Website

The Strange Names Collective is a live-art collective consisting of Philip Stanier and regular collaborators.
This site should contain everything you need to know about the Collectives work.
Here you can find information, documentation, participation, and numerous words and pictures.

DID YOU SEE IT? We would love to hear from you! Send us some feedback/thoughts/responses to info@strangenamescollective.co.uk The Gratitude of Monsters A distorted survey of the world, a lesson in complicity, and an awards ceremony for acts of atrocity. Welcome to The Gratitude of Monsters.   A triptych of comically nightmarish performances challenging ideas of progress and civilization.  Appreciation: The summary of an authentic survey of global awareness, for which the motives are suspect, and the results troubling.  Repeat After Me: A formal ritual of repetition, where the lessons learned are not always in your best interest.  The Nominees are…: A perverse awards ceremony celebrating horrifying events and those responsible for them. Will you be nominated? “Blurs a line between performance art, stand-up, and theatre." Time Out.  The performance is not suitable for the under 16s Wednesday 7th May 19:30. Leeds Met Studio Theatre: 0113 812 5998 Friday 9th May 20:00. Greenroom Manchester: 0161 615 0500 Read the blog about the creative process at: http://gratitudeofmonsters.blogspot.com/

Press Quotes:
"Blurs a line between performance art, stand-up, and theatre" Time Out.
"Comically Nightmarish... Very Funny" Live-Art Magazine.

Audience Quotes:
"Fascinating! At times bizarre, unusual, thought-provoking. Throughly enjoyable."
"It was a truly enjoyable evening full of charm, visually engaging, and fun!"
"Thank you so much for your generous helping of happiness, I wish I'd had more time."
"My daydreams while listening to you took me to childhood, racing down the stairs in a sleeping bag toboggan, and then to now and being happy and learning about happiness."
"Thank you very much you remind me a lot of the good things in life."
"The Performance has stayed with me as something valuable to think about."
"Well worth the trip from South Cheshire."

MORE ITEMS:

* New short film of the On Kawara 'Reading One Million Years' piece, by Skip Arnold. Click here.
* New Article about Goat Island's When will the September roses bloom/last night was only a comedy and Interview with company member Karen Christopher.