When Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters formed Lone Twin in 1997, their aim was "to work with performances on ideas of place, context and travel".

In the nine years since, the intrepid pair have produced a celebrated body of work during performances across several continents, striving to constantly challenge and inspire audiences through art, music and theatre.

Their latest project is something of a departure from their previous accomplishments, as the pair seek to test themselves by making a piece which "simply told a story". The result is their debut narrative-based work as part of a collective.

"We wanted to re-challenge ourselves, to shift our practice into new territory, to deliberately make something new after a decade of working in similar veins on similar themes," they enthuse.

"We liked the idea that this new piece wouldn't have to carry the weight of our previous work and could develop a territory of its own."

Loosely based on Michael Ondaatje's Skin Of A Lion, Alice Bell is the story of a woman's life told by five performers.

The story, devised through a complex period of soul searching by the group, centres on how kindness might survive even the most difficult of circumstances.

"We worked through various approaches," they reflect.

"We were looking for what we could only describe as something genuine, something which moved beyond the cool position of quoting or referencing a story and entered into the warmth of actually participating in one."

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