This book presents a pioneering critical study of Complicite's work throughout the years.
Drawing on an extensive overview of the available research material - including interviews
manuscripts and the company's own archive - the book is framed within a clearly defined
research perspective and explores the singularity of theatre communication. The book results
from an encounter between the London-based - but cosmopolitan in scope - company and a fresh
application of the form-oriented scholarship of Eastern Europe Yuri Lotman's semiosphere in
particular. Focused on the aesthetics of Complicite this study achieves a critical distance
and undertakes multidimensional scrutiny of the available research material. By identifying the
principles of Complicite's aesthetics the book attempts to grasp the company's artistic
paradigm. It focuses on ways of creating preserving and decoding meanings rather than on the
nuances of performance or contextual issues.
