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Material relating to I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down, a multi-media performance involving dance, music, a DJ and live film. The show, which toured throughout Britain and Europe, won the 2003 Theatre in Wales Award for Best Dance/Physical Theatre Production. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; printed invitation to performance premiere and post-show reception; creative notes; stage notes/directions; printed booklet profiling British dance companies; printed arts magazines/guides; printed performance ticket; press notices, one of which relates to a production of the show for the 2002 Stuttgart Festival; and reviews.

Material relating to Hodē Galatan, a multi-media production which combined ancient Greek song with contemporary images and movement in depicting a narrative of love and war. The show, premiered in Wales in 2003, was the product of a collaboration between Earthfall and Polish performance company Chorea which began a long-standing partnership between the two groups. Items comprise printed theatre programme and flyer; stage notes/directions; and creative notes.

After the Birds/Po Ptakach was the product of collaboration between Earthfall and Polish theatre company Chorea, continuing the long-standing partnership between the two groups. Drawing on Aristophanes' comedy The Birds, the production combined ancient Greek choral song, contemporary music, vigorous dance, live music and film. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, posters and flyers; performance tickets; stage notes/directions; creative notes; printed volume charting the history of Chorea; article relating to Jim Ennis and Jessica Cohen; press notices; and reviews, including one featured in Planet magazine, October/November 2005 (bookmarked with printed Earthfall business card).

Drawing visually on the works of artist Edward Hopper, Running Away With The Hairdresser explored relationships and the concept of 'the grass being always greener'. The show's musical eclecticism was the result of Earthfall's collaboration with musicians Frank Naughton and Jon Wygens and the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, flyers and magazines (including a copy of The Big Issue, March 2004); printed admission tickets; creative notes; draft press notices; beermat printed with show motif; and reviews.

Adapted from Irish author Jamie O'Neill's novel of the same name, At Swim, Two Boys depicted the developing relationship between two boys set against the backdrop of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising. The winner of the 2005 Theatre in Wales Award for Best Dance/Physical Theatre Production, the show toured for three years at major theatre festivals throughout Britain and much of Europe. In 2011, Earthfall revived their production of At Swim, Two Boys to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the novel's publication. Items comprise printed theatre and festival programmes, flyers and newsletters; press releases; printed performance tickets; printed performance agreements; material relating to art exhibition as response to the production; academic dissertation based on the production (two copies); creative notes; stage notes/directions; and reviews.

Bakkus, an exploration of fanaticism and cultism, was Earthfall's third collaboration with Poland's Chorea theatre company and toured in both Wales and Poland. The production drew mainly from Euripides' The Bacchae and incorporated choral music derived from traditional and ancient sources. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, booklets and flyers; creative notes and notes on Euripides' Bacchae; song lyrics; and credit listing.

Material relating to Gravitas, a multi-media performance of dance, film, text and live music set against a backdrop of urban dereliction. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, flyers and posters; details relating to film accompanying production entitled Gravitas - Postcards; printed invitations to reception and showing of Gravitas - Postcards; copy of Golwg magazine; creative notes; audience feedback; and reviews.

Produced in 2009/10, Gig chronicles the turbulent events in the life of a rock band, incorporating dance, live music and film. Items comprise printed theatre programmes, tour programme and flyers; creative notes and stage notes/directions; and musical score.

Influenced by the underground arts scene of late 1950s/1960s New York City, The Factory utilised a multi-media approach of dance, image, film and live music. The production was premiered in 2010. Items comprise printed arts programmes and flyers; stage design notes and creative/background notes; and previews and reviews.

Earthfall's 2013 production Chelsea Hotel, a poetic tragicomedy incorporating dance, live music and film, captured the lives and loves of some of the best-known residents of this iconic establishment. The show toured Wales and England and received the Wales Theatre Award for Best Small Scale Dance. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; creative notes; stage notes/directions; and reviews. Creative notes and reviews kept in folders.

A short experimental work whose title and inspiration was taken from an anthology of poetry and prose by art critic and novelist John Berger. Incorporating song and film, the production was a collaboration between Earthfall and the Welsh Independent Dancers and Man Act theatre companies. Items comprise printed performance ticket; publicity notice; and creative notes.

Stories from a Crowded Room was Earthfall's 25th anniversary production. The show was a highly sensory experience, involving vigorous dance, live music, text and encircling film. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; printed postcards for participating audience members; printed invitation to pre-show reception; and creative notes.

Material relating to the first production to be staged by Jessica Cohen, Jim Ennis and their colleagues in the spring of 1989. Earthfall incorporated dance, martial arts and film media and its success prompted Cohen and Ennis to found the company named after their debut show. Items comprise printed theatre programmes; printed performance ticket; creative notes; overview of show, with cast biographies; and reviews.

A high energy production which incorporated live music and film to convey the themes of restlessness and wanderlust, Nomads was the first collaboration between Earthfall and the virtuoso cellist Ben Davis. The show's tour itinerary included the acclaimed Eurodanse Festival in France and the New World Arts Fest held in New Haven, Connecticut. Items comprise printed theatre and festival programmes and flyers; printed magazines; tour itinerary; details regarding British Council sponsorship; stage notes/directions; copy of the New Haven Register newspaper (most folios removed); press notices; reviews; and correspondence.

The Secret Soul of Things explored sexuality, sensuality and the politics of violence within choreography which included British Sign Language for the deaf and contrasting rural/urban dance and music. The show premiered in Britain in 1990. Items include pre-publicity notes; printed programmes and flyer; and creative notes.

The Intimate Jig was the result of Earthfall's collaboration with artist and theatre designer Mike Brookes and musician Kim Burton. Drawing on the Maginogi, Flaubert, Chagall and North African dance, the production incorporated live music, song, text and film and toured throughout Europe, taking in several major festivals. A film adaptation of the show was made for Channel 4 and S4C. Items comprise printed theatre and festival programmes, flyers and newsletters; photographic production still (postcard); creative notes; stage notes/directions; material relating to the Wales in Stuttgart festival, 1993; animation film drawings; and reviews.

Material relating to Earthfall's production i and i, which premiered in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1994 and subsequently toured Britain, Europe and South America. i and i pioneered Earthfall's exploration of choreography and politics, a genre which the group named 'choreopolitik'. Items comprise printed theatre/festival programmes, flyers and arts newspapers; stage notes/directions and creative notes/directions; previews and reviews; and correspondence.

Girl Standing By The Lake was the result of a commission by Cardiff International Festival to create a work celebrating women in the arts. The production, which was premiered in Cardiff's Coal Exchange in 1994, involved dance and live music performed on a platform made up of 4.5 tonnes of coal. Items comprise printed theatre programmes and flyers; stage notes/directions; copies of photographs showing cast member lying on coal; press notices; and reviews.

Material relating to British, European and US tours and festivals in which Earthfall participated. Items include printed programmes, posters, postcards, flyers, tickets and newsletters; press notices; tour and performance schedules; performance contract; passport; and correspondence.

Material relating to awards won by Earthfall or for which they were nominated, including the Bafta Cymru Film & Television Awards, the BBC Wales Arts Awards and the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards. Items include details regarding shortlisted entries, invitations, programmes and tickets.