Chotto Ookii Theatre Company
(pronounced: choh-toe oh-key th-ee-at-are com-pan-knee)
Total Theatre Award Winners 2006 for "And Even My Goldfish"

“Every performance was engaging, every scene was physical and expressive… impressive movement duets in which the lifts and balances challenge the conventional gender roles of the performers, surreal humour, and a chain of memorable images… this surely is what total theatre is all about.

TOTAL THEATRE

Physical theatre discovery of the year...

THEATRE RECORD

"[a] beguiling mix of clowning, choreography and vacuum cleaners. [with] moments of heartbreaking originality… It's not just the wonderful visual images that make this show but the way Chotto Ookii tell stories in words and movement, their bodies growing two heads or evoking powerful emotions through the tiniest gestures."

THE STAGE

"Chotto Ookii's quirky show is a treat.... By turns funny, tender and bizarre, this almostwordless, dream-like piece contains some striking imagery and fine performances…something really special"

THE SCOTSMAN

“Imaginative, eccentric and ridiculously wacky, this talented troop delights and dazzles.”

THE LIST

"The show has moments of horror, tragedy, comedy and cartoon-like exaggeration. Using physical theatre, metaphor and song to dice up the mind of the paranoid fantasist, it lets you have a good gory look. In places the show is beautiful and it's constantly impassioned and intense… I firmly recommend this play"

THE EDINBURGH GUIDE

"A variety of devices push the five performers to their limits to create this strange and humorous story that will capture the heart of anyone who has ever felt the drudgery of the Monday to Friday Nine till Five."

THE HYPE