History
The company was established by Chris Lambert to promote new writing. The first play Some God, Some Angel, Some Devil (taken from a quote from Julius Caesar) was performed at the university's Arts Centre in January 1994. By September 1994 the company had moved to Cirencester in Gloucestershire where they expanded and performed their first promenade show, Shades in Time, in the grounds of Cirencester Abbey. Following this was a revival of Some God, Some Angel, Some Devil at the Brewery Arts Theatre the following year.
As part of the 1995 Gloucester Festival, Exiled Theatre put on two outdoor performances. The first was Shades in Time – Martyrs, a play about the life of Bishop Bonner (portrayed by Robert Addie) performed in the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral. The second was entitled Shades in Time – The Docks – the Real Story and was performed at the newly-restored Gloucester Docks.
In late 1995, Lambert again collaborated with Addie on a joint project entitled Acts of Revenge and an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" at the Axiom Centre for the Arts in Cheltenham.
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