2015–2019
Portable theatre, site-specific performance
15–20 minutes, up to 10 people at a time
Caravan, interior design by Sijben Rosa
Merge Festival, Better Bankside, Vault Festival, Rye Arts Festival, Houghton Festival
I bought an empty caravan and asked Dutch artist Sijben Rosa to design the interior. From the outside it was an ordinary caravan; inside, the space looked like a swimming pool without water. Up to ten people could come in at a time.
“Welcomed into the most awkward caravan for 15 mins with a smiley psycho. FANTASTIC. Thoroughly enjoyed.” — audience member
The audience sat inside the set, close enough to touch the performers, and watched short pieces of around fifteen minutes: funny, absurd and sometimes uncomfortable. The caravan was never just a venue. Everything was written for that particular room, and the closeness shaped the work: what you could get away with, how long a silence could hold, whether a joke landed or died. We towed it to festivals and to places where theatre does not usually turn up, and the room came with us.
Founder and producer: Robin Steegman, Robin Linde Productions
Interior design: Sijben Rosa
Presented at: Merge Festival, Better Bankside, Vault Festival, Rye Arts Festival, Houghton Festival
Productions include: SUMMER SHORTS (2015), Caravantomime (2017)
In 2019 I closed Robin Linde Productions and sold The Caravan Theatre to Small Truth Theatre, who still run it today.