Idle Motion

In 1934 a young German refugee flees to Paris and discovers the genius of photography.

She reinvents herself as Gerda Taro, becoming one of the pioneering women to photograph the front line. In this startling and visually rich production Idle Motion expose one of the most remarkable untold stories of our age.

Described by The Guardian's Lyn Gardner as "a brilliant emerging company" and developed with New Diorama, The Lowry and Greenwich Theatre, Idle Motion use innovative staging, physicality and multimedia to interweave the dramatic stories of photographs undeveloped, scattered and unearthed.

This is a story about capturing moments, freezing shadows and the photographs that outlive our memories.