Quarantine was formed in 1998 by artists Simon Banham, Richard Gregory and Renny O’Shea. Working with a shifting constellation of collaborators, the company makes theatre and other public events that are characterised by their intimacy, fragility and a playful instinct to place everyday life side-by-side with moments of rare, crafted beauty. This is human-scale art, made epic and in miniature. Quarantine work with virtuosic performers and with people who have never done anything like this before – electricians, philosophers, families, soldiers, chefs, children, florists, opera singers and countless others. It’s an ongoing exercise in mass portraiture. There’s a direct, open, often conversational relationship with audiences that can be unexpected, inspiring and provocative – making a space for theatre as a thinking public. There have been family parties, shared meals and cookery lessons; karaoke booths, radio broadcasts and journeys in the dark for one person at a time - as well as performances on stage for audiences in seats. Quarantine is a Partner Company at HOME, Manchester. The company were Creative Researchers on the BMW Tate Live Programme at Tate Modern and Fellows in Theatre at the University of Manchester.