Collaborator
Ockham's Razor
About Collaborator
Winner of The List Award for Best Dance, Circus and Physical Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026.
Following last year’s sold-out success, Ockham’s Razor return with an intimate duet, crafted and performed by the company’s Artistic Directors, Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney.
For 20 years, they have been making circus together. They’ve lifted, caught and carried each other; stepped on and around each other. They’ve been dropped. They’ve picked each other up.
Featuring two performers, a suspended frame and a stage: this is a show about creation and compromise. An irreverent, highly physical and heartfelt dive into navigating a relationship and the negotiation involved in making stuff.
For anyone who has ever tried to make something with someone else: a decision, a work of art, a life.
Supported by MimeLondon 2027.
a real circus power couple
The Guardian
A luminous portrait of partnership
Cor Blimey
About Ockham's Razor
Ockham’s Razor is one of the UK’s leading contemporary circus companies, led by Artistic Directors Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney. For more than twenty years the company has created and toured work across the UK and internationally, combining circus, physical theatre and storytelling with original aerial equipment.
Produced by Turtle Key Arts, Ockham’s Razor creates work that places human relationships at the heart of circus performance. Collaborator brings the focus back to Alex and Charlotte themselves, exploring the creative partnership, trust, negotiation and compromise that have shaped more than two decades of making work together.
Cast and Creatives
Created, Directed and Performed by: Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney (Ockham’s Razor)
Produced by: Alison King – Turtle Key Arts
Choreography and Outside Eye: Nathan Johnston
Aerial Choreography: Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney
Ockham’s Razor Composition, Sound Design and Production: Holly Khan
Set & Costume Design: Tina Bicât
Lighting Design: Catja Hamilton
Design & Equipment Concept: Ockham’s Razor
Associate Composer, Sound Design and Production: Arianna Muñoz
Associate Lighting Designer and Technical Stage Manager: JenniferCashman
Producer (Ockham’s Razor) and Company Management: Carina Simões
Sound Engineer: Jonathan Hill
Rigging and Technical Assistant: Calum Frood
Design Assistant: Anastasia Odintsova
12 point Pendulum made by Junction INC
Credits
Ockham's Razor produced by Turtle Key Arts funded by Arts Council England, N Smith Charitable Settlement and The Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement in association with MimeLondon and Lowry Salford. Supported by artsdepot, Proteus Theatre and Flying Fantastic.
