War of the Worlds
25 – 28 Mar 2026
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Tickets£16.50 - £38.50
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VenueCourtyard
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Running time2 hrs 20 mins
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Age guidance14+
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Content AdvisoriesFind out more
'Life is real again, and the useless and cumbersome and mischievous have to die.' - H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells’s classic novel retold by imitating the dog
Supported by Lancaster Arts and Cast, Doncaster.
Four performers enter the stage with cameras and construct an epic road movie before our eyes.
It’s a story we know, or think we know – an apocalyptic tale of alien invasion and the unfolding destruction of everything we hold dear. Extraterrestrial lifeforms land from the skies. Lines of Brits scrabble to flee across the channel while their cities and towns lie in smouldering ruins. It’s all of our worst nightmares.
What would you do if order broke down?
What would you do to survive?
How far would you go to protect your own?
Using miniature environments, model worlds, camera tricks, and projection, imitating the dog mix the live and the recorded, the animate and the inanimate to create a thrilling, audacious and timely retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic novel.
Following their acclaimed adaptations of literary classics Heart of Darkness (2018), Dracula (2021), Macbeth (2023) and Frankenstein (2024), “multimedia daredevils” (The Times) imitating the dog push their inventive storytelling to new heights.
More Information
Click here to access the free Digital Learning Toolkit for War of the Worlds. There are items in here relevant to all learning ages appropriate to the show, which has an age guidance of 14+, meaning that it will be suitable for KS3, GCSE, A-Level, College, University, Adult Learning, Interest Groups, etc.
Currently in the collection are:
- About ITD + company showreel
- Curriculum Connections
imitating the dog (ITD) have been creating and touring original and ground-breaking performance work for theatres and other spaces since 1998. The company are currently celebrating 25 years of ITD!
Pete Brooks (director), Andrew Quick (writer) and Simon Wainwright (video design) are our Artistic Directors, and their creative work has built a company with a popular and critical reputation in the UK, Europe and internationally.
imitating the dog is a National Portfolio Organisation.
The work of ITD has been seen on stages (and screens) across the world, and they have made installations for outdoor festivals and events, seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
ITD are recognised for their originality, exploration of screen and projection technologies in live performance, accessible site responsive work and collaborations with artists and organisations.
ITD like to challenge audiences to see things from a new perspective – stories, theatre, the world around them. You can get a flavour of this in their Showreel, which you can also find on their website’s Company page.
More information on their Work can be found on their website.
Creative Learning is also at the heart of what they do. They enjoy testing and sharing creative processes and tech knowledge with students, practitioners and community groups through programmes, projects and toolkits – online, in schools, in venues, wherever.
A number of ITD past works are available to view for free on their website, including shows like All Blood Runs Red (2025), Frankenstein (2024), Dracula: The Untold Story (2021/2) and much more. You’ll find these films in the Watch at Home catalogue of their website.
