Based in Bristol, Orbita is Daniel Gilbert, David Ravenscroft, Rachael Watt and Robert Thumpston. We made our first show in 2007, whilst training at Dartington College of Arts, and we've been working together ever since.

We collaborate to bring together skills in performing, writing, scenography and a mixture of hi and lo-fi technologies to create new theatre that tries to make sense of the world we live in.

Our aim is to produce entertaining and thought provoking work. Our inspiration comes chiefly from the world of science (both fact and fiction) as well as from the ordinary, the everyday and the mundane. The little things that might otherwise go unnoticed. We also challenge concepts of time (yes, time!), by examining our relationship to the past, present and future, creating a 'retro-futurism'.

Orbita strives to tackle questions of the macro by close examination of the micro. We take a wry, sideways look at serious subjects and give careful consideration to the small and trivial. There is, we've found, almost always a song and a dance to be made about it.