A Clinical Approach

With no set roles, the five member adapt their skills to fit the project, aiming to break the traditional theatre moulds.

– Narrator Chris Stephens

[They] use three video projectors, wrap-around screens and 12 speakers to illuminate the performances of three actors in The Peculiar Case of Clara Parsons . . . Critics declared it "mesmerising ... a quixotic, eccentric, inventive, strangely fascinating excursion through madness, loss and love" ... and as having "spectacularly well-realised concepts and a unique company style".

– Writer Bernadette Rae on theatre group The Clinic, The NZ Herald, 3 August 2004

In a complexly choreographed exposition of technical know-how and old-fashioned stagecraft, performers Anastasia Dailianis (Victoria), Lucette Hindin (Clara) and Gareth Reeves (Greg) interact directly with projected images and soundscapes.

– Writer Bernadette Rae on theatre group The Clinic, The NZ Herald, 3 August 2004

The clinic is committed to combining new technology and non-theatre arts with their performances and to remaining in Christchurch, where the isolation, she [producer Veronica Barton] says, "keeps us fresh".

– Writer Bernadette Rae on The Clinic, The NZ Herald, 3 August 2004

True to their ideals, the group take abandoned buildings, nightclubs and art galleries, creating their productions around the space.

– Narrator Chris Stephens

...despite its experimental nature, a tight structure is essential. This devised theatre requires a clinical approach.

– Narrator Chris Stephens