Dare to be different: DV8 Physical Theatre

David Toole and Eddie Kay in The Cost of Living, DV8's film based on their stage show about street performers Photograph: PR

Enter Achilles was unveiled in 1995 with a cast including Rob Tannion (left). The Observer's review credited DV8 with 'blazing a fresh, dangerous trail and taking a large, enthusiastic audience with it' Photograph: Peter Jay

Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men took the crimes of serial killer Dennis Nilsen as its starting point. It was performed by a cast of four, including Russell Maliphant, and was turned into a film in 1990 Photograph: Eleni Leoussi

The 2005 production Just for Show, starring Matthew Morris (left), spun a beguiling tale of magic Photograph: Jiri Volek

Lloyd Newson, the director of DV8, has been snapped in a series of camouflaged poses. That's him with his back to the camera Photograph: Eamonn McCabe

To Be Straight With You, DV8's piece about same-sex relations, had its world premiere in Berlin in December 2007 Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Reviewing To Be Straight With You at Nottingham Playhouse, Lyn Gardner called it 'a hard-hitting and passionate 80 minutes that expresses what is often left unsaid'. The show runs at the National Theatre in London from October 29 to November 15 2008 Photograph: Tristram Kenton