Farming is a unique business isn''t it, because it''s also your history, your identity, your family, your purpose, your home. It''s Easter weekend on the Carter family''s farm. In the shed, lambing season is in full swing. In the village church, a secret love is blooming. In the front seats of a rusty transit van, a brutal revenge is plotted and around the kitchen table, the Carter family struggle to face their future. Black Sheep is a razor-sharp psalm about the county of Norfolk, tracing the dilemmas facing farming succession. curious directive''s 12th major theatre production. This edition was published to coincide with the UK tour in October 2025.

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Since its inception in 2008, curious directive, a devising ensemble based in the East of England, has been making innovative theatre which peers through the lens of science. The Telegraph calls them 'a young company clearly destined for great things'. The company is an ever-growing nomadic family of performers, scientists, video/sound designers, illustrators, technicians, choreographers and composers. curious directive makes work which lets scientific ideas breathe, using a scientific text as the heart beat through their work.

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Farming is a unique business isn't it, because it's also your history, your identity, your family, your purpose, your home.

It's Easter weekend on the Carter family's farm.

In the shed, lambing season is in full swing. In the village church, a secret love is blooming.

In the front seats of a rusty transit van, a brutal revenge is plotted and around the kitchen table, the Carter family struggle to face their future.

Black Sheep is a razor-sharp psalm about the county of Norfolk, tracing the dilemmas facing farming succession. curious directive's 12th major theatre production.

This edition was published to coincide with the UK tour in October 2025.