《笑对死生》于2020年初在伍斯特天鹅剧院首演，随后来到伦敦国际默剧节上演，接着在全英23个大小场馆进行巡演。2022年，该剧在英国国内重启巡演。

Dead Good premiered at the Swan Theatre in Worcester in early 2020, followed by a performance at the London International Mime Festival. It then toured across 23 venues throughout the UK. In 2022, the production resumed its UK tour.

走起剧团是英国领先的全面具剧团，自2006年成立以来，以其独特的无言剧场形式在英国各地及海外巡演。剧团总部位于伍斯特，是英格兰艺术委员会国家组合机构成员之一。剧团的标志性风格将全面具表演与强烈的视觉设计和原创音乐相结合。他们创作的作品幽默、人性化且勇敢无畏，根植于真实生活故事。走起剧团相信全面具剧场能直接唤起观众的共情能力。通过合作，他们讲述与社会息息相关的故事，创作引人入胜且富有娱乐性的现场戏剧，为那些无法发声的人提供声音。

走起剧团与英国内外超过100个场馆有着联络，包括伦敦国际默剧节、法国佩里格国际默剧节、伯明翰MAC艺术中心、格拉斯顿伯里艺术节等领先的当代艺术场馆和艺术节，每年都会进行全英巡演，在包括学校、养老院、社工、商界人士等多样化的群体中分享自己的技术。

艺术总监瑞秋·萨维奇(Rachael Savage)同时担任剧作家、导演、演员等多个角色，并且是英国首相痴呆症焦点小组的成员。瑞秋毕业于格拉斯哥皇家苏格兰音乐戏剧学院，此后曾与多个知名剧团合作，包括伯明翰剧院、北方舞台、考文垂贝尔格莱德剧院、特雷斯尔剧院以及三个国际剧团。

Vamos Theatre is the UK’s leading mask theatre company. Since its founding in 2006, the company has toured extensively across the UK and internationally, presenting its unique wordless theatre productions. Based in Worcester, Vamos Theatre is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England. The company’s signature style combines full-mask performance with striking visual design and original music. Their productions are humorous, deeply human, and bold, rooted in real-life stories. Vamos Theatre believes that full-mask theatre has the power to evoke empathy in audiences in a direct and profound way. Through collaboration, they tell socially relevant stories, creating engaging and entertaining live theatre that gives a voice to those who are often unheard.

Vamos Theatre has established connections with over 100 venues across the UK and beyond, including the London International Mime Festival, Périgueux International Mime Festival in France, Birmingham MAC, and Glastonbury Festival, among other leading contemporary arts venues and festivals. The company tours nationwide each year, sharing its techniques with diverse communities, including schools, care homes, social workers, and business professionals.

Artistic Director Rachael Savage is a playwright, director, and performer, as well as a member of the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge Taskforce. She trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has worked with numerous renowned theatre companies, including Birmingham Rep, Northern Stage, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Trestle Theatre, and three international theatre companies.

瑞秋·萨维奇于2006年创立了走起剧团。作为艺术总监，她的职责包括编剧、导演、演员，以及在护理行业担任变革顾问。她还是英国首相痴呆症焦点小组的成员。瑞秋毕业于格拉斯哥皇家苏格兰音乐戏剧学院，随后曾与多个主要剧团合作，包括伯明翰剧院、北方舞台、考文垂贝尔格莱德剧院、特雷斯尔剧院以及三个国际剧团。

在走起剧团，她开创了与教育和健康行业的合作，曾在南非和中国主持驻地项目，担任皇家莎士比亚剧团的面具表演指导，在伦敦商学院开展面具表演培训，创立走起剧团学徒制，并推动剧团的艺术和战略发展，使其成为英格兰艺术委员会的国家组合机构（NPO）。

自2013年创作获奖作品《寻找欢乐》——一部关于痴呆症的剧目以来，瑞秋一直致力于与医疗和社会护理行业建立联系，推动艺术作为变革的重要工具。她在该领域的工作强调非语言沟通、共情、倾听、信任以及真实的联系。

Rachael founded Vamos Theatre in 2006. As Artistic Director, her roles include writer, director, actor, and consultant for change in the care sector; she is a member of the Prime Minister’s Focus Group on Dementia. Rachael trained at Glasgow’s RSAMD, after which she performed with a range of major theatre companies including Birmingham Rep, Northern Stage, Coventry Belgrade, Trestle Theatre and with three international theatre companies.

With Vamos Theatre, she has pioneered work with the education and health sectors, led residences in South Africa and China, been Mask Director at The RSC, led mask training at London Business School, created Vamos Theatre apprenticeships and driven the company's artistic and strategic vision, leading to it becoming a regularly funded Arts Council NPO.

Since creating Finding Joy in 2013, Vamos Theatre’s award-winning show about dementia, Rachael has continued to create connections with the health and social care sectors to promote the arts as a powerful tool for change. Rachael’s work in the field emphasises non-verbal communication, empathy, listening, trust and truthful connections.