Arts Council funding for a new walkabout
The company recently received Arts Council Funding to produce a piece called ‘Rambling On’. This is a promenade performance based on the concept of two lost eccentric travellers, heavily laden with camping equipment, passing through an event. They have very little grasp of the local language but as they meet people, asking for directions or just being friendly, stories of their amazing adventures start to emerge.
Rucksacks swing open to reveal little puppet sets and camping equipment transforms into props as short shows commence to a small number of people at a time. Some work in progress pictures are shown below.
This will be ready for Glastonbury Festival 2008.
The creation and performance of an indoor theatre show
The company recently performed their first indoor theatre show with a production named ‘Flights of Fancy’ at The Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham, which was a great success. This is expected to tour in 2009/ 2010.
Another new piece
2007 also saw the company commissioned by Cirque Bijou and Bristol City Council to produce an installation performance for the Bristol Harbourside Festival with a theme of the classic British seaside resort of Margate in its hey day.
The company created a series of 5 beach huts each of which contained a different installation, a tattoo parlour, a caricaturist, a fortune teller, a seaside tat stall and a freak show (which performed a one man freak show twice daily!).
It ran all day creating a fantastic stir as everyone channelled through it, and will be going out again in 2008 most probably to Cardiff Bay. A few images are again attached below.
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