SIZE OF COMPANY
10 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Chris Britton
Tim Britton
Penny Saunders

Technical Manager
Ed Jobling

Company Manager
Janice May

Administrator
Deborah Harrison

ARTISTIC POLICY
Mixing film, cartoon, automata and puppetry, wild mechanical sets and surreal comedy, Forkbeard Fantasy’s celebrated trademark is the fusion of live stage action with film sequences, where the actors cross the celluloid divide. The company has projected film onto anything from slowly inflating weather balloons to full-blown sails. Forkbeard Fantasy has been delighting audiences around the world for over thirty years with its eye-boggling comic shows, multiple film projections, grotesque characters, hilarious puppetry and sets.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Whatever they’re on should be made available on the National Health.’ The Scotsman

‘Forkbeard’s flickering mixture of celluloid and theatre combines technical virtuosity with utter screaming mayhem… sheer inventive wizardry.’ The Independent

‘There is sparkle and wit in every element of a Forkbeard Fantasy production.’ The Guardian

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Invisible Bonfires A Cataclysmic Cabaret with live music from The Lotus Pedals. As part of their pan-global Tour of International Climate Change Conferences, the fabulous Brittonioni Brothers jet in to chew on the thorny issue of global warming. (90 mins, no interval, 8 on stage, 10 on the road.)

WRAP-AROUND
Post-show talks and pre-show demonstrations by arrangement.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 France (The Fall of the House of Usherettes)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request