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BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE / Image: Low Life / Photographer: Blind Summit Theatre

Image: Low Life
Photographer: Blind Summit Theatre

BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE

Physical/visual theatre|Puppetry|Theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Mark Down
Artistic Director
Nick Barnes
General Manager
Helen Hodge

ARTISTIC POLICY
Blind Summit Theatre is doing for ancient Japanese bunraku puppetry what South Park did for cartoons. They subvert the medium to make cutting edge, puppet-led theatre. Blind Summit sees puppetry as a radical part of the reinvention of theatre in our time.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
If puppetry is ever going to be the next rock ’n roll these animators may well be its front men.
Time Out
Mad, bad and beautiful in equal measure.
The Guardian
If you are looking for original and adult entertainment, put this high on your list.
The Times

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Low Life
A gin-soaked cabaret of puppets and people inspired by poems and short stories of Charles Bukowski. Beautiful, funny and poetic.
60 mins, 4 on stage, 6 on the road, some strong language, suitable for audiences 15+ years
Pirate Puppetry
A unique piece of ‘invisible puppetry theatre’: Puppets descend on an unsuspecting audience in a public space and create mayhem while their puppeteers try to control them.
15 to20 mins, 4 performers, 6 on the road, suitable for all ages

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
1984
A daring new adaptation of George Orwell’s classic text with actors and puppets, by Annie Siddons and Blind Summit.
8 performers, 12 on the road, middle to large-scale theatres, teenage and family audiences. Available to tour spring 2010.

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops in Bunraku puppetry and object animation and post-show discussions.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Germany, China. USA: Low Life
2008 Japan: Shun kin
2008 Lithuania, USA: Madam Butterfly
2007 France: Low Life
2007 Germany: The Spaceman
2007 Lithuania, USA: Madam Butterfly

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Low Life – Available now
Pirate Puppetry – Available now