SIZE OF COMPANY Varies
SCALE OF VENUE Small to medium
PERMANENT STAFF Producer Simon Casson Administrative Producer Dicky Eton
ARTISTIC POLICY Duckie produces Event Culture: audience interactive performance shows that blur the boundaries between theatre, nightclubs and new mode pop, and arty show business. Duckie are ‘purveyors of progressive working-class entertainment’, who mix live art and light entertainment. They fuse arthouse and experimental theatre practice with popular entertainment forms to create accessible and challenging performance events. Defining the post-gay movement, Duckie provides a creative forum for alternative gay and lesbian performance and culture.
REVIEW EXTRACTS You will have seen nothing quite like it and it is well worth seeing. C’est delicious, c’est delightful, c’est devine. C’est très magnifique! The Guardian (C’est Duckie!)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS C’est Duckie! An all singing, all dancing shameless crowd pleaser serving tailor made table-top shows from a top class talent troupe of soubrettes, hoofers and starlets from the London (and local) performance scene. For adults only, this cabaret style productions running time is 120 minutes (no interval) with 7 people on the road. Gay Shame Gay Shame is a counter cultural celebration that mixes live art, audience interaction and clubbing. With a traditional ‘fairground’ holding form, installations and performance are created using local performers. For adults only, this event has a variable running time (circa 5 hours) with 10 people on the road. Duckie - tailor made performance club nights. Duckie are social engineers aiming to reach out beyond the gay community creating ‘good nights out’ that bring different communities together, plat-forming progressive performance. For adults only, this event has a variable running time (circa 5 hours) with 6/7 people on the road.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2007/08 New York, USA: C’est Duckie! 2007 Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan: C’est Duckie! 2007 Sydney, Australia: David Hoyle’s SOS 2007 Belfast, Ireland: David Hoyle’s SOS
TOURING AVAILABILITY Please contact for availability
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