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FORKBEARD FANTASY / Image: Invisible Bonfires / Photographer: Danielle Bossom

Image: Invisible Bonfires
Photographer: Danielle Bossom
FORKBEARD FANTASY

Mixed-media|Physical/visual theatre|Humour

SIZE OF COMPANY
6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Co-Artistic Directors
Chris Britton
Tim Britton
Penny Saunders
Company Manager
Janice May
Technical Manager
Ed Jobling

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 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, and hilarious puppetry and sets.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Wonderfully surreal and satirical.
The Independent on Sunday
There is sparkle and wit in every element of a Forkbeard Fantasy production.
The Guardian ****
Forkbeard’s flickering mixture of celluloid and theatre combines technical virtuosity with utter screaming mayhem…sheer inventive wizardry.
The Independent

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Colour of Nonsense
Is a spectacular escapist mystery adventure set in the art world. Forkbeard’s legendary delight in blurring art-forms and mixing media reaches new heights of comic invention.
90 minutes, no interval, 3 on stage, 6 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