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TALKING BIRDS / Image: The Whale / Courtesy: Janet Vaughan

Image: The Whale
Courtesy: Janet Vaughan

TALKING BIRDS
Text-based: Medium|Site-specific|Theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small

PERMANENT STAFF
Joint Artistic Director/Composer
Derek Nisbet
Joint Artistic Director/Writer
Nick Walker
Joint Artistic Director/Designer
Janet Vaughan

ARTISTIC POLICY
Talking Birds is a theatre company whose aim is to perpetrate astonishing acts of transformation. The company is particularly known for its site-specific work in unusual situations.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The fine Coventry company who pioneered site-specific theatre.
The Guardian
There is a perfect harmony between space and performance: the event is as much a celebration of a place as it is of an idea.
ReviewsGate (Solid Blue)
Skilful delivery of sharp, almost surreal, humour...The straight faced satirical delivery is joyful. The project is mischievous and absorbing.
a-n magazine (Web Demographic)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Whale
A multi-sensory micro-performance for one audience member at a time within the belly of a giant aluminium whale. Suitable for all ages 6+, accessible for wheelchair users.
Length: 3 mins per performance; audience capacity up to 200/day. Cast and crew on road: 3
Trevor Goose and His Dark Night of Lights
A Christmas show for grown-ups that is part gig, part panto and part misjudged Danish cabaret.
Length: 1 hour 10 mins, no interval; age suitability 13+. Cast and crew on road: 11

WRAP-AROUND
Residencies during which work is created for a building or site, often involving community/student participation; can be related to university modules on creating site –specific work. Lecture demonstrations, talks and masterclasses on the company’s methodology for students, artists and policy makers.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Russia: Other Coventry/Other Volgograd
2007 Ireland: The Last Lot
2007 Ireland: The Whale

TOURING AVAILABILITY
The Whale – throughout 2009
Trevor Goose – Christmas 2009