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The Sunflower Plot
Photograph Ed Collier
cartoon de salvo

Humour, Physical/visual theatre, Text-based: medium

SIZE OF COMPANY
4–7 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Alex Murdoch

Core Company
Rebecca Hurst
Brian Logan

Administrative Producer
Ellen Cheshire

Strategic Producer
Matt Lyndon-Jones

ARTISTIC POLICY
To tell splendid stories via a cocktail of storytelling, script-defying impro and live music. Celebrating their 10th year Cartoon de Salvo have captivated audiences everywhere - theatres, tiny village halls, on allotments and at festivals. Their vision is to change the way people feel about going to the theatre, so their work is intentionally honest, accessible and fun.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Sees the magic in the everyday the extraordinary in lives so ordinary they are almost invisible.' The Guardian

'Irresistible magic.' The Times

'Surreal, unpretentious, swashbuckling theatre.' Time Out Critics Choice

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Chaingang Gang An impossible escape, a death-defying railroad ride, a crossing to a magical land. Five fugitives have nothing to lose but their chains. But the quest is yet to come. (75 mins, 6–7 on the road, suitable for small-scale and non-theatre spaces)

Meat & Two Veg Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night imagined in post-war seaside Britain. Featuring cake, biscuits and live skiffle this UK visual theatre classic was in the Observer’s Top Ten Theatre 2002 (75 mins, 4-5 on the road, suitable for small-scale and non-theatre spaces)

Ladies & Gentlemen, Where Am I? Welcome to the back passages of Victorian England, where boxing ace Pooley Mace has the chance to prise his famished family from poverty. With blood-spattered drama, knockout gags and live and original music. (75 mins, 5–6 on the road, suitable for small- to mid-scale theatres)

The Ratcatcher of Hamelin A stranger clears a town of a rat plague, when they refuse to pay him he takes a terrible revenge. A rich, dark tale about the healing power of music. (12 on the road, suitable for small- to mid-scale theatres)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Hard-Hearted Hannah and Other Stories Spontaneous stories inspired by searing southern songs. Suitable for small scale and non theatre spaces.

Beauty and the Beast Middle-scale production.

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Tailor-made workshops, post-show discussion and residencies.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 Hong Kong, Ireland

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.