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Image: 24/7/52 / Photographer: James Toppleand

Image: 24/7/52
Photographer: James Toppleand
BILL AITCHISON
Text-based: medium, Interdisciplinary, Performance

SIZE OF COMPANY
3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artist
Bill Aitchison

ARTISTIC POLICY
Over the last 13 years Bill Aitchison has created an unmistakable body of performances that come alive in the encounter of artist and audience. Intellectually conceived, dynamically realised and distinct in their diverse range of influences (visual art, experimental theatre, sonic art, literature, mime, etc), his performances have won praise from critics and audiences alike in Europe and the US. His work is typically ambitious, open-ended and humorous and seeks to do nothing less than “tell how it is”.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘24/7/52 is amusing, intelligent and sensual theatre.’ Frankfurter Allgemeine

‘A breathless, clever pleasure.’ Mannheimer Morgen (24/7/52)

‘I had a blast!’ Nytheatre (D-P-M)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
24/7/52 A conceptual vaudeville that calls upon multi-tasking ad absurdum. This theatre/gallery performance produces meticulously structured chaos through its sophisticated sound score and interweaving tasks. Developed at BAC co-produced Plateaux Festival/ Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm. (60 mins, 1 on stage, 3 on the road.)

Micro-Macro-Scope A collaboration with writer Julia Lee Barclay, a journey through the city and imagination of individual walkers followed by a performance devised for each city. (Installation/tours available for 2–4 days and lasting 60 mins, closing performance 60–120 mins, 2 performers.)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
2012 A performance inspired by conspiracy theories and false causalities – a vision of the imminent future.

WRAP-AROUND
Task-based performance workshop, post-performance discussions, artistic mentoring, talk on practice-based research, presentation of his past performances on video with accompanying talk, talk/debate on performance and live art, writing workshop for performance.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Israel (24/7/52)
2006 Germany (24/7/52), Finland (Micro-Macro-Scope)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
24/7/52 throughout 2008
2012 from April 2008