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AVANTI DISPLAY / Image: Leak! / Photographer: Ludovic des Cognets

Image: Leak!
Photographer: Ludovic des Cognets

AVANTI DISPLAY

Live comedy|Street arts

SIZE OF COMPANY
Up to 6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Outdoor street theatre

PERMANENT STAFF
Directors
Bill Palmer
Mike Lister

ARTISTIC POLICY
To create original street theatre, using visual spectacle and comedy to achieve broad popular appeal.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
A plethora of comic antics. Expect awe-inspiring visual effects too, as jets of water, strikingly lit, gradually turn an area into a giant nocturnal fountain.
The Times
The beauty of Hydromania was the use of this building as a performer in its own right. A wonderful piece of truly site-specific performance.
Total Theatre Magazine

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Hydromania
Site-specific spectacular designed to animate a public space with the lyrical exchange between architecture and a performance involving water and light. (35 mins, 3 performers plus 3 technicians for 5 days, additional performers as required)
The Spurting Man
Street comedy involving a human fountain and the relationship between the comedian and his assistant. (25 mins, 2 performers)
Mr Lucky's Party
Featuring performance artist/actor Trevor Stuart and directed by Brian Popay of the Natural Theatre Company, this show was originally commissioned by Watch this Space at the National Theatre. A couple have a party in the rain. A black comedy with 200 litres of water. (20 mins, 3 performers)
Leak!
An expert is called in to investigate unusual events underground. Avanti use film, sound, and half truths to tell the story of digital bleeding.

FUTURE PRODUCTION
Waiting To Happen
A celebration for the centenary of Marinetti’s futurist manifesto.
Rooted to the Spot
A site specific show set in, on, and around a tree. Using film projection, water and sound installation, Avanti create their own ‘rain forest’.

WRAPAROUND ACTIVITY
Workshops are offered in theatrical practice and fluid dynamics.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005 Croatia National Theatre (Hydromania), France, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, (The Spurting Man), Japan (Mr. Lucky's Birthday Party)
2006 Tampere theatre festival Finland, Cultural programme Commonwealth Games Melbourne, WOMDelaid Australia, (Mr. Lucky's Birthday Party) Suec Mime festival Valencia, (The Spurting Man) Singapore (Hydromania),
2007 Canada, China (The Spurting Man), Spain (Mr Lucky’s Party)
2008 Ireland (Hydromania), Belgium (The Spurting Man)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.