SIZE OF COMPANY 3–53 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE Open air situations of every size
PERMANENT STAFF Directors Paul Miskin Miranda Sharp
ARTISTIC POLICY To produce astonishing street theatre performances worldwide. To create theatre that truly challenges the context of the street and the reality in which the performance is embedded.
REVIEW EXTRACTS I was completely blown away by Neighbourhood Watch and the impact they had on the kids, it was as if their world had changed once they saw them, because they never had conceived that creatures like that could exist. Paul Collard, Newhaven Register
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS Interventions and parades Les Oiseaux de lux interactive street intervention (cast 3-22) 25mins duration (up to 3 shows per day) stilts. An invasion of giant birds. The Butterfly Collection interactive street intervention(cast 3-7) 30 mins duration (up to 3 shows per day) stilts four legged. An invasion of giant butterflies. The Samba ants drumming ensemble (cast 5-7) 20 mins stilt duration (up to 3 shows per day)/Drumming robots alternative The Ant Orkezdra a new brass and drumming ensemble of giant ants cast 15 one 55 minute parade show per day which can be divided Dali and Gala Giant inflatable puppet dancers (cast 4) 10 mins duration (up to 3 shows per day) The Caterpillar Giant inflatable puppet (cast 10) 15 mins to be negotiated duration (up to 2 shows per day) Sid the spider Giant inflatable puppet (cast 11) 15 mins to be negotiated duration (up to 2 shows per day) Middle/Large scale open air performances Chromarama Arena spectacle (cast 14) 25 mins duration (up to 2 shows per day)dance/ ballet/ movement/ stilts/ inflatables. Live and recorded sound. An exploration of colour released from its depictive duties, and the human form revealed by wrapping. Sculptural dance. Soznak a multicultural street music ensemble (cast 12) Two 45 min sets Large scale performances with smaller versions available Delireality large scale piece for city square or squares. (cast 25) 35 mins duration (one night time show site visits 2 days prep and full tech spec) Pyrotechnics fire theatre fire drawing drumming stilts inflatables music. A street theatre and pyrotechnic exploration of the iconography of Salvador Dali Grand Magix (cast 25). 35 mins duration (one night time show site visits 2 days prep and full tech spec) Stilts, inflatables, helium suspended aerial puppetry and performance pyrotechnics. A street theatre exploration of the magics of technology and nature Taranta (53) 50 mins duration (one night time show, site visits plus 1-2 days prep and full tech spec) Stilts, inflatables, helium suspended aerial puppetry and performance abstilting installation, live original music performance and pyrotechnics An urban invasion/hallucination of spiders and insect life set to the darker flamenco modes (echoes of the Moorish invasion of southern Spain) and the `compas` (rhythmic pattern of stresses in a 12 beat cycle) of the Buleria
WRAP-AROUND To be negotiated
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK Where: Dancing in the Street, St Louis, USA When: Saturday 27th September 2008 Shows: Chromarama, Les Oiseaux de Lux Where: Merced, Barcelona, Spain When: 20th & 21st September 2006 Shows: Ant Orchestra, The Butterfly Collection Where: Salamanca Festival, Salamanca, Spain When: 11th - 14th September 2008 Shows: Les Oiseaux, Butterfly Collection, Drumming Ants, Sid the Giant Spider Where: La Mouette Rieuse - theatre de la rue, Dunkirk, France When: Sunday 17th August 2008 Shows: Les Oiseaux Where: Venlo THeatre Festival, Venlo, Netherlands When: Saturday 12th July 2008 Shows: Les Oiseaux Where: Fiesta del Sol, Eindhoven, Netherlands When: Sunday 29th June 2008 Shows: The Butterflies/Les Oiseaux Where: Dordrecht Festival, Dordrecht, Netherlands When: Saturday 28th June 2008 Shows: The Butterfly Collection Where: Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands When: Saturday 28th June 2008 Shows: Summer magic/Site Specific Event Where: Split Theatre Festival, Split, Croatia When: Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th June 2008 Shows: Les Oiseaux Where: Kirkcaldy Summer Events, Kirkcaldy, Scotland When: Saturday 21st June 2008 Shows: The Caterpillar, Ant Parade, Dancing Giants Where: Bad Hersfeld Festival of Music, Bad Hersfeld, Germany When: Saturday 7th June 2008 Shows: The Butterfly Collection Where: Cupar Childrens Gala, Cupar, Scotland When: Saturday 7th June 08 Shows: Drumming Ants Where: May Day Parade, Genk, Belgium When: Thursday 1st May 2008 Shows: Ant Orkestra Where: Town Centre Opening, Hardenburg, Netherlands When: Thursday 10th April 2008 Shows: Les Oiseaux/The Butterfly Collection
TOURING AVAILABILITY All the year round availability for all productions, subject to existing bookings and at least a month in advance for the larger shows
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