Saturday 18 September 2010to Sunday 26 September 2010 Sap Dance and Louise Ann Wilson Company : JACK SCOUT
Jack Scout is a beautifully-crafted all-weather walking performance. You will be led by a Guide through the bewitching beauty of a heath and shore line by Morecambe Bay. Share the secrets of this remarkable place as live music, voice, dance and art evoke its land, sands, skies and sea. Full of surprise and wonder, this is the natural world as you’ve never seen, heard or touched it before.
Tuesday 12 October 2010to Wednesday 13 October 2010 Forced Entertainment : THE THRILL OF IT ALL
UK PREMIERE (16 Years +)
After the minimalism of Spectacular and the animated graphic novel of Void Story,
internationally renowned innovators Forced Entertainment return with a large cast on a big
stage, filled with ragged dances and distorted voices.
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Friday 15 October 2010 Litfest in partnership with Live at LICA : Carol Ann Duffy at Lancaster Literature Festival
Since becoming Laureate, Duffy has written poems about current issues including MP’s expenses, the volcanic ash cloud, and a poem entitled ‘Achilles’ about the footballer David Beckham, which mixes references to the ancient battlefield hero with allusions to battles on the football pitch.
“In the world of British poetry Carol Ann Duffy is a superstar”
The Guardian
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Tuesday 19 October 2010 Ludus Dance & Nuffield Theatre : Consequences
For this electrifying triple bill production, Ludus Dance has attracted 3 of the UK’s most prominent choreographers – Nigel Charnock, Yael Flexer and Ben Wright.
Each choreographer takes you on a compelling journey of cause and effect… push and pull… through a pulse-racing mix of energetic dance, theatre and music.
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Friday 22 October 2010 Inspector Sands : If That’s All There Is
Winner, Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize 2009 and Guardian ‘Pick of the Fringe’
If That’s All There Is takes shape as a mini-epic of longing, envy and psychobabble that examines our obsession with feeling happy at any cost. A couple are teetering on the brink of marriage. As the happiest day of their lives approaches, the panic begins to rise. And everyone’s watching…
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Friday 29 October 2010 Reckless Sleepers : It's Going To Be A Long Long Time
Commissioned by the Nuffield Theatre, Reckless Sleepers’ new show is about time, and travelling, and the rehearsals for the lunar landings. It’s about what happens when performers become moon-rock, re-enact a zero gravity moonwalk, or leave footprints that will never disappear. Dancing to the songs that astronauts sung as they went into orbit, it’s a 40th anniversary trip to the moon.
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Tuesday 2 November 2010 Levantes Dance Theatre : Room Temperature Romance
Time Out ‘Critics Choice’, Room Temperature Romance is a charming story about the moments that mean nothing and everything in life’s daily routine. A fantasy voyage that invites you to indulge in the delights of ordinary and extraordinary behaviour, and ultimately just making you smile.
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Thursday 4 November 2010 Hetain Patel : TEN
Somewhere between Bolton, Barbados, Scotland and India, three men – Hetain, Mark and Dave – make a journey of discovery. Subtly combining music, body percussion, dance and performance, and taking the Indian ten-beat rhythm cycle as a starting point, this show delves with honesty and humour into questions of cultural identity.
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Tuesday 9 November 2010 Sankalpam : Corpo-realities
Corpo-realities is choreographed by a stellar line-up: Stephanie Schober, Southbank Centre resident choreographer; Luca Silvestrini, Artistic Director of Protein Dance; Stella Uppal Subbiah, Co-Artistic Director of Sankalpam, and internationally renowned theatre director Phillip Zarrilli.
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Friday 12 November 2010to Saturday 13 November 2010 Ockham’s Razor : The Mill
Ockham’s Razor create daring physical theatre on specially created aerial equipment. In The Mill, a large wheel made of wood and steel is suspended from a 7-metre high rig, linked into a system of ropes and wooden drums to create an intricate set.
Powered by the performers using all their strength and weight, they create a precarious world where small decisions or actions gather momentum and impetus beyond their control.
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Tuesday 16 November 2010 Rouge 28 Theatre : Urashima Taro
Inspired by Japanese mythology, Urashima Taro combines striking visuals and video projections with life-size Bunraku-style puppets and Kamishibai, the traditional Japanese paper theatre that is the origin of Manga. The result is a fascinating and unsettling story of lust, betrayal and loss.
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Tuesday 30 November 2010 Pete Edwards : FAT
FAT tells the journey of a gay, disabled man in search of his heart’s desire. Combining movement and images with poignant anecdotes, FAT follows James in his surreal quest to find the fat man, eat some spaghetti and live happily ever after.
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