Chapter 7
2011-2012
Barricade and Eden Projects
2011
ACE Revenue funding starts
Company business
Jan - Mar 2011
Mundo Paralelo
Shows
Go to Show Page
Mundo Paralelo was a co-production with the National Theatre Wales as part of their inaugural year exploring the possibilities of creating a theatre show, which would be easier to tour further afield, without having to take a tent, generator, caravans, etc. Working with Director Malden Materic form Tattoo Theatre in France we found a new more physical theatre style of performance. For our friends and fans Mundo was Marmite.
Spring 2011
Barricade development
Major Collaborations
In January we brought the Barricade company to Cardiff and did two weeks of R&D led by Orit and Mish followed by an intensive design sessions to develop the set and Orit worked on narrative development with our dramaturge consultant Nick Walker
In May we headed to France. The creation took place in Atelier 231 in Sotteville Les Rouen where we spent two weeks building the set and adapting the vehicles and then two weeks working with the cast to develop the framework for the performance. We then had one more week of rehearsal in Bethune where we also worked with the local community and members of the circus school from Amiens to integrate them into the premier performance.
2011
Labyrinth @ Eden
Shows
Labyrinth was our first co-production with the Eden Project. It was a site-specific show set within the landscape and forgotten corners to celebrate their 10th birthday. Alongside the night-time events we ran a series of workshops, happenings and interventions for the daytime audience.Go to Show Page
2011
Parklife Pod 2011
Community shows
A spin off and smaller scale Parklife, precursor to Open House, started to work with more portable structure and adapted caravans doing a mix of shows and workshops
November 2011
25th Anniversary party
Memories
We held the 25th Birthday in John Street - and marketing officer (at the time) Rhys Fowler, with Toby Philpott, made up a set of annual boards to decorate the walls.
They also put up all the raw material they had around the walls of the meeting room (see video) in a rough timeline, which was the beginnings of the archive collection.
3 January 2012
A band of living, sweating circus stars...
Articles
No Fit State: A band of living, sweating circus stars, and not a robot in sight. Informative article in The Telegraph by Jasper Rees, who mentions Barricade, Mundo Paralelo and Labyrinth @ Eden.
January 2012
Mundo Paralelo at the London Mime Festival
Shows
2012
Bianco @ Eden
Shows
Bianco was our second co-production with The Eden Project and the beginning of the Bianco project. It was different from Labyrinth as it was less site wide and more contained in one place. It provided the opportunity for all the research and development for what was to become Bianco in the Big Top the following year.
2012
Parklife Pod 2012
Community shows
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