February - May 2005

LIVE 05
Challenging - Contemporary - Controversial
3 weeks - 17 companies - 56 performances - 1 venue

Tired of the old texts? Sick of stories staged in staid old ways? LIVE 05 is the solution - an electric and equally eclectic programme bringing the most brilliantly innovative and ground-breaking companies together under one roof between February and May.

1157 PERFORMANCE GROUP - Seen and not Seen.
"Extending the boundaries of dramatic art" - BBC Online
Seen and not Seen is about our identity and our place in the world; about the process of trying to look for ourselves. Who am I? A simple, but tremendously powerful question. The answer is seminal to life and existence, but the solution will not simply be found by peering into your passport or by glancing in the mirror. 1157 peel back the layers to find out who they are in a world of reflections, confessions and secrets. A high energy media sophisticated piece of theatre, teeming with film, physicality and outrageous theatricality.
For 10 years 1157performancegroup have been entertaining and challenging audiences and critics alike both nationally and internationally with their unique and innovative style of work.

DEMONSTRATE - Ever the Bull
Powered by blind faith and three bicycles, a pocket of civilisation survives in the aftermath of the Bull
But only just- Ever the Bull paints a picture of a society two hundred years after midnight.

VICKI ARBUCKLE - Still Life, No1: Box
A woman incarcerated in a wooden box delivers a rehearsed monologue to a son, who may or may not be present. A second woman, a separate voice speaking out of the first, offers her own rehearsed version of events, real or imagined. The monologue to the son and the dispute between the two voices/selves are constantly interrupted by a series of haunting soundscapes; memory fragments.
The audience are encouraged to explore the space and are free to move around the box, viewing the performance from different perspectives.

GREG MCLAREN - Extemporal
In his attempt to explain our universe an Astrophysicistaccidentally constructs a time machine. A collision of cosmic theory, tangles narrative and chaotic behaviour; his search for lost moments and blame causes his universe to unravel and unvcovers beautiful parrallels. A frantic burst of no system theatre, Extemporal sets out to prove that everything is really everything else.
"Greg McLaren, currently one of London's most rewarding performers." Kultureflash.

RABBIT - Something Running
You're looking at this picture
Somebody whispers
There's something running in the family
There's something in the way you move
There's something coming this way comes
something running is a signal, a scare, and possibly a magic