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This Way Up Showcase
2004 - Tour.
Reviews of Two of the shows - Website
for more info on these and other three shows.
In The Begining.
Performers and Devisers - Trio Con Brio.
Company - Trio Con Brio presented by The National Theatre of Bergamo.
Cast - Stuart Goldsmith - Pipi, Nick Tigg - Pepe and Nick Cavaliere
- Popo.
The Spaceman.
Director - Nick Barnes.
Performer - Mark Down.
Creative Producer - Sarah Quelch.
Lighting Designer - Mark Dymock.
Composer - Rupert Christie.
2003 Tour Dates and Times - In the Beginning
and The Spaceman.
Seen to review at Tron Theatre 26 March 2003.
Run Times - 50 mins or so each.
Reviewer - Thelma Good.
Fun in Science and Bible stories.
A touring showcase of work in development is a chance to see new companies
and or new directions for more establish creatives. In this 2004 tour
BAC developed five shows including one for children. I managed to catch
two of them when they went to the Tron in Glasgow.
The Spaceman
The Scientist bounces in arms wide and "Welcome! Welcome!" he
says with a smile. Using blackboards, lighting, music and some very well
animated chalks, Betty and Harry, performer Mark Down tells the tale of
Bud who grows up to be a spaceman. Better know for their adult puppet
productions here there's enough science to keep young and old interested,
some gentle jokes and space for children to help the story along. Performed
when I saw it in front of an audience comprised only of grownups Blind
Summit's first children's show hasn't got into the stratosphere yet but
does a good job of altering the atmosphere in a positive way.
In The Beginning -
This is the Itailian answer to the National Theatre of Brent, three Brothers,
Popo, Pipi and Pepe bring their crate of props, their own versions of
Biblical tales and their family tensions. Popo is the oldest and shortest,
Pipi's the one who loves the big dramatic guestures and Pepe the youngest
gets the hardest roles.
It's a warm romp with lots of knockabout fun where we get not only the
first story in the Bible, but the naming of the animals and the snake
with a God who's more maifia than magnificient, an Adam whose tassel isn't
quite big enough yet (costume department please note) and quite the most
wonderful Eve I have ever seen. As well as laughter they bring pizza and
wine, in a show destined for the Edinburgh Fringe, the Brothers look set
to give a good time to everyone who likes fun with their stories.
© Thelma Good 26 March 2004. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
EdinburghGuide reviews of the 2003 This Way Up Tour - The
Watery Part of The World - Sound And Fury and Patter
- Patter.
The other shows which were part of 2004 This Way Up developed and supported
by BAC. Tour produced by Your Imagination were Chinese Whispers
- Francesca Beard, I am Thicker Than Water - Simon Farnaby and
Paul King, and Adams Apple - Sharp Wire.
Tour dates for In The Beginning - Trio Con Brio.
4- 6 March at Coventry Wawrick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524.
11 - 13 March at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre 0161 833 9833.
19 -21 March at Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre 01628 788 997.
25 - 27 March at Glasgow Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267.
1- 3 April at Bath Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio Theatre 01225 448 844.
Tour dates for The Space Man - Blind
Summit.
Tour begins
10 Jan at Bath Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio Theatre 01225 448 844.
6 March at Coventry Wawrick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524.
13 March at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre 0161 833 9833.
20 March at Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre 01628 788 997.
26 - 27 March at Glasgow Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267.
Tour ends
Theatre Editor, Thelma Good's e-mail is
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