what's on
Back for its second year after a sell out first season, Flourish 2012 showcases some of the most exciting new work being created in the south west.
| Date | Show |
|---|---|
| 10th February 2012 @ 7.30pm | Uncanny Theatre Presents: Optimism |
| 17th February 2012 @ 7.30pm | Theatre Ad Infinitum Presents: Translunar Paradise |
| 2nd March 2012 @ 7.30pm | Impermanence Dance Theatre Presents: Blanched Stories |
| 9th March @ 7.30pm | Stand + Stare Presents The Guild of Cheesemakers |
| 16th March 2012 @ 7.30pm | Dance Research Studio Presents Guest Suites |
| 16th March 2012 - Durational | Saffy Setohy Presents Soliloquy for a Shore-line |
| 23rd March @ 7.30pm | Le Navet Bete Presents Napoleon: A Defence |
| 30th March 2012 @7.30pm | Jack Dean Presents Under Stokes Croft |
| 30th March 2012 @ 9pm | Mama Tokus Presents Some Gospel Truths |
The Barbican Theatre offers Free ANLO tickets for under 25's to all performances subject to availbility.
"OPTIMISM" is a twisted tale of desire and self worth told through the eyes of an idiot.
Blending dark clown with multimedia and unusual physicality, this production is both brutal and dreamlike, presenting a constant stream of unlikely characters, peculiar situations and striking visuals.
In the face of constant rejection. "OPTIMISM" may not always be the best defence.
Flourish Friday 17th February 2012 @ 7.30pm £10 / £5
Theatre Ad Infinitum Presents Translunar Paradise
Translunar Paradise a place where time stands still. Stage Award winner (2009) and Total Theatre Award nominee (2010)
Theatre Ad Infinitum invites you on a journey of life, death and enduring love. After his wife passes away William escapes to a paradise of fantasy and past memories, a place far from reality of his grief where time stand still. Returning from beyond the grave. Rose revisits her widowed companion to perform one last act of love: to help him let her go.
"An exquisitely delicate and moving mask and mime show, which is told entirely without words, but is nonetheless expressive for that." Lyn Gardner Guardian
'A remarkable story of love, life and loss... time is not the only boundary crossed here; surely, traditional theatrical boundaries have been broken?' Three Weeks * * * *
Impermanence Dance Theatre seeks to extract inspiring and transformational metaphors from personal stories.
The creation of "Blanched Stories" has been inspired by early motherhood after the birth of a first child.
This piece draws on interdisiplinary collaborations between dancers, musicians, poets and visual artists creating work that penetrates on many levels.
Previous work by Impermanence:
Stand + Stare create immersive theatre in which their audiences play an active part.
The Guild of Cheesemakers is a cheese and wine tasting with a fictional narrative.
At tables laid with crisp white cloths, a panel of professional experts invite you to taste a selection of artisan cheeses, wines and breads. As the evening unfolds, the gastronomic effects enhance the theatrical experience as you gradually learn more about a mysterious, supernatural cheese and the reason for this historic meeting.
The experience invites you to question the essence of life and, eventually, make a collective decision that could eradicate the aging process and alter humanity forever.
"…beguiling, thought-provoking and, of course, tasty experience." Exeunt Magazine **** – Tom Phillips
**Please note there are only 40 tickets avaiable for this show which will take place in a secret location.
Solilioquy for a Shore-line is a durational, multi-screen dance, video and sound installation, with images playing across between screens.
Originally inspired by the female soliloquies and coastal themes present in the literary work of Virginia Wolf, the material weaves poetic connections between a sense of self, body and place, with specific connection to the landscape of Cornwall.
Choreographer/Director Jacky Lansley brings an outstanding company of diverse and intergenerational performers to The Barbican Theatre, working alongside the internationally-renowned cellist Audrey Riley.
Lansley works again with composer Jonathan Eato who re-imagines four movements from the first three Cello Suites, with the remaining movements played in their original form. Lansley and Eato believe The Bach Cello Suites remain an artistic touchstone not just for musicians but for all artists.
The concept of ‘guesting’ across disciplines is a hall mark of Lansley’s choreographic work and Guest Suites provides both audiences and participants a unique and extraordinary experience of this radical Interdisciplinary.
A Flourish Co-Production
Napoleon: A Defence is a one hour show based on the premise of four clowns deciding that Napoleon was innocent of all charges and attempting a defence of his character, his record, and his obsession with Josephine's body odour.
But, of course, where clowns tread, every floorboard has a deadly spring....
Who will finally get to play Napoleon?
Is that a real chicken?
Where did they get those beautiful suits made?
And What exactly does Winston Churchill have to do with any of this....?
A hilarious, roller-coaster ride through actual and imaginary history, NAPOLEON; A DEFENCE will take you to places you thought you knew, but will turn them upside down and inside out so you don't know where the laughter is coming from.
A Flourish Co-Production
A sing-a-longa-pray-a-longa, happy-clappy ecumenical expedition into faith, spirituality and belief-systems: from Satanism to Scientology.
This pseudo-service is presided over by Mama 'Superior' and features her own gospel and blues songs, as well as vigorous congregation-participation in the form of games and readings.
The Heavenly Jukebox will be playing vintage gospel sounds - if you grace the collection plate, that is.
Start saying your prayers: Mama's in the House (of God).
Unknown to most, there is a large, clumsy, furry orange monster living in Stokes Croft, Bristol's dilapidated, graffiti-scrawled cultural quarter. By day, he watches over its people and records their stories. By night, he wanders alone and paints their dreams. Or nightmares.
A live graphic novel with stop-motion animation by MC and Poet Jack Dean, Under Stokes Croft takes inspiration from Dylan Thomas’ legendary Under Milk Wood to document 24-and-a-bit hours in the life of Bristol’s own Bohemia, centering around the infamous night of 21st April 2011, the Tesco riots. Expect fires, fears, flights and top-notch veggie burgers.
