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Image: Compost Mentis / Photographer: Paul Herrmann

Image: Photographer: Paul Herrmann

WHALLEY RANGE ALLSTARS

Puppetry, Installation-based performance, Physical/visual theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
3–5 depending on the show

SCALE OF VENUE
Outdoor spaces of all shapes and sizes

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Directors
Sue Auty
Edward Taylor

ARTISTIC POLICY
Whalley Range Allstars creates vivid imaginative performances and installations in places where they are not expected.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Laura McDermott, Greenwich and Docklands Festival ()

Filipa Sousa, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal ()

Watch This Space, National Theatre, London ()

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
An outdoor show featuring a gardener and a giant compost heap. Totally visual, suitable for audiences of all ages. (35 mins, performed 2 times a day, 3 on the road.)

A 3-D bedtime story where the audience of five are tucked up in bed and pushed into a theatrical tent. Totally visual and suitable for all ages. (10 mins, performed over 2 x 2 hour periods per day, 5 on the road.)

Performed inside the belly of a 9m long sleeping pig. The audience are given the opportunity to act like pigs. Totally visual and suitable for all ages. (10 mins, performed over 2 x 2 hour periods per day, 3 on the road.)

An installation for indoor spaces. The audience look inside a 3.5 metre square cube and discover the furniture has a life of its own. A long get-in period means this is a project for extended periods rather than short visits. (4 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Daydreams, idle thoughts, head-aches and cluelessness re-imagined as theatre running through your head. For audiences of all ages. (20 mins, performed 3 times a day.)

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Netherlands, Portugal ()
2005–07 Australia (), Belgium (, ), Denmark, Germany (), Portugal (, ), Ireland (), Netherlands (), Slovenia (), Spain ()

TOURING AVAILABILITY
All year round

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