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SIZE OF COMPANY
4 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Performer/Writer
Melanie Wilson
Producer
Kate McGrath (Fuel)
Project Manager
Alice Massey (Fuel)
Production Manager
Stuart Heyes (Fuel)
ARTISTIC POLICY
Melanie Wilson is a London-based performer, writer and sound artist. She trained at Central School of Speech and Drama and is currently a BAC Supported Artist. Melanie’s work as a solo artist includes Iris Brunette, The Philosopher of Furniture, Capsule, Simple Girl and Blackbird. Melanie recently won Best Production at the Dublin Fringe Festival (September 2009) for Iris Brunette.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Iris is frail and strong, shy and bold, her stories suffused with impossible beauty but dripping with inexpressible dread.’ Time Out (Iris Brunette)
‘When she speaks, the darkness is magnified, as if she has wormed her way inside your head. Her solo show, Iris Brunette, is not just a performance: it is a state of mind.’ The Guardian (Iris Brunette)
‘Give this girl an audience and make her a star.’ The Herald (Simple Girl)
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Iris Brunette A sortie into a curious cityscape of the future past, featuring Iris Brunette: part-time travelling refugee, part compassionate voyeur. A warmly mournful and disarmingly engaging piece, inspired by the film La Jetée by Chris Marker. (60 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 4 on the road.)
Mari Me Archie (an audio companion piece to Iris Brunette) A bewitching performance for just two people at a time. Experienced through headphones, Mari Me Archie is part adventure, part audio guide, part folk-tale, opening into a world both exotic and startlingly familiar. (20 mins, no interval.)
Simple Girl A one-woman trans-European adventure, that trips from glamorous intrigue through macabre curiosity to the lonely flight of lost love and a yearning to be something more, to be someone else. (50 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2 on the road.)
WRAP-AROUND
Post-show discussions and workshops. Melanie has worked with groups of theatre-makers, aged 14 and over. Her workshops focus on sound design within theatre.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2009 Ireland (Iris Brunette)
2007 Ireland (Simple Girl)
TOURING AVAILABILITY
Iris Brunette, Mari Me Archie and Simple Girl available throughout 2010
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