Paul Miskin
10 Ravensworth Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6AU
T +44 (0)1912 618987
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SIZE OF COMPANY
3–53 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Open air situations of every size
PERMANENT STAFF
Directors
Paul Miskin
Miranda Sharp
ARTISTIC POLICY
To produce astonishing street theatre performances worldwide. To create theatre that truly challenges the context of the street and the reality in which the performance is embedded.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
I was completely blown away by Neighbourhood Watch and the impact they had on the kids, it was as if their world had changed once they saw them, because they never had conceived that creatures like that could exist.
Paul Collard, Newhaven Register
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Interventions and parades
Les Oiseaux de lux interactive street intervention (cast 3-22) 25mins duration (up to 3 shows per day) stilts. An invasion of giant birds.
The Butterfly Collection interactive street intervention(cast 3-7) 30 mins duration (up to 3 shows per day) stilts four legged. An invasion of giant butterflies.
The Samba ants drumming ensemble (cast 5-7) 20 mins stilt duration (up to 3 shows per day)/Drumming robots alternative
The Ant Orkezdra a new brass and drumming ensemble of giant ants cast 15 one 55 minute parade show per day which can be divided
Dali and Gala Giant inflatable puppet dancers (cast 4) 10 mins duration (up to 3 shows per day)
The Caterpillar Giant inflatable puppet (cast 10) 15 mins to be negotiated duration (up to 2 shows per day)
Sid the spider Giant inflatable puppet (cast 11) 15 mins to be negotiated duration (up to 2 shows per day)
Middle/Large scale open air performances
Chromarama Arena spectacle (cast 14) 25 mins duration (up to 2 shows per day)dance/ ballet/ movement/ stilts/ inflatables. Live and recorded sound. An exploration of colour released from its depictive duties, and the human form revealed by wrapping. Sculptural dance.
Soznak a multicultural street music ensemble (cast 12) Two 45 min sets
Large scale performances with smaller versions available
Delireality large scale piece for city square or squares. (cast 25) 35 mins duration (one night time show site visits 2 days prep and full tech spec) Pyrotechnics fire theatre fire drawing drumming stilts inflatables music. A street theatre and pyrotechnic exploration of the iconography of Salvador Dali
Grand Magix (cast 25). 35 mins duration (one night time show site visits 2 days prep and full tech spec) Stilts, inflatables, helium suspended aerial puppetry and performance pyrotechnics. A street theatre exploration of the magics of technology and nature
Taranta (53) 50 mins duration (one night time show, site visits plus 1-2 days prep and full tech spec) Stilts, inflatables, helium suspended aerial puppetry and performance abstilting installation, live original music performance and pyrotechnics An urban invasion/hallucination of spiders and insect life set to the darker flamenco modes (echoes of the Moorish invasion of southern Spain) and the `compas` (rhythmic pattern of stresses in a 12 beat cycle) of the Buleria
WRAP-AROUND
To be negotiated
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
Where: Dancing in the Street, St Louis, USA
When: Saturday 27th September 2008
Shows: Chromarama, Les Oiseaux de Lux
Where: Merced, Barcelona, Spain
When: 20th & 21st September 2006
Shows: Ant Orchestra, The Butterfly Collection
Where: Salamanca Festival, Salamanca, Spain
When: 11th - 14th September 2008
Shows: Les Oiseaux, Butterfly Collection, Drumming Ants, Sid the Giant Spider
Where: La Mouette Rieuse - theatre de la rue, Dunkirk, France
When: Sunday 17th August 2008
Shows: Les Oiseaux
Where: Venlo THeatre Festival, Venlo, Netherlands
When: Saturday 12th July 2008
Shows: Les Oiseaux
Where: Fiesta del Sol, Eindhoven, Netherlands
When: Sunday 29th June 2008
Shows: The Butterflies/Les Oiseaux
Where: Dordrecht Festival, Dordrecht, Netherlands
When: Saturday 28th June 2008
Shows: The Butterfly Collection
Where: Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
When: Saturday 28th June 2008
Shows: Summer magic/Site Specific Event
Where: Split Theatre Festival, Split, Croatia
When: Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th June 2008
Shows: Les Oiseaux
Where: Kirkcaldy Summer Events, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
When: Saturday 21st June 2008
Shows: The Caterpillar, Ant Parade, Dancing Giants
Where: Bad Hersfeld Festival of Music, Bad Hersfeld, Germany
When: Saturday 7th June 2008
Shows: The Butterfly Collection
Where: Cupar Childrens Gala, Cupar, Scotland
When: Saturday 7th June 08
Shows: Drumming Ants
Where: May Day Parade, Genk, Belgium
When: Thursday 1st May 2008
Shows: Ant Orkestra
Where: Town Centre Opening, Hardenburg, Netherlands
When: Thursday 10th April 2008
Shows: Les Oiseaux/The Butterfly Collection
TOURING AVAILABILITY
All the year round availability for all productions, subject to existing bookings and at least a month in advance for the larger shows
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