Nick Walker or Derek Nisbet
Institute for Creative Enterprise
Parkside
Coventry
CV1 2QR
T +44 (0)247 615 8330
F +44 (0)247 615 8292
E birdmail@talkingbirds.co.uk
W talkingbirds.co.uk
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SIZE OF COMPANY
3–8 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Joint Artistic Director/Composer
Derek Nisbet
Joint Artistic Director/Writer
Nick Walker
Joint Artistic Director/Designer
Janet Vaughan
ARTISTIC POLICY
Talking Birds is a theatre company whose aim is to perpetrate astonishing acts of transformation. The company is particularly known for its site-specific work in unusual situations.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘The fine Coventry company who pioneered site-specific theatre.’ The Guardian
‘There is a perfect harmony between space and performance: the event is as much a celebration of a place as it is of an idea.’ ReviewsGate (Solid Blue)
‘What others claim to be, Talking Birds are. True theatre poets.’ Arts Council Advisor’s Report
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Whale A multi-sensory micro-performance for one audience member at a time within the belly of a giant aluminium whale. Suitable for all ages 6+, accessible for wheelchair users. (3 mins per performance, audience capacity up to 200 per day, 3 on the road.)
Forever in Your Debt (co-production with Foursight Theatre.) Timely, song-driven theatre show for middle-scale venues. Stark, funny, absurd and anarchic, this is a new co-production from the companies that created Thatcher the Musical! (Foursight) and Trevor Goose (Talking Birds). (90 mins plus interval, 8 on the road.)
WRAP-AROUND
Residencies during which work is created for a building or site, often involving community/student participation, which can be related to university modules on creating site-specific work. Lecture demonstrations, talks and masterclasses on the company’s methodology for students, artists and policy makers.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Ireland (The Whale, The Last Lot)
2006 Russia (Other Coventry/Other Volgograd)
TOURING AVAILABILITY
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