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WENDY HOUSTOUN / Image: Happy Hour / Photographer: Chris Nash

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Photographer: Chris Nash

WENDY HOUSTOUN

Text-based: Heavy|Performance|Dance theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
2–3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artist
Wendy Houstoun

ARTISTIC POLICY
To investigate and create work that combines language and movement in a way that is direct, meaningful, and not without humour.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The Age ( and )
The Australian. ()

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
An umbrella title under which smaller acts will appear, The first being . A celebration of energy with text and movement.
Times vary, currently 1 on stage, 2 to 3 on the road
Words to take you back, moves to calm you down, dances to remind you of home. Wendy’s own idiosyncratic take on the castaway theme works with snatches of conversation and familiar gestures drawn from everyday life.
60 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2 to 3 on the road.
A site-specific piece for a bar. A blend of movement and text about the bittersweet state of England. Live performance can be accompanied by a 15 minute film, , directed by David Hinton.
45 mins, no interval, 1 on stage, 2 to 3 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
A new duet with Matteo Fargion. This unlikely pair are in the throws of making a new duet involving singing and some dancing.

WRAP-AROUND
Wendy is available for workshops but prefers to keep performing and workshops separate. She also prefers to lead intensive sessions lasting a number of days (5 to 8 days), rather than one-off, short sessions. Presentations/talks and discussions of her work are also possible.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Germany,2008 Australia,2007 Lithuania, 2007 Austria, Workshops for 2007France,

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Please contact for availability

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