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Performance in Profile 2010 - British Council - Arts

Paul Miskin
10 Ravensworth Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6AU

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Dance
- Small-scale companies/artists
- Middle-scale companies
- Large-scale companies

Drama
- Small-scale companies/artists
- Middle-scale companies
- Large-scale companies

Live Art
- Live Art companies/artists

Outdoor Work
- Outdoor companies

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

Paul Collard, Newhaven Register

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Interventions and parades
interactive street intervention (cast 3-22) 25mins duration (up to 3 shows per day) stilts. An invasion of giant birds.
interactive street intervention(cast 3-7) 30 mins duration (up to 3 shows per day)  stilts four legged. An invasion of giant butterflies.
s drumming ensemble (cast 5-7) 20 mins stilt duration (up to 3 shows per day)/Drumming robots alternative
a new brass and drumming ensemble of giant ants cast 15 one 55 minute parade show per day which can be divided
Giant inflatable puppet dancers (cast 4) 10 mins duration (up to 3 shows per day)
Giant inflatable puppet (cast 10) 15 mins to be negotiated duration (up to 2 shows per day)
Giant inflatable puppet (cast 11) 15 mins to be negotiated duration (up to 2 shows per day)
Middle/Large scale open air performances  
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.
a multicultural street music ensemble (cast 12) Two 45 min sets
Large scale performances with smaller versions available
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
(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
(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
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Where: Merced, Barcelona, Spain
When: 20th & 21st September 2006
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Where: Salamanca Festival, Salamanca, Spain
When: 11th - 14th September 2008
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Where: La Mouette Rieuse - theatre de la rue, Dunkirk, France
When: Sunday 17th August 2008
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Where: Venlo THeatre Festival, Venlo, Netherlands
When: Saturday 12th July 2008
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Where: Fiesta del Sol, Eindhoven, Netherlands
When: Sunday 29th June 2008
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Where: Dordrecht Festival, Dordrecht, Netherlands
When: Saturday 28th June 2008
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Where: Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
When: Saturday 28th June 2008
Shows: /Site Specific Event
Where: Split Theatre Festival, Split, Croatia
When: Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th June 2008
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Where: Kirkcaldy Summer Events, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
When: Saturday 21st June 2008
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Where: Bad Hersfeld Festival of Music, Bad Hersfeld, Germany
When: Saturday 7th June 2008
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Where: Cupar Childrens Gala, Cupar, Scotland
When: Saturday 7th June 08
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Where: May Day Parade, Genk, Belgium
When: Thursday 1st May 2008
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Where: Town Centre Opening, Hardenburg, Netherlands
When: Thursday 10th April 2008
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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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