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
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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 ()
‘What others claim to be, Talking Birds are. True theatre poets.’ Arts Council Advisor’s Report
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
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.)
(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 (, )
2006 Russia ()
TOURING AVAILABILITY
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