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Maison Foo

MAISON FOO  

 Nationality:    English
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Maison Foo exists to create mischievous new theatre that challenges audiences and tickles their imagination. We aim to devise inventive visual theatre that collides the everyday with the surreal, drawing on influences from puppetry, clowning and physical theatre

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below is a list of Maison Foo's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Memoirs Of A Biscuit Tin         Mobile Library (Annes), The         Pendulums Bargain Emporium         Shop, The

Memoirs Of A Biscuit Tin

Synopsis:
a topsy-turvy tale for grown-ups

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1st Produced:
Waterside Arts Centre in Sale    05 Oct 2011

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Mobile Library (Annes), The

Synopsis:
a pair of eccentric librarians are collecting dusty memories rather than books.
Lyn Gardner, Guardian

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part of Junction Sampled Festival Of Performance

1st Produced:
Cambridge, Junction    30 Apr /2011

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Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 09 Page 481

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Pendulums Bargain Emporium

Synopsis:
Welcome to Pendulums...the high street store that offers you more than you bargained for. Brought to you by creators of Edinburgh 2010 sell-out smash hit Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin, imagination ticklers Maison Foo entice you to join them on a darkly comic and shameless shopping experience like no other. Inspired by The Elves and the Shoemaker this desperate tale of necessity versus greed is told with humour, intimacy and charm using Maison Foos inventive visual blend of storytelling, puppetry and live music raising the question: What lengths do we go to, to make ourselves happy?

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1st Produced:
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Festival Fringe    Aug 2013

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devised, puppetry 1 hour

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Shop, The

Synopsis:
Dear customer, you are invited to Maison Foo's 'shop'. Happy to exchange almost anything and everything with you for the right price... No money needed, just your imagination and keen eye for a bargain! We would like to welcome you to Pendulums, purveyors of everything you've ever wanted and more. But everything has a price...so, what are you willing to pay? Shopkeepers with a difference will offer you plenty to take away with you& but are they also looking for something in return? This short-burst opening at Pendulums invites customers and members of the public to enter into Theatre company Maison Foo's creative process, encouraging the public to interact with some rather intriguing shopkeepers, in a fun and informal way, and to offer and exchange their opinions on the world of retail, greed and necessity. Will your contribution be accepted or will the shopkeepers want to exchange it for someone else's? During your visit; prepare to play store detective and keep your eye out for some larger-than-life customers and staff members too. Peek through the rails and peer behind the shop counter as Pendulums is The Shop where you never know what you're going to get or what you're going to come away with! Opening for a limited time only will allow the staff' at Pendulums plenty of opportunity to gather the goods and customer feedback' they require from the people of Derby to open branches in other areas of the country  in the form of a full length production which will tour to numerous arts venues across the UK.

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1st Produced:
Cornmarket, Derby    21 Nov 2012

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