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Fantasist, The
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A re-working of Barbe Bleue. A blend of physical theatre, puppetry and original music tells the story of a woman's battle with the swirl of extreme moods. Struggling with the tricks her mind plays on her, Louise yearns for sleep. Instead, she must take a strange journey with a surprise visitor in this exploration of bipolar disorder.
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Devised by the original cast
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puppetry, physical theatre and original music
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Feed
Synopsis:
A Palestinian woman takes a photograph of a boy. A journalist steals the photo to use in an article he is writing. A blogger is very moved by the photo in the article posts a tribute. A CEO sees the tribute and makes it go viral. All four are caught up in a media storm.
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2018
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Drama
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Jukai
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At the base of Mount Fuji lies a stretch of forest known locally as 'the Sea of Trees'. Centuries of secrets lie hidden under the mossy earth, where rivers of lava have hardened over to form the cavernous forest floor. Thousands of people who have entered these woods have never been seen again. Some simply got lost. Others went in intending to disappear. . . theatre Temoin collaborates with Taiko drummers to devise a new piece which incorporates half-mask, contemporary theatre and Japanese traditional music to tell a story about straying from the path.
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: musicians
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Marked, The
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In his youth Jack fought dragons and monsters to save his people. As an adult he is homeless and living on the streets of London. A ghost from his past appears
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Nineveh
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Once there was a boy. the war had taken his hands and arms. When he went home, his family didn't recognise him. "You have no arms", they said, "you are not our son". they threw him into the river, where a giant fish swallowed him. . .Three men sit in the belly of a beast, playing and living in their dreams, with nothing but their memories to haunt them. When a boy arrives their world begins to change, launching them on a journey beyond the atrocities of the past.
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written by Julia Pascal
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Nobody's Home
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Turbulent storms and fantastical monsters stalk Ulysses at every port; what should be a joyous voyage - his homecoming - becomes a nightmare more torturous than the war he is returning from. Grafted Cede and theatre Temoin collaborate in this modern and highly physical retelling of the Odyssey, painting a dreamscape of post-war trauma through the story of a combat veteran fighting a psychological battle to get 'home.'
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Routes
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A rag-tag group of refugees have to learn to get on together and do so by telling their own stories
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Devised by the original cast
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Brighton Festival
2019
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