Fuel at the Roundhouse
Fuel at the Roundhouse is a series of performances in development by some of the most inspiring artists in the UK. A chance to catch their early ideas and tell us what you think. Here's what's happened so far...
The Summer House
18 September & 19 September 2009
A performance by Will Adamsdale, Neil Haigh and Matthew Steer, directed by John Wright.
An awkward thirty-something male, (urban) drags two other thirty-something males (also urban) to his newly acquired remote Scottish Summer House for the weekend. An exploration of lost souls and buried memories; the inheritance of nature and the nature of inheritance.
Don’t Shoot The Clowns by Paul Hodson
16 October & 17 October 2009
Inspired by the book of the same name by Jo Wilding.A feisty piece of theatre inspired by the rough magic and wonder of a circus in a war zone. Don’t Shoot The Clowns is the second production by writer and director Paul Hodson’s new theatre company, The Future Is Unwritten. www.the-future-is-unwritten.co.uk
Untitled by Inua Ellams
20 November & 21 November 2009
To name something is to call it into life, to determine its future. Untitled is a magical realist story set in Nigeria and England, of identical twin brothers separated at birth, one twin without a future, without a purpose, without a name. Inua Ellams is a poet and graphic artist. He was born in Nigeria and now lives and works in London. www.phaze05.com
Going Dark by Sound&Fury
15 & 16 January 2010Going Dark is a one-man show set in a planetarium. Using the company’s innovative theatre vocabulary of immersive surround sound design, moments of total darkness and imaginative lighting and projections, Going Dark will explore contemporary society's lost connection with the night sky and its wonder at the cosmos. Made with the award winning young designer selected in collaboration with The Linbury Prize for Stage Design, Aleš Valášek. Commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre
Sitting Room Circus by Wildwood
5 & 6 February 2010For family audiences, aged 5 and above - a taster of the full production.
Did you ever want to join the circus but not want to run away? When she’s told her dreams of flying on the trapeze are ridiculous, Su finds herself sad and alone at home. On one magical night her furniture takes pity on her and gradually comes to life, enabling her to achieve her dream in the most unexpected fashion. Sitting Room Circus combines dance theatre and puppetry – specially created furniture transforms from domestic fixture to fantastical creature.
A recorded score combines original piano composition by Paul Englishby and re-scored versions of well-known classical works – Beethoven for the ferocious sofa, Saint–Saëns for the flying scatter cushions, Bach for the balancing dining chairs… This is an informative but also humorous look at some of classical music’s ‘greats’ seen in a different light, and will be a perfect introduction to musically based choreography for all the family.
With design by Jon Bausor and puppets devised by Mervyn Millar (both of whom collaborated on Will Tuckett’s Thief of Baghdad) this will be a visually exciting and innovative production with puppetry based on the traditional bunraku style but adapted to incorporate a strong dance element.
The Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Road
London, NW1 8EHALL TICKETS £5 per performance
www.roundhouse.org.uk
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