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Pas Perdus

Pas Perdus

Delightful family-friendly clowning

19 Aug 2010

The booming voiceover that introduces this charming piece of physical theatre is that of a hypnotist inducing the calm of sleep on its audience. What then transpires is the appearance of a dream world, though the night visions we experience are far from…

Cento Cose marks multimedia dance debut for physical theatre collective

Cento Cose marks multimedia dance debut for physical theatre collective

Award-winning look at day-to-day life with Aphex Twin score

3 Aug 2010

Italian physical theatre collective Compagnia della Quarta’s multimedia Fringe debut is based on the idea that there are ‘cento cose’ (‘one hundred things’ in Italian) that contemporary life requires us to do each working day. ‘We started with “we do…

The Surge Grande Parade: Conflux Maximus

The Surge Grande Parade: Conflux Maximus

23 Jul 2010

Something strange has been happening in Glasgow’s performance spaces recently, and it’s about to burst all over Buchanan Street. Conflux Maximus is a gigantic parade of performance art, and possibly some Roman-style decadence, to celebrate the launch of…

The Venus Labyrinth

Surge physical theatre festival brings The Venus Labyrinth to Glasgow

30 Jun 2010

If you spot something which defies description hovering around Glasgow city centre during the last weekend in July, chances are it’s Conflux at work. Set up in 2009 to support Scottish physical theatre, street arts and circus, Conflux is about to hold…

Bright Black

Bright Black

Dark complexity from Vox Motus

1 Oct 2009

The latest show from those masters of theatre’s dark arts, Vox Motus, focuses on Claire (Meline Danielewicz), a recently bereaved young woman. She struggles through her grief while caged in a ‘post-apocalyptic converted abattoir’ of a flat. Kettles…

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Popular events

Skewered Snails
Date	Location
The tale of a disturbingly dysfunctional family is told through darkly comic physical theatre. Part of SURGE Festival. View full details
26 Jul–27 Jul Thu & Fri 7–8pm	Platform, Glasgow

the sky fell from your heart and landed in my eyes
Date	Location
A devised piece about holding together and falling apart from first year Contemporary Performance Practice students. View full details
30 May–1 Jun Wed–Fri 7pm	Chandler Studio at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow

Fragments Of Ash
Date	Location
Notional Theatre presents Terry Victor's physical theatre piece about the effects of war on two different women. The production features music by Gareth Wyn Griffiths and Kylie Ann Smith's choreography. View full details
1 Jun–2 Jun Jun 1 & 2, 8pm	Chapter, Cardiff

Lightning Ensemble, Ian Marchant, Frederike: Triple Bill Programme (1908 - Body And Soul/20 Hours And Counting/New Site-Specific Work)
Date	Location
Triple bill comprising a collision between circus and sport, an entertaining mix of juggling and silent movie-style comedy, and three site-specific physical works in and around the building. View full details
14 Jun–15 Jun Jun 14 & 15, 8pm	Main House & Foyer at Jacksons Lane Theatre, London N6

In Transit
Date	Location
INdependDANCE Youth Dance Theatre. Follow the journeys of child migrants past and present, who share experiences of loss, isolation and courage, ultimately finding hope in the kindness of others. Innovative, emotive dance theatre, interwoven with elements of promenade, projected image and text. All ages. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Sat 2.30–3.20pm Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.	theSpace on Niddry Street, Edinburgh

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