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Dateline:
2nd February, 2005
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scene from "White Cabin" by Akhe of St Petersburg. |
East Meets West in Eastern England
East Meets East is the first international festival of Eastern European
theatre in the East of England and takes place in March 2005 (March
7 – 13) bringing some of Eastern Europe’s finest productions
to English stages.
Six venues in Bedford, Cambridge, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich will
host performances from five of Eastern Europe’s most exciting,
accessible, colourful, culturally diverse and entertaining companies.
The performances encompass puppetry, physical theatre, live music, mime
and sheer exuberance! Two of the shows enjoyed massive success at the
2004 Edinburgh Festival, some have been performed many times to rapturous
receptions in Europe and around the world and one is a bona fide World
Premiere. With subject matter ranging from the adult to lost balloons
there is something here to appeal to all ages from 3 years up.
East Meets East is the first project from a new Cambridge based arts
provider, ArtKam, which has been especially created to bring the best
of Eastern European theatre and music to the UK.
The shows are:
- AKHE (St Petersburg, Russia) Present WHITE CABIN
‘Theatrical magic (a) beguiling display of visual imagination’.
(The Independent)
Suitable for ages 12 and over
- TOACA (Romania) Present ORPHEUS (World Premiere)
‘A wonderful show of discipline, adventure and technique...an
extremely enjoyable evening’ (The Times)
Suitable for ages 12 and over
- NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER (Czech/Poland) Present MY LONG JOURNEY
HOME
‘The most tear-inducing, hilarious, stimulating, intelligent
and brilliant piece of theatre I’ve seen in years’ (3 Weeks)
Suitable for ages 12 and over
- TEATRE NOVOGO FRONTA (Czech/Russia) Present DIAS DE LAS NOCHES
‘A visually ravishing tragic-comedy’ (The Sunday Times)
Suitable for ages 15 and over
- DRAK (Czech) Present FLYING BABIES
‘One of the most intelligent and flawless pieces of children’s
theatre I have ever seen – with the added bonus of being highly
amusing for all’ (Edinburgh Guide)
Suitable for all ages (from 3 years) this show is suitable for all
ages and works best played to mixed audience of children, their parents
and grandparents!
Listings
Cinema City@ ThePlayhouse, St Andrews Street, Norwich (01603 622047)
Sun Mar 6 KONTROLL. 2.45pm
Bowen West Theatre, Lansdown Road, Bedford (01234 219333)
Tues Mar 8 DRAK: FLYING BABIES. 7pm
Fri Mar 11 NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME 8pm
Sat Mar 12 TEATRE NOVOGO FRONTA: DIAS DE LAS NOCHES 8pm
Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street Colchester (01206 500900)
Tues Mar 8 TOACA: ORPHEUS World Premiere 8pm
Weds Mar 9 AKHE: WHITE CABIN. 8pm
Thurs Mar 10 NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME. 8pm
Sun Mar 13 DRAK: FLYING BABIES 2pm
The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge (01223 511511)
Tues Mar 8 AKHE: WHITE CABIN. 8pm
Thurs Mar 10 TEATRE NOVOGO FRONTA: DIAS DE LAS NOCHES 8pm
Fri Mar 11 DRAK: FLYING BABIES 7pm
Sat Mar 12 TOACA: ORPHEUS 8pm
New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich (01473 295900)
Tues Mar 8 TEATRE NOVOGO FRONTA: DIAS DE LAS NOCHES 7.45pm
Weds Mar 9 NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME 7.45pm
Sat Mar 12 DRAK: FLYING BABIES 11am
Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts St Norwich (01603 660352)
Weds Mar 9 TEATRE NOVOGO FRONTA: DIAS DE LAS NOCHES 8pm
Thurs Mar 10 DRAK: FLYING BABIES 6pm
Norwich Playhouse, St Andrews Street, Norwich (01603 598598)
Tues Mar 8 NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER: MY LONG JOURNEY HOME. 7.30pm
Thurs Mar 10 TOACA: ORPHEUS 7.30pm
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