On the Lining of Bees (an Angus Balbernie production)
Thurs 13th - Sat 15th and Wed 19th - Sat 22nd May. 7.30pm.
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
Angus Balbernie, producer/dancer/choreographer, known and cherished
throughout Europe and the USA, has devised this piece especially for
the Tobacco Factory space. Together with performers Clive Andrews,
Janis Claxton and Barbara Schroer, they also use Soundscape and video
images cleverly entwined with bodies and the text, to reveal the works
and life of the novelist Malcolm Lowry.
Taylor's Dummies by Gecko
Thurs 27th - Sat 29th May 7.30pm.
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
This brilliant young company have triumphed with their latest piece,
Taylor's Dummies. To huge acclaim from the national critics,
they are producing a new and inventive form of very physical theatre.
Deeply funny and stunningly dramatic, performers walk up walls, fly
through the air and bring dolls and dummies to life.
Pugilist Specialist by The Riot Group
Wed 2nd - Sat 5th June 8pm.
Prices: £12 (£8 conc.)
This group from San Francisco have landed in Britain and hit the ground
running. They have been rated in the 'top theatre' in the national
press ever since the beginning of this tour of Pugilist Specialist.
The hit of Edinburgh 2003 and a sell-out in London, this is a timely
dissection of the American Military's hunt for evil in foreign lands.
Tiger Child by Tim Tam Theatre Company
Sat 5th June 11am. (for children aged from 3 to 8 years)
Prices: £6 adult, £4 children.
Land of Dust (Naked Theatre)
Tues 15th and Wed 16th June. 8pm.
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
Czech dancer, Yitka Charyparova, gives a virtuoso performance of this
interdisciplinary adaptation of Strindberg's Dream Play and
TS Eliot's The Wasteland. The piece combines dance, drama,
music, poetry and singing with international folk traditions and magic
ritual.
Mensa Secunda (Spin Media)
Fri 18th and Sat 19th June. 8pm.
Prices: £10 (£7 conc.)
This highly acclaimed Amsterdam company bring a work combining the
newest of sound and lighting technology with ancient and archetypal
ideas. The story of a cook seeking the perfect recipe!
The Nutcracker by Cornelius and Jones
Sat 3rd July 11am. (For children aged 5 years + )
Prices: £6 adult, £4 children
