The Circus Village | 6 – 29 July 2018, Avignon Le OFF

Lexicon - NoFit State Circus

Lexicon

Lexicon is poised midway between contemporary performance and a celebration of the past, between present and future, between exploring the new language of circus and enjoying its traditional codes. Inhabited by wild energy and accompanied by a band of live musicians playing a mixture of rock ballads, blues, reggae and spacey melodies, NoFit State’s new production is full of surprises; an ambitious performance which plays mischievously with the borders between traditional and contemporary circus.

Full of surprises, tenderness and joie de vivre.

NoFit State Circus

NoFit State was founded in Wales in 1986 by five friends.

In these politically charged times with the country in recession and under the Thatcher regime the company was born as a response to the world around it. Since that time, NoFit State has played an iconic role in the development of contemporary circus in the United Kingdom.

Six years after their storming success at the Avignon Festival Off with Tabù, the Welsh are once more laying down the silver space ship at Barthelasse Island with their latest show and a new challenge – to present their own work alongside four young companies at the cutting edge of British contemporary circus.

Partners

Commissioned by the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle under Lyme
Funded by Arts Council England
Co-produced by Les Tombées de la Nuit, Rennes, Marseille Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque and Cirque Jules Verne, Pôle National Cirque et Arts de la Rue.

Production Team

Tom Rack: Artistic Director
Firenza Guidi: Director
David Murray: Composer
Saz Moir: Set Design
Rhiannon Matthews: Costume Design
Lyndall Merry: Rigging Design
Jean-Marie Prouvèze: Lighting Design
Nic Von Der Borch: Structure Design
Joe Wild: Movement Coach
Tairn Aitken: Rigging Engineer
Liviù Pasare: Video Content
Camille Beaumier: Creative Producer
Libby Spencer: Company Stage Manager
Becca Davies: Assistant Producer and Ticketing
Emma Cameron: Spotlight Producer
Tim Adam: FoH Manager and Security
Annette Loose: Production Manager
Mike Alldred: Carpenter
Carl Davies: Set Dressing
Blaze Tarsha: Costume and Wardrobe Assistant
Eleanor Tipler: Seamstress
Oska Howells: Seamstress
Fran Widdowson: Seamstress
Hazel Bryan: Tent Boss
Simon Wall: Assistant Lighting Designer
Andy Goldberg: Sound Design/Operator/Musician
Sam Eccles: Technician
Alexandra Whittall: Chef
Pauline Frémeau: Bar Manager and Steward
Molly Samson: Merchandise Manager and Steward
Louis Beresford: Kitchen Assistant
Ethan Szafnauer & Cecilia Zucchetti: Crew

Performing Company

Lyndall Merry: Swinging Trapeze and Rigger
Vilhelmiina Sinervo: Slack Rope
Rosa-Maria Autio: Foot Juggling and Skipping
Rosa-Marie Schmid: Double Ropes and Risley
Nicoló Marzoli: Base and Risley
Luke Hallgarten: Juggling and Cyr Wheel
Sam Goodburn: Unicycle
Luca Morrocchi: Chinese Pole and Hand-to-Hand Acrobatics
Fabian Galouÿe: Straps and Diabolo
Mathieu Hedan: Handbalance
Joachim Aussibal: Cyr Wheel and Second Rigger
Lisa Savini: Musician
Conor Pelan: Musician
Pauline Frémeau: Musician
Molly Samson: Musician
Blaze Tarsha: Musician
Simon Wall: Musician
Junior Barbosa: Joker and Second Rigger

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Unsuitable - Tumble Circus

Unsuitable, a wacky ensemble with bone-dry Irish humour, puts a gang of abrasive characters on stage and asks ultra-serious questions about gender, race, identity and humour. Midway between circus comedy and the poetry of movement, against a backdrop of juggling, aerial acrobatics, tightrope walking and clowns, feats of circus ability become a pretext to make the audience both laugh and think.

Tumble Circus

Tumble Circus has deep roots in Northern Ireland and is now home to internationally renowned artists from Great Britain, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Australia. Their work bears all the stamp of a determination to produce a circus in their own image, a circus steeped in the political and cultural history of the city and beyond, a circus that makes you want to pursue your desires.

Partners

Funded by Arts Council Ireland

Distribution

Performers and Authors: Tina Machina, Kenneth Fall, Angelique Reckless Ross, Mia Albers, Hillas Smith

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Knot - Nikki & JD

Knot

Knot is an acrobatic pas de deux about the search for a significant partner.

As the two performers execute athletic lifts, balances and sinewy choreography, their voices share the romantic dreams, falsehoods and confusion that underpin their complex relationship. Equally funny and heart-breaking, Nikki & JD reveal the raw underbelly of their friendship with an effortless balance between spectacle and intimacy.

Nikki & JD

Nikki & JD add techniques taken from gymnastics, capoeira and contemporary dance to their circus skills. From the outset they have always enjoyed playing with different codes and offering performances which combine dance, acrobatics and storytelling.

Partners

Co-commissioned by Jackson’s Lane

With the support of La Grainerie, Jerwood Choreographic Fund, Arts Council England, Déda, Warwick Arts Centre, Up & Out Network, The National Centre for Circus Arts, The Place.

Distribution

Performers and Authors: Jean-Daniel Broussé and Nikki Rummer Director: Rosamund Martin

Dramatist: Ben Duke

Choreographer: Martin Corri Performance Mentor: Pippa Duke Lighting Design: William Ingham Costume Design: Oliver Garcia

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Tipping Point - Ockham's Razor

Tipping Point

Tipping Point is a performance staged in the round in a hushed and nerve-wracking world. Five metal poles create a “partition” above and below which the performers stroll, dangle, climb and drop. With atmospheric noise and a gentle atmosphere, Tipping Point plunges the audience into an ever-changing world, one minute surprising, the next nerve wracking, thrilling and always teetering. Spellbinding!

Ockham’s Razor

Ockham’s Razor, a company at the very forefront of the circus revolution in the United Kingdom, dreams up forms of aerial writing where circus merges with visual theatre and dance to offer moving, original performances which cast a wondering eye on humans and their relationships with each other and the world that surrounds them.

Details

14 – 29 July, off on 10, 17 and 24 July
18.00 (65 minutes)
Full Price 18 euros / Reduced: 12 euros / Kids: 10 euros

Distribution

Directed by: Charlotte Mooney and Tina Koch (Ockham’s Razor)
Performed by: Alex Harvey, Telma Pinto, Steve Ryan, Emily Nicholl and Sadiq Ali
Music: Adem Ilhan and Quinta
Scenogaphy: Ockham’s Razor
Costumes: Tina Bicat
Lighting: Phil Supple

Partners
Produced by Turtle Key Arts
Funded by Arts Council England
Co-commissioned by London International Mime Festival, The Lowry.
Supported by Dance City, Harlow Playhouse, artsdepot and Lincoln Drill Hall.
Spotlight UK Circus selection.

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Flown - Pirates of the Carabina

Flown
Flown tells the tale of a motley crew of acrobats, tightrope walkers, musicians and tumblers trying to get the show on the road. They make a mockery of all conventions, rules and established order. Unexpected mishaps and disasters – with Flown everything that can does go wrong. With a catastrophic chain of meticulously choreographed tumbles to live music, Flown is wonderfully bonkers circus to enjoy with friends or family.

Pirates of the Carabina

Pirates of the Carabina (POC) are known for their uniquely inventive and quirky approach to the codes of circus. They specialise in creating highly technical circus performances in which live music plays a very big role.

Details

6 – 29 July, off on 10, 17 and 24 July
22.00 (85 minutes)
Full Price: 22 euros / Reduced: 15 euros / Kids: 14 euros

Distribution

Directed and performed by Shaena Brandel, Jade Dunbar, Barnz Munn and the performers
Directed by: James Williams
Design: Barnz Munn, Jade Dunbar, Tarn Aitken and Annabel Munn
Costumes: Barnz Munn and Rachel Kenyon
Music: James Williams, Thomas Podgoretsky and Pirates of the Carabina
Lighting: James Loudon and Jade Dunbar

Partners

Commissioned by Glastonbury Festival.
Supported by Crying Out Loud, Arts Council England and the Arts Council of Wales.
Spotlight UK Circus selection.

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