A groundbreaking theatrical experience from Duncan Speakman
London, 12th November 2009
Bristol, 13th November 2009
Liverpool, 14th November 2009
“Putting on a pair of headphones you find yourself immersed in the cinema of everyday life. As the soundtrack swells, people in the crowd around you re-enact the England of today. Sometimes you’re just drifting and watching, sometimes you’re creating the scenes yourself. This is no requiem, this a celebratory slow dance, a chance to savour the world you live in.” Duncan Speakman
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A new wave of Vauxhall Collective commissions are announced
Katie Paterson, Duncan Speakman, Seba Kurtis and Studio Glithero are this year’s brightest creative talent to be commissioned by Vauxhall Motors
Four of the most hotly anticipated artists, designers, theatre practitioners and photographers in the UK have been commissioned by the car company Vauxhall to create art works around the theme of re-inventing British classics. The result of the commissions is four stunningly imaginative and exciting works that throw open the concept of what is a British classic and highlight Vauxhall’s commitment to supporting style and design in the UK.
Chosen by a Style Council of industry experts and previous Vauxhall Collective members including Gideon Reeling and the photographer Gayle Chong Kwan this year’s members are the latest in an impressive line-up of up and coming artists that the initiative has supported, enabling them to take their work in new directions with complete artist freedom.
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Pleasance’s Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund helps take new sperm bank play to the Edinburgh Fringe
A new dark comedy concerning genetics and the Nobel Prize sperm bank coincides with Darwin year
5 – 31 AUGUST, PLEASANCE JACK DOME, 2.40PM
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Competition culture hits the Fringe with an energetic new production
Pleasance Grand, 7.40pm
5 – 31, August
There’s a van parked centre stage at the Pleasance Grand, and 12 intrepid contestants are holding on to it, refusing to let go. Whoever holds on the longest, wins the van. Welcome to the play that is sure to get the Fringe crowd revved up this August- Stand By Your Van.
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