SURGE 23RD – 29TH JULY 2012 SURGE CABARET CLUB Fri 27th, Sat 28th & Sun 29th July

Performances 8.30pm-11pm, Club 11pm-late Photo: Stanley Smith Conflux presents ’s 3rd annual festival of street arts, physical theatre and circus, taking over The Arches | £5 | 18+ with a raft of new work from Scottish and international companies and artists. As well as Our attentive waiters will be awaiting your signal... Grab a cocktail, browse our menu of 10-minute intimate events at some of the city’s top venues, the festival spills onto the streets, taking in some unusual and performances, and sample treats ranging from the wildly humorous to the seductively dark - the experience will unexpected locations, illuminating the city with theatre and live art over one packed week. There will be fantastical, edgy and always surprising. Watch just one, or all twelve of the performances on offer – the choice also be a range of workshops and residencies offering high quality developmental and educational is yours, and the bar is always open! Our intimate performances have been mixed, strained and poured by the opportunities for beginners and emergent artists, as well as established professionals. The outdoor following means… programme of SURGE is delivered in partnership with Merchant City Festival and UZ Arts. Conflux International My Hands are Dancing For more information on education projects and workshops, please see www.conflux.co.uk Residency Programme but my Heart is Cold Conflux has matched up 7 emergent artists from across Ian Smith of Mischief La-Bas presents My Hands are Tickets for SURGE events at The Arches, including deviator can be bought through The Arches box Europe with 7 international mentors. They have been Dancing but my Heart is Cold. Ever put a brave face on working throughout the year to develop the backbone it? Ever questioned why the show must go on? Well, you’re office: by telephone - 0141 565 1000, online - www.thearches.co.uk or in person - The Arches, 253 of the SURGE Cabaret Club – 7 new works of intimate not the only one. It could have been so different. But it’s too Argyle St, Glasgow G2 8DL. The box office is open Mon – Fri 9.30am-8pm, Sat 10am-8pm, Sun theatre involving everything from sleight of hand magic late now. Spend a few minutes with an old trouper, a safe closed (or noon-8pm when an event is on). tricks to blindfolded binaural adventures… pair of hands, secret love, and a tiny theatre.

Conflux has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, creating a lasting impact from the London 2012 The artists are: Julie Langford (England / USA), Sanna Olympic and Paralympic Games by funding ideas and local talent to inspire creativity across the Blennow (Denmark), Emma Brierley (Scotland), Tea TrEteau Theatre UK. Conflux is an Arches project, and is also supported by the National Lottery through Creative Vidmar (Slovenia), Balázs Gyertyán (Hungary), Calum Alasdair Satchel Scotland. It aims to develop and promote a thriving community of artists and educators working in MacAskill (Scotland) and Rodrigo Malvar (Portugal). As part of the SURGE Cabaret Club, Scottish actor and the fields of street arts, physical theatre and circus in Scotland. SURGE 2012 takes place in the Year director, Alasdair Satchel, develops work conducted during The mentors are: Alberto Santos (The Basque Country), his Pitch masterclasses and presents an epic and intimate of Creative Scotland. Guy Veale (Scotland), Ewan Hunter (Scotland), Ian work of Tréteau Theatre that places 7 actors on a 2 metre Smith (Scotland), Hilary Westlake (England), Nullo by 1 metre stage and invites them to tell the biggest stories Festival enquiries: email [email protected] or phone 0141 559 4925. Facchini (Denmark) and Elinor Randle (England) they possibly can…

www.conflux.co.uk Olivier De Sagazan Residency Three Feet Left Follow us on facebook and twitter: Alongside presenting his 2 shows, Transfiguration and Angie Dight Hybridation, Olivier will also be holding a residency Incorporating dance, movement and street theatre, Three https://www.facebook.com/confluxscotland involving 6 Scottish-based artists to create 3 short Feet Left is accessible, interactive and fun! Appearing works to be presented as part of the SURGE Cabaret unannounced, and as if from nowhere, the piece plays on Club. Taking place in the eerie derelict spaces of the the interaction between the performers demonstrating their http://twitter.com/ConfluxScotland Arches, the residency will explore themes of deformity differences but exploring possible connections through and transformation, and the unlocking of creative the language of dance. Dance that is not solely about processes that occurs when one is submerged technique but about the joy of movement that can be in earth… shared and enjoyed by all.

Performed and Choreograped by: Jim Callaghan, Angie Physical Theatre Summer School Dight, Paul Henry and Adura Onashile. Devised and With support from: Led by Elinor Randle of directed by Angie Dight. Made with support from Dance Tmesis Theatre House and Mischief La-Bas. A week long course focusing on physical theatre techniques with the participants performing the results in their role as hosts of the SURGE Cabaret Marquis de Sade Club. The project will include daily physical training Alex Rigg to improve strength, flexibility, body awareness and Maitre D’ of the SURGE Cabaret Club is special guest, the creativity. Participants will work on physical devising Marquis de Sade, still in full creative flow, working on his SURGE Festival is recognised with the Inspire Mark for techniques and improvisation to create movement latest dramatisation. Beware - you may find yourself a pawn excellence in contributing to a lasting legacy of London 2012. and choreography with a strong emphasis on creating (or prawn) in his latest game of dangerous ideals... physical characters.

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Design: weesleekit.co.uk Chafuén García de Sade, photo by Florencia Marquis The People’s Tower “When it’s strong as your hands can make it, put all SURGE OUTDOORS Olivier Grossetête your troubles in there” Mon 23rd – Fri 27th July 10am–5pm | construction deviator workshops at The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, A memory hidden away for a decade in a box at the pvi collective Glasgow G1 5HZ back of the mind. Gradually it is revealed by means Mon 23rd – Thurs 26th July 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm Sun 29th July 12-6pm | FINALE at 5pm of acrobatics, percussion, and rhythmical movement, Sat 28th & Sun 29th July 3pm, 4pm, 5pm Merchant City Brunswick Street | FREE and through finding a true human connection. Mon & Tues £5 | Wed, Thurs, Sat & Sun £9 | £7 conc. The Arches and Glasgow city centre | 18+ Megrez7 is Conflux’s first associate company. £10 cash deposit required if hiring out smart phone Aquasense Scientists: discover the latest breakthroughs in the world of science, witness the astounding feats and Performed by Marisia Bieda, Hilde McKenna, discoveries of these highly intelligent beings, be prepared Jordanna O’Neil, Mazz Marsden and Lucy McGreal. to be amazed. And many more species to be discovered! SURGE INDOORS Director: Graham Hicks Assistant Directors and Stage Managers: Mahri Reilly SCOPE Olivier Grossetête will be constructing a unique and Ashling Carroll Ali Maloney | Sita Pieraccini | Megrez 7 cardboard tower of gigantic proportions as part of Designer and Maker: Annie Hiner Direction: Ben Harrison SURGE and Merchant City Festival. Schools and Designer Mentor: Liz Young Prepare for city-wide disruption as Australia’s community groups will build the tower at The Briggait Conflux announces the launch of SCOPE, a new notorious tactical media art group pvi collective take during the week of the festival and on Sunday 29th The project is taking place this summer in Ayrshire, project to enable Scottish-based artists to complete over the streets, one game at a time. Developed on July on Brunswick Street - for more information on how Aberdeen, Dumfries and Galloway, Mull and Dundee in the creation of partially developed physical work with site with a team of local artists, deviator is a darkly to get involved please contact the Conflux office on collaboration with: mentorship from multi-award winning director Ben playful site-based intervention, blending radically [email protected] or 0141 559 4925. altered versions of children’s games with subtle live Harrison (Grid Iron). The SCOPE shows are… performance, turning the audience into unwitting Commissioned by UZ Arts and Conflux as part of interventionists. Merchant City Festival. Ratcatcher Having installed the deviator app on your smart phone Ali Maloney you take to the streets for 1 hr on foot in the city. As Fri 27th July 6.30pm-7.15pm deviator players you are charged with the mission of Fish Out Of Water Sun 29th July 6.30pm-7.15pm seeking out hidden audio instructions in the cityscape Sat 28th & Sun 29th July 12-6pm The Arches | 18+ | £5 which encourage you to temporarily transform your Merchant City | FREE city into a playground. Whilst on-route you encounter an elite team of sly mischief makers intent on interrupting the urban fabric.

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The deviator app will be available to download onto SPIKED your 3g smart phone at www.conflux.co.uk before the Megrez7 Photo: Sarah Edwards performance and activated on arrival at the venue. Merchant City | FREE Ratcatcher is a black panto; a bouffon rumpus Sat 28th July | Corner of Hutcheson St & Garth St at through fairytale plaguescapes where obedient *If you have a smart phone with the deviator app Conflux’s large-scale community projectFish Out 12.45pm | Merchant Square at 4.45pm consumerism and celebrity worship are the whole already downloaded please arrive at The Arches 5 Of Water will bring up to 50 performers from across Sun 29th July | Merchant Square at 1pm of the law. Baroque violence and existential comedy minutes before the performance begins (see above). Scotland to the streets of Glasgow, to captivate and Corner of Hutcheson St & Garth St at 3pm combine in a punk grand guignol for the jilted *If you need to hire a smart phone please arrive at The enthral. generations. Arches 20 minutes before the performance begins (see above) for your induction. Fish Fandango: spot our shoal of gigantic fish infiltrating Performed by Ali Maloney & Mazz Marsden the Merchant City, using the streets as their playground. Sound & Music by Owen Green Please note there will be a limited number of phones Live visuals by Jess Holme to hire. Water Seekers: this enthusiastic bunch has a crucial Lighting design by Sarah Edwards quest and nothing will stop them. Listen to their Written by Ali Maloney deviator is a Conflux commission. fascinating stories and assist them to catch new Costumes by Mazz Marsden aquatic species. David Pollock Developed with support from The Arches

Bird Olivier will perform his remarkable solo Transfiguration Skewered Snails Sita Pieraccini on Saturday 28th, and is joined by Marie Cardinal by Ramesh Meyyappan Sat 28th July 5.45pm-6.20pm on Sunday 29th for the duo Hybridation, in which a in association with Iron-Oxide Sun 29th July 5.30pm-6.05pm man and a woman enter a dialogue where the ground Thurs 26th July & Fri 27th July 7-8pm The Arches | 18+ | £5 substitutes language - an exchange of earth and Platform | The Bridge | 1000 Westerhouse Road | fingerprints. Glasgow G34 9JW £8 | £4.50 conc. | £3.50 local links The results of his festival-long multi-arts residency with Tickets can be purchased from Platform’s Box emergent Scottish artists will also be presented as part by Legs on the Wall Brett Boardman Office 0141 276 9696. of the SURGE Cabaret Club. Box office opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-8pm | Big Pitch Sat & Sun 10am-5pm Thurs 26th July 6.30pm-8.30pm, networking event A free courtesy bus will be provided from the 8.30pm-9.30pm Merchant City on first come, first served basis. FREE | by invitation Sita Pieraccini Please book with your ticket.

Creep into the post-apocalyptic world of a lone, feral A continuation of Conflux’s quarterly event,Big Pitch creature, starved of both food and friendship. With will launch SURGE 2012 by showing the results of the only a patch of soil to call her own, she must be ready Legs On The Wall (Australia) and Lume Teatro (Brazil) to seize every small opportunity that might fly by. collaboration and hosting some of SURGE’s key national Enriched by a detailed and subtle soundscape that and international artists who will give talks on a range is performed live, Bird is a timeless tale of friendship, of subjects. There will be a chance to network with courage, magic and madness. colleagues and friends, including Circostrada delegates INVISIBLE EMPIRE – A Work in Progress who are in Glasgow during SURGE. Performed by Sita Pieraccini and David Pollock Devised by Company of Wolves With thanks to Kinning Park Complex Fri 27th July 8pm – 8.30pm Please note: we are not accepting unsolicited proposals SKEWERED SNAILS is the darkly comic tale of a Developed with support from The Arches, NTS and Sat 28th July 6.45pm-7.15pm for showings of works-in-progress for Big Pitch. dysfunctional family: authoritarian father, a mother The Actors Space (Barcelona). The Arches | FREE but reserve ticket via The Arches whose tenderness manifests itself in fascinating and box office | 18+ disturbing ways towards her children, twin siblings, a Circoscotia boy and a barbaric girl. Transfiguration / Hybridation Sat 28th & Sun 29th July Olivier De Sagazan 7pm–9pm SKEWERED SNAILS, an ensemble piece, grew out of Ramesh’s solo work SNAILS & KETCHUP that Transfiguration - Sat 28th July 7.30pm-8pm The Briggait | FREE toured successfully in 2011 with sell-out shows in Hybridation - Sun 29th July 7.45pm-8.15pm Articulation presents an Paris and Singapore before a run at the Edinburgh The Arches | £8 | £6 conc. | 18+ exciting range of circus performances at The Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland showcase. It Briggait as part of SURGE was nominated for a Total Theatre award as well as Anna Porubcansky and Merchant City garnering a cluster of 4 and 5 star reviews. “What is government when words have no meaning” Festival. Skills on display Jared Lee Loughner will include aerial work, Chinese pole, acrobalance INVISIBLE EMPIRE delves into what lies behind and floor acrobatics. extreme acts of resistance. Fusing movement, live music, text, and inspired by real life stories such as the · ORNITHOLOGY Gunpowder Plot, the Oklahoma City Bombing and the by Strangebird Zirkus Equally inspired by Francis Bacon and Samuel Baader Meinhof Gang. Using ensemble physical theatre · ONE WAY OR ANOTHER Beckett, French performer and sculptor, Olivier De techniques from Polish Laboratory Theatre, INVISIBLE by Suspended Motion Sagazan, uses clay and paint to perform acts of live EMPIRE unearths the impulse to resist and asks why · HOPE’S LAST DANCE sculpture in which his own face is the canvas. His work some people leave their normal lives to fight for a cause, by Danuta Ramos is concerned with deformity, transformation, and the and what happens when they do. unlocking of creative processes that occurs when one …and more to be is submerged in earth. announced at Danuta Ramos & Ian Henderson www.conflux.co.uk Ornithology