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. NIC GREEN NIC TOM PARKINSON TOM has produced, on average, on average, has produced, and was born in Edinburgh in born in Edinburgh was is an artist living and working in is an artist living and working (Penned in the Margins, in the Margins, (Penned Window Emergency SHARON SMITH SHARON Her practice is committed to creating hopeful and hopeful creating to is committed practice Her by the The Arches has been commissioned work Her - interac live instruction, through work She generates and chanced upon, ephemeral is often practice Her www.phoebedavies. see further information For PHOEBE DAVIES PHOEBE RICHARD DEDOMENICIRICHARD ROSS SUTHERLAND ROSS Work under the artistic direction of artistic direction under the Work spans solo and group theatre performance, community community performance, theatre and group spans solo holistic learn- and pedagogical projects, and public art compositions. and original choral ing experiences, em- spaces with a strong and experiences accessible through change of making positive phasis on the notion directly she is practice In her own connecting rituals. - expe awareness; an ecocentric in cultivating engaged with and interconnected as integrated riencing the self of the living world. the rest Art (NRLA) Of Live Review The National (Glasgow), Up Theatre, of Scottish The Federation (London), BAC of member She is an active others. amongst Nature, To ), the (www.che.ac.uk Human Ecology for the Centre (www.ecopsychologyuk. UK Network Ecopsychology and Yoga study and teach to ), and continues ning.com in Scotland. She (non-dualistic philosophy) Vedanta as a students performance with degree-level works of conservatoire both the Royal at and mentor lecturer University. and Glasgow Scotland (Glasgow) London. Her work is defined by its contexts, exploring is defined by its contexts, work London. Her frame that responses codes and behavioural the social event. public space or constructed a community, by an individual or be initiated which may tion and text, by others. or extended but completed group primarily in the pedestrian spaces in addition existing including:and institutions Whitechapel galleries to Tramway (London), Arnolfini (Bristol), Gallery South London (London), Modern Tate (Glasgow), (London). Arts Centre (London) and Camden Gallery tumblr.com Cardiff, Fine art from in with a first Since graduating a work of art every fortnight. This proliferation has This proliferation fortnight. of art every a work and highly acclaimed fruit. rich, radical borne some Theatre the National to Festival the Edinburgh From performances – his York and New Iceland – via Beijing, His and transformed. challenged entertained, have of public space disturbs the normal perception work it,- and he questions owner govern and the rules that in general. and authority ship of public areas most collections of poetry, has published four He 1979. recently and the in- the theatre for things makes also 2012). He ternet. www.rosssutherland.co.uk is a collaboration Sonic Metaphor A Nontransferable by by 63

, Brunette Iris and Here From The View is a poet from Cambridge and Cambridge from is a poet is a writer, performer and sound and sound performer is a writer, is a theatre-maker and actor, an and actor, is a theatre-maker is a writer, performer, and theatre and theatre performer, is a writer, , always : Sadly there isn’t much to say here is here say : much to isn’t Sadly there , a death metal recital of George George of recital metal a death , #TORYCORE When I Was Old When I includes: When I Was work Recent Stage’s Northern pieces at in two She is performing KIM NOBLE KIM ELLINSON LUCY KIERAN HURLEY HANNAH WALKER WALKER HANNAH MELANIE WILSON maker based in Glasgow. His monologue piece Hitch in Glasgow. based maker to 2010 and continues Fringe Forest part of was , made with monologue Beats recent His most tour. won 18 Award, Platform the support of the Arches in Theatre for Award the Critics at Play Best New during the Traverse 2012 and is on at Scotland (CATS) artist associated an is Kieran year. this Fringe the the with artist supported a is and Fringe, Forest with of Scotland. Theatre National not brilliant. (it’s a website have But he does there. www.mrkimnoble.com work): Some of the links don’t project. details of the Let’s & check out the blog for a lot better. probably It’s biography. the next onto move Essex. She studied literature at the University of East East of University the at literature studied She Essex. She has University. Newcastle at Anglia and poetry most recently the UK and abroad, all over performed make to started has also She and Germany. Australia collabo- a show, second Her stage. a off namely theatre, Moment The Oh Fuck called with Chris Thorpe ration the Edinburgh at First a Scotsman Fringe awarded was 2011. Festival associate artist with Forest Fringe since 2009 and an Fringe Forest artist with associate col- long term She enjoys Angel. with Third associate Chris with writer/director relationships laborative and Slung Low. Theatre Unlimited Arts, Goode, Metis the RSC/Pilot for - a piece she directed Young Get Julian playing Festival, Shakespeare World for night Theatre/The Gate Greyscale for in Tenet Assange and - resi Fringe the Forest for speech, budget Osborne’s The Gate/Latitude Festival. dency at Eno’s Will are they St Stephens, at venue new brilliant and Whyman by Erica directed Oh The Humanity... by directed Glass of Shards A Thousand Ben Pacey’s and original composition by with sound Packman Jane Gibson. Lewis in- performances, makes London. She in based artist of uses the on centre that works and audio stallations - agen as distinct and subjective and language sound and nationally has been presented work Melanie’s cies. , and includes Simple Girl internationally, , everyminute . She has collaborated with Rotozaza, with Rotozaza, . She has collaborated Autobiographer Shunt, Chris Goode, Subject Coney, Clod Ensemble, and Becky Adamsdale Arnold, Will Peter to_change, produce to Theatre with Fuel works Melanie Beasley. www.melaniewilson.org.uk of her projects. some Napoleon in Napoleon ), The Consolations is a live artist, playwright artist, playwright is a live writes and performs theatre theatre and performs writes works as a performer and the- as a performer works , The Tempest is a writer, performer and artist artist and performer writer, a is and numerous installa - numerous and Venice Toward Speed Death of the Radiant Child, the Radiant of Death Speed - of literal a Glove (2010), an exploration Like , , Night Twelfth Her solo work has been supported by Forest Fringe, Fringe, by Forest has been supported work solo Her GEMMA BROCKIS BROCKIS GEMMA MCLARENGREG DEBORAH PEARSON BENNETT EMMA shows, live art, and music. He has worked with art, worked has He music. and live shows, 4D amongst and Mapping Noise Signal to Rotozaza, Newington of Stoke the founder is also He others. STK and arts collective. Airport, a venue International artists and audi- among live a reputation has gained and freedom experimentation, as a place for ences alike exchange. critical The Basement in Brighton, Testing Grounds, Mercy, Mercy, Grounds, Testing in Brighton, The Basement projects Recent Productions. Time and In Between include Bristol’s at in residency developed and pedantry ness an (2011-12), Series Gallery and The Bird Arnolfini between the relationship into investigation ongoing inarticulacy and song. description, and a of Shunt member is a founder She atre-maker. As with Silvia Mercuriali. of Berlin-Nevada director with various she has worked performer, a freelance including: Chris Goode and Company companies, (Sisters Exile, for bodypods is available Fuel’s for podcast Her tions. download. for Travelling Travelling for Savage and Mother Theatre National at Dan has taught As a teacher, Company. Theatre Light Battersea Britain, of Great Theatre Youth the National the University Dance Company, Daghdha Arts Centre, Theatre. Limerick Youth of Limerick and of the co-director and is founder She and producer. - crea Deborah’s Fringe. winning Forest multi-award performance, solo spans playwrighting, practice tive and public art and community dramaturgy, devising, as is her in- her work, to is central Invention projects. has been a Deborah and narrative. in intimacy terest an alumni of and is with Rules and Regs, artist resident Programme, Writers Young Invitation Court the Royal Banff Playwrights the Unit, Playwrights the Tarragon Programme. Writers Young and the Traverse Colony and playful, in London. Rigorous living and working art, and comedy of live fields the crosses work her with grapple as a constant her practice She sees poetry. - by mistransla is fascinated and materials, unwieldy verbal between and slippage tion, miscommunication and visual forms. (Where Bell-Halls ), Campinglis (Crow Handspring one-on-one festival), BAC’s at Sleep Things the Wild be ), Unlimited to like it ought (It is Guests Uninvited films). 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DAN CANHAM DAN CHRIS GOODE CHRIS CHRIS THORPE CHRIS Manchester. He was a founder member of Unlimited, of Unlimited, member a founder was He Manchester. - an asso is also He team. and is still part of their core with their most recently Angel, artist of Third ciate show collabo- also He time of writing this is in Edinburgh. Belarus Goode, Chris Low, Slung like artists with rates been He's Walker. Jane Hannah poet and Theatre Free most of its existence, for Fringe with Forest involved true, are pieces that solo and performing developing a chair, involve not true, and basically and sometimes the time. at in the room and whoever’s a microphone 30 Cecil he has made 30 Cecil Still House, company, his own For about a ruined piece of dance-theatre , a solo Street developing and is currently in Limerick, Ireland theatre piece drawn , an ensemble Country The Fen Was Ours in East Anglia. with people of the fens interviews from include his credits others, for performer a As Festival and Edinburgh International Festival. In 2006 In Festival. International and Edinburgh Festival the Bedlam and managed programmed Charlotte has just completed Charlotte Edinburgh. venue, Fringe of College Royal the at Interactions an MA in Design the at residence in artist currently is Art.Charlotte Centre. Proteomics Netherlands her Bollocks described The Scotsman on”. “spot as hilari- satire...a social of slice healthy “a as Calendar in on display is currently work Charlotte’s ous parody”. in exhibition Superhuman Collection’s the Wellcome by Kenning Blighted entitled show London and in a solo The Big Shed in Suffolk. at included: successes His early Edinburgh performance. of The Tempest version a home-performance in 2000, of the as “one by the Guardian described subsequently 2001, in productions”; fringe Edinburgh great all-time with Unlimited winning Neutrino First the Fringe , which Life of Kiss solo 2002 his own and in Theatre; him to took and eventually First a Fringe won also he has performed recently More House. Opera Sydney Crouch’s of Tim the cast as part of the Traverse at controversial of A Matter Theatre, Physical DV8 for with you Straight Theatre, the National and Kneehigh for and Death Life , Encounter Brief Fabulous Spring for of The Rite Theatre, Kneehigh for Beast,in title role the The Adventures of of The Adventures show storytelling his much-loved he Ric Watts producer . With Man and Shirley Wound this year who leads Chris Goode and Company, now the to Monkey Bars show verbatim bring their new on the production seventeenth Chris’s it’s Traverse; , since 1994. www.chrisgoodeandcompany.co.uk fringe @chrisgoodeandco Biographies Paper Stages 65

- are a group of artists with back a group are (Routledge 1999) (Routledge Fragments Certain We work with a ‘DIY’ aesthetic, inspired by the pos- by with a ‘DIY’ aesthetic, inspired work We an Residence, of members are Fingers Tinned TINNED FINGERS FINGERS TINNED is widely acclaimed. For more information see: www. see: information more For is widely acclaimed. . , www.forcedentertainment.com timetchells.com The Broken The Broken novel first Etchells’ Bremen. Künstlerhaus in 2008 and his published by Heinemann was World and Forced performance on contemporary monograph Entertainment, grounds in writing, theatre and visual arts, who work work who arts, visual and theatre writing, in grounds - perfor live experimental create to collaboratively events. mance and interactive living room in your sibilities of making a performance and inher- satisfaction, the economy, and embracing Our materials. everyday optimism of re-using ent participation, audience of elements uses often work for opportunities playful and generous create to aiming interaction. Bristol space for creates that artist-led organisation art. and live We performance make artists to based Loveys. Jasmine Kent, Nicki Good, Ella Brand, Ira are: , www.residence.org.uk www.tinnedfingers.com 64 ). is an art and activism col- is a live artist based in London based artist is a live is a multi-disciplinary practice practice is a multi-disciplinary (1962) is an artist and a writer based based (1962) is an artist and a writer

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TIM ETCHELLS TIM TANIA EL KHOURY EL TANIA THE VACUUM CLEANER VACUUM THE ARE HERE THEY They’ve been exploring sound - and the effects sound hassound the effects - and sound They’ve been exploring - explor of way as a metaphor, as and sound body, the on relationships. and space and bodies of composition, ing www.sharonsmithandtomparkinson.yolasite.com. . Squad. www.gobsquad.com Gob collective formance www.tomparkinson.org in London. ( sician based in the UK whose work shifts between performance, performance, shifts between work in the UK whose of variety in a wide worked He has visual art and fiction. notably as the leader of the world-renowned contexts, is cur- He Entertainment. Forced group performance Sheffield at Writing of Performance Professor rently widely in he has exhibited years In recent University. Gasworks at shows with solo of visual arts, the context and (London), Bunkier Sztuki (Krakow) and Sketch steered by Helen Walker and Harun Morrison since Morrison and Harun Walker by Helen steered unique own its has project Here Are Each They 2006. emerge that and hierarchies structure collaborative invitees. of various the contributions through www.theyarehere.net and Beirut. She creates immersive and challenging and immersive Beirut.and creates She col- in which the audience is an active performances from in spaces ranging has performed Tania laborator. church old an and car cable a to Museum British the civil Lebanese the during base military a as used once international several has toured work solo Her war. a of Dictaphone Group, She is co-founder festivals. to order in art live and research urban using collective www.taniaelkhoury.com public space. reclaim - crea various cleaner employ of one. the vacuum lective to attempting forms, tactics and and illegal legal tive of power. and disrupt concentrations mock, brandalise commissions the UK, including throughout ited the Centre Festival, Fierce ICA, Modern, Tate from and the Liverpool Art Glasgow, Contemporary for at work presented have they Biennial. Internationally Wooster Art (Chicago) of Contemporary the Museum d’Art Centre (Finland) Festival Anti (USA) Collective Tanz Hebbel-Am-Ufer, (Switzerland) Contemporain 08 (India). As well Khoj Live (Germany) Tendez BBC4, Channel 4, Canal on BBC2, works screening The Watching Dispatches, as a recent as well Arte Plus, Acts Random the Channel 4 , and 8 shorts for Detectives strand. - an autobio Award, Theatre Samuel Beckett the Oxford their police, corporate through told event live graphical www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk records. and psychiatric Biographies www.forestfringe.co.uk

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