LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL Camille Boitel photo: Chambrial

15 - 30 JANUARY 2005 mimefest.co.uk CIRCUS SPACE CABARET STEPHEN MOTTRAM’S ANIMATA

SHOWS FOR FAMILIES Familie Floez, Les Bubb, Les Witloof, The Individuals, Tricicle.

Welcome to the 27th London International SHOWS INVOLVING CIRCUS SKILLS Mime Festival (LIMF), Europe’s Camille Boitel, Circus Space Cabaret, longest-established annual focus on Company F.Z, Jean-Baptiste André, Les Witloof, Mathurin Bolze. contemporary visual theatre. MATHURIN BOLZE SHOWS WITH PUPPETRY/ANIMATION CONTENTS Three very different shows from Jean-Baptiste André, Akhe, Familie Floez, Nola Rae, Stephen Mottram, 16 Akhe Camille Boitel and Mathurin Bolze illustrate the Sleeping Dogs. 26-27 Booking Information originality and vision of French ‘new circus’ artists, 17 Camille Boitel whilst from Germany we welcome the return of SHOWS SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARING 11 Company F.Z IMPAIRMENT unique performance artist Raimund Hoghe and the FOR DETAILS OF 12 Familie Floez Akhe, Camille Boitel, Circus Space Cabaret (BSL London debut of mask-theatre virtuosi Familie Floez. 28 Festival Diary interpreted performance on Sun 30 Jan), Familie DISABLED ACCESS 20 Gecko Floez, Jean-Baptiste André, Les Witloof, There are artists from Russia and Denmark, a beer- PLEASE CONTACT 4-5 Jean-Baptiste André Momentum, Nola Rae, Kitt Johnson, Mathurin themed show from Belgium, and 's physical 13 Individuals Bolze, Stephen Mottram, Tricicle. THE VENUES 18 Kitt Johnson comedy ‘galacticos’, Tricicle, make a first visit to 13 Les Bubb London in more than a decade with an uproarious SHOWS FOR AGES 15+ 23 Les Enfants du Paradis SEE PAGES new production direct from a three month run in Akhe, Circus Space Cabaret, Kitt Johnson, 7 Les Witloof . All this plus a wide range of workshops, talks, Raimund Hoghe, Stephen Mottram. 26 + 27 14-15 Mathurin Bolze post-performance discussions, cabaret at The Circus 21 Momentum WORKSHOPS AND TALKS 6 Nola Rae Space and a rare opportunity to see one of the A LARGE TEXT See pages 24-25 19 Raimund Hoghe greatest movies ever made, Les Enfants du Paradis. VERSION OF THIS 21 Sleeping Dogs MEET THE ARTISTS AFTER THE SHOW 10 Stephen Mottram We could not have assembled this programme, drawn BROCHURE IS Sun 16 Jan: Jean-Baptiste André 22 The Circus Space from right across the spectrum of live art and visual AVAILABLE AT Cabaret Mon 17 Jan: Akhe theatre, without the help of the Festival’s artists, 23 Théâtre du Mouvement Tue 18 Jan: Nola Rae MIMEFEST.CO.UK 25 Total Theatre Lecture funders, supporters and friends. We are grateful to Tue 25 Jan: Mathurin Bolze (David Gothard) them all. Wed 26 Jan: Kitt Johnson OR BY RINGING 8-9 Tricicle Sat 29 Jan: Familie Floez 020 7637 5661 24-25 Workshops Joseph Seelig and Helen Lannaghan, Directors Sun 30 Jan: Raimund Hoghe

The 2005 London International Mime Festival gratefully acknowledges co-operation and financial support from: Arts Council England; Association Française d'Action Artistique/Ministere des Affaires Étrangères; Institut français du Royaume Uni; Goethe-Institut; Royal Danish Embassy; SBC (registered charity).

With special thanks to the Citadines Hotel group. FRANCE page page 5 photo:Blaz Horvat Co-production: Association W / CNAC Châlons en Champagne Supported by Institut français du Royaume-Uni and Association Française d’Action Artistique/ Ministère des Affaires Étrangères.

'A beautiful work which creates a landscape lush with possibilities for metamorphosis. He makes us question the relationship of space and time, interior real and and exterior, imagined'. ‘They laughed. They cried. In the end, the audience left simply astonished.’ THE YEMEN OBSERVER LA VOIX DU NORD Sat + Mon 8pm, Sun 6pm

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SAT 15 > SAT MON 17 JAN Intérieur Nuit brings Presented in association with SBC The first in a trio of Festival solo shows by brilliant young French circus-inspired artists features 24 year old acrobat and hand- balancing virtuoso, Jean-Baptiste André. Set sometime in the dead of night, at the École Trained Nationale des Arts de Cirque in Chalons, Jean-Baptiste is also a member of Philippe Decouflé's internationally acclaimed dance This company. debut show has toured extensively in Europe and the Middle East, and goes to America later in 2005. together video, circus skills and a gripping electronic sound-score to create a ‘horiz-vertical’ universe, an unexpected landscape full of surprises and original vision. RUNS APPROX 60 MINS AFTER WITHOUT SHOW INTERVAL DISCUSSION SUN 16 JAN TICKETS 08703 800 400 PURCELL ROOM page page 4 FRANCE page 6 page 7 BELGIUM UK Inspired in part by Charlie Chaplin's The Great ‘This piece is Dictator, Nola Rae's latest wordless comic drama endlessly inventive. deals with dangerous charisma and how to get it! High speed humour Exit Napoleon sees the clown follow a well-worn and marvellous trail towards absolute power and absolute characterisation’.

disaster. OXFORD TIMES

Born in Sydney, Nola came to London to study at ‘Strong, moving, the Royal Ballet School, and later with Marcel universal, Marceau in Paris. In a thirty year career her unforgettable, a successful blend of comic physical theatre, dance, subtle mix of comedy puppetry and witty observation has delighted and gravity...’

audiences in more than sixty countries. She L'EST REPUBLICAIN premiered her first solo show at the Festival du Monde in Nancy, France, in 1975, and was recently inducted into America's International Clown Hall of Fame. She has also been honoured Les Witloof are Thierry Craeye and with a Total Theatre Lifetime Daniel Van Hassel, a classic clown duo, Achievement Award. natural stage partners and foils for each other’s impressive physical skills.

Contemporaries at the École du Cirque in Brussels, they first came to prominence as award winners at the prestigious Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris. Appropriately from a country famed for its many different beers, the quest for a perfect pint is an important feature of their show. Cool, refreshing and with just the right amount of froth, Sous Pression is seventy five minutes of impeccable theatre clowning, and what they can do with rope, swords and giant playing cards - not to mention mouth-watering Belgian beer - 'Delightful, magical, assured will amaze you! performers and a show to be savoured without moderation!' Suitable for 8 years + LE SOIR

Also at Also at PURCELL ROOM THUR 20 > SUN 23 JAN PURCELL ROOM TUE 18 > WED 19 JAN 8PM Croydon Corn Exchange THUR - FRI 8PM, SAT 6PM, SUN 4PM RUNS APPROX 75 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL RUNS APPROX 75 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL AFTER SHOW DISCUSSION TUE 18 JAN Clocktower Newbury TICKETS 08703 800 400 £13 (£9.50 CONCS) TICKETS 08703 800 400 £13 (£9.50 CONCS) Sat 15 Jan Wed 19 Jan 7.45pm 7.45pm Presented in association with SBC Presented in association with SBC 01635 522 733 020 8253 1030 photos: Guy Thérache photo: Matthew Ridout Co-production: Roultabi Productions / www.nolarae.btinternet.co.uk Theatre de la Balsamine, Brussels www.walrus-productions.com page 8 page 9 SPAIN SPAIN TRICICLETRICICLE Celebrated Catalan company Tricicle brings its hilarious new production to London SSiitt direct from a three month season in Paris.

Sit tells the story of the humble chair and its incalculable impact on human life through the centuries. From Stone Age to Space Age it has played its part, as witness to peace treaties and passionate love affairs, great feasts and sporting contests, long waits, tough trials and visits to the dentist.

Since first appearing in the Mime Festival with its spoof, Slastic, Tricicle has become one of Europe’s most successful physical comedy ensembles, starring in its own long-running TV series as well as undertaking 'I laughed till it hurt... the only thing numerous international tours. Tricicle are Joan Gracia, Paco Mir and Carles Sans. they don't sit on are their laurels... it's a pure marvel and absolutely not to be missed.' Suitable for 8 years + PARISCOPE

Special ticket deal 'So inventive and original... for under 16’s on it's great art, hilarious and irresistible... Sun 23 Jan: £10 / £8 Tricicle are a revelation.’

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'Like The Marx Brothers, Woody Allen or Jacques Tati they make the whole world laugh. Some of these parodies are simply the stuff of legend!' QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL FRI 21 > SUN 23 JAN LE FIGARO FRI + SAT 7.45PM, SUN 6PM RUNS APPROX 2 HRS INCLUDING INTERVAL TICKETS 08703 800 400 £10 / £12 / £15 / £18

Presented in association with SBC photos: Carratal www.tricicle.com UK Day Robert photo: page page 11

Commissioned by The Drill Hall, London in association with The Corn Exchange, Newbury. 8PM

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Loser Loser Presented in association with SBC www.companyfz.com PURCELL ROOM TUE 25 > THUR 27 JAN TICKETS 08703 800 400 RUNS APPROX 75 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL (Total Throat (Total Loser is the story of three Loser is a synthesis of

Artistic Directors Flick Ferdinando and John Paul Zaccarini COMPANY F.Z COMPANY

THE GUARDIAN From From the team that created the award winning Theatre 2002, Award Fair World's for Award Contemporary Circus 2004). people and the journey of grief when one of them is lost. Surrounded by memories, spiralling on a staircase, falling on ice, builds a strong audience relationship with minimal text, surprising dynamic imagery, physicality and songs to laugh and cry with. Internationally acclaimed delivers a Company F.Z performance of tragic comedy using its accomplished and intelligent reinterpretations of acrobatic/circus skills. Off-the-wall and with a divertingly skewed view of the world, thrilling energy and magical visual effects. Directed by John Paul Zaccarini and John Nicholson (Peepolykus). Deeply Madly, 'Think Truly, re-imagined for the theatre... the show has a physical eloquence that makes grief and memory seem like something you can reach out and touch. It will seduce you with its melting beauty.’ COMPANY F.Z COMPANY photos: Simon Annand Simon photos: PM

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MON 24 JAN 8

ANIMATA STEPHEN STEPHEN MOTTRAM’S Presented in association with SBC Presented in association with SBC THE TIMES THE GUARDIAN ‘His artistry is formidable, like his imagination. I have never before seen the eeriness of marionettes combined so insistently with dread.’ ‘Brilliant... not to be missed.’ Unsuitable for children. Artist, craftsman and puppeteer Stephen Mottram has developed a unique theatre language which exploits the relationship between electro-acoustic music and the movement-image. In a style reflecting influences as diverse as the paintings of Hieronymous Bosch and the films of The Brothers Quay and incorporating more than forty animated figures, automatons and sculptural machines with an original score by Glyn Perrin - an acoustic picture in its own right - this parable of a frightening social order has become a classic work of animation theatre, winning many international awards during tours to some twenty countries. The Seed Carriers returns to the Festival for ONE performance only. A race of human-like creatures learn to adapt their outward appearance in a violent, dangerous world. Absurd, complex and beautiful disguises help them to avoid being 'collected' for the valuable seeds they carry within. RUNS APPROX 55 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL AFTER SHOW DISCUSSION MON 24 JAN TICKETS 08703 800 400 PURCELL ROOM page page 10 UK photo: Nic Barlow UK/HOLLAND page page 13 Juggling, Juggling, with a touch of Tango Juggling, Juggling, with a touch of Tango Harry Potter and the Philosopher's FREE ' (Time Out), ' brilliant (Time visual comedian Les RUNS APPROX 60 MINS

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL 22 FOYER > SAT SUN 23 JAN 12.30PM FREE Presented in association with SBC www.lesbubb.com , and in Variété movies including THE THE INDIVIDUALS LES BUBB Stone. He's a showman, mime, clown and high-spirited entertainer whose routines will leave you breathless. Ex-Flying Dutchmen, Michiel Hesseling, joins forces with Maike Aerden, Goddess of the Diabolo, in a dazzling display of juggling, Dutch tango and unexpected humour as a tall man and a tall woman explore the limits of their creativity using 7 balls, 3 diabolos and 8 clubs. PLUS 'Dynamic and explosively funny Bubb has appeared in cabaret at The Crazy Horse in Paris, in Werner Herzog's THE THE INDIVIDUALS LES BUBB

Teatro Delusio Teatro Teatro Delusio Teatro photos: E Jonalik FRI + SAT FRI 8PM, + SUN SAT 4PM

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FRI 28 > SUN 30 JAN FAMILIE FLOEZ FAMILIE FAMILIE FLOEZ FAMILIE THE GUARDIAN THE INDEPENDENT ‘Charming, wistful and performed with flair and energy right down to the final curtain call.’ ‘Some of the scenes, particularly a memorable ballet spoof, are so sparkling that the entire theatre shakes with The relationships laughter. between the stars of the stage and the team of technicians are perfectly observed...an imaginative, almost relentless merry-go- round of absolute escapism.’ First London appearance by Germany's mask-theatre experts, Familie Floez, with their 2004 Edinburgh Fringe sell-out hit, Delusio. On-stage at Teatro a great opera house the action throbs with grand passion, intrigue and derring-do. But in this delightful comedy the spotlight is firmly backstage, where, separated from the famous stars by nothing more than a scenery backdrop three tireless technicians live out their own theatrical dreams and dramas. With stunning masks, elaborate costumes and amazing quick-change three artistry, actors play twenty nine different characters and bring an entire theatre to life. Action-packed, magical and extremely entertaining. Suitable for 8 years + Presented in association with SBC www.floez.net RUNS APPROX 70 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL AFTER SHOW 29 DISCUSSION JAN SAT TICKETS 08703 800 400 PURCELL ROOM page page 12 GERMANY FRANCE page page 15

“He makes time stand still and operates his own law of gravity. Breathtaking and beautiful.” TELERAMA photo: Christophe Reynaud De Lage De Reynaud Christophe photo: , a fantasy about a young and title. The Baron in the Trees 7.30PM

VENUE INFO 020 8691 8600 £12.50 (£9 CONCS)

Cri du Caméléon. Building of the Year Building 2003 of the Year MON 24 > WED 26 JAN RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture LIMF is delighted to collaborate for the first time with Laban, in its awe-inspiring, landmark building at the heart of south- thriving east arts London’s community. Opened in February 2003, it was awarded the coveted Supported by Institut français du Royaume-Uni and Association Française d’Action Artistique/Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. Presented in association with Laban. www.laban.org

Co-production: Centre des Arts du Cirque de Basse-Normandie / Établissement Public du Parc de la Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris / CCDS- Scène Nationale de Senart / FURIES - Festival de Cirque et de Théâtre de la Rue de Châlons en Champagne / Hangar de Mines - Pôle Cirque, Cévennes / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication-DMDTS-DRAC Rhône Alpes. Inspired by Italo Calvino's story, Inside trampolinist Mathurin Bolze's intimate living space, walls become floors and aerial passageways link each location. A graduate of the French National Circus School, Mathurin has toured with radical circus troupe Archaos, and for three years with the acclaimed Josef Nadj production, nobleman who rebels against parental authority by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life, Mathurin Bolze also breaks free of convention, living his life in three dimensions. Seeking ways to create this gravity-defying dreamworld of lightness and freedom he researched movement under weightless conditions both with NASA experts and at Star City in Moscow. TICKETS 020 7637 5661 LABAN RUNS APPROX 55 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL AFTER SHOW DISCUSSION TUE 25 JAN page page 14 FRANCE FRANCE page page 17 photo: Chambrial with Carnival of the Animals £12.50 (£9 CONCS)

Junebug Symphony and co-created the visual FRI 21 > SUN 23 JAN 8pm ICA RUNS APPROX 60 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL TICKETS 020 7930 3647 movie star Gérard Dépardieu, and pianists, the Labecque d’Hus is Sisters. an L’Homme unpredictable adventure, as much for the audience as for the performer who battles onstage with unlikely objects and machines. Inspired by the story of Job, the man from the land of Hus and one of the most sympathetic Bible’s figures whose faith in God was tested to the show utmost, contains Boitel’s echoes of Chaplin, Keaton, Jérome Deschamps in and its Jacques Tati portrait of a man beset with impossible tasks, seeking answers, ambushed by life. Co-production : Théâtre de la de Cité Internationale, L’entre-sort Furies - salle Rive Gauche, Espace Périphérique résidences de création de la Ville de Paris et du Parc de la Villette. Supported by Institut français du Royaume-Uni and Association Française d’Action Artistique/Ministère des Affaires Étrangères. Object manipulator, acrobat, Object musician Camille manipulator, and dancer, Boitel studied at circus Annie school Fratellini’s in Paris. He spent four years touring with Compagnie James Thierrée’s du Hanneton, including visits to London with its hugely successful sequences for a production of LA CROIX staggering ‘The artistry is

in huge waves.’ ...laughter came photo: Boitel/Bessac/Couturier photo: ‘They owe as much to the visual arts and cinema as to any kind of theatre. Dizzying, dense and immensely satisfying, it is worth wrestling with.’ THE GUARDIAN (White ) Cabin £12.50 (£9 CONCS)

Carmen, with its themes www.akhe.ru The distinctive artistic chaos of cult St. absurdist Petersburg’s theatre group, Akhe, makes it unique in the world of visual theatre. Sometimes quite literally exploding on stage, its shows are in a constant state of flux. Akhe works with text as an object, creating performances that are true ritual and often bewilderingly as funny, well as profound and moving. Following its success with White Cabin at LIMF 2004, Akhe returns with more bizarre props and hand-made and scenography, another kaleidoscope of curious happenings and fantastic images, this time inspired by Prosper Merimee’s of love and jealousy. Winner of the Critics’ Prize at the 2004 Mimos Festival in Perigueux, France. SUN 16 > WED 19 JAN 8pm TICKETS 020 7930 3647 ICA RUNS APPROX 60 MINS AFTER WITHOUT SHOW INTERVAL DISCUSSION MON 17 JAN page page 16 RUSSIA page 18 page 19 GERMANY DENMARK RAIMUND Another HOGHE Dream Danish choreographer / ‘Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote of throwing one’s performer Kitt Johnson body into battle. These words inspired me to explores deep into the go on stage. I simply do what I have to do’. mysterious realms of ‘Darkly poetic images RAIMUND HOGHE human nature with this of physical and unsettling performance emotional states, rich With the final part of his trilogy of about the ways in which in surprises...she is a choreographed personal reflections on some we see our own being. choreographer who 20th century events which started with Alone with one’s self can say a great deal Meinwarts (LIMF 1996), one of image, we risk becoming with very little.’ Europe’s most remarkable lost in a self-created hall NEW YORK TIMES performance artists returns to the of mirrors... Festival. Raimund Hoghe is a ‘She ascends to dancer, choreographer, Kitt Johnson is a higher forms of film-maker and writer, pioneering artist, inspired existence in front of and for ten years was by Butoh and German our eyes. When she dramaturg for Pina expressionism, performing disappears it’s like Bausch’s Tanztheater at the crossroads of dance waking from a dream Wuppertal. Working and movement theatre. In you dearly wished with intimate material previous projects she has would never end.’ that draws on historical collaborated with leading BALLETTANZ events, his own life and the European dance figures unique characteristics of his such as Sasha Waltz and ‘Kitt Johnson is a body, Hoghe explores themes of Mark Tompkins. Created in loner, a black hole of love, loneliness, xenophobia and 2002 and with a specially concentration racism. commissioned absorbing our attention.’ Meticulously crafted, using ritualistic, soundscape by Swedish POLITIKEN composer, Sture Ericson, minimal movement with almost ceremonial The Mirror has been seen rigour, its force and emotion flow through at festivals across Europe, unforgettable music that defined a decade for and in New York. These people across the world, opening a rich performances at the archive of collective memories. ‘His work is a reminder of the cult ICA mark her function of theatre. Like a priest UK debut. Text (in English) by Raimund Hoghe. Music by he creates a community Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Cilla Black, in collective and subjective Petula Clark, Dalida, Peggy Lee, Gigliola memories.’ Cinquetti, Cass Elliot, Judy Garland, Barbra FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG Streisand, Bobby Darin, Dusty Springfield, Joan Baez, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler, ‘There is beauty, gravity and Leonard Bernstein and others wonder to be found in Hoghe’s work’. THE TIMES

ICA TUE 25 > THU 28 JAN 8PM ICA SAT 29 > SUN 30 JAN SAT 8PM, SUN 6PM RUNS 55 MINS WITHOUT INTERVAL AFTER SHOW DISCUSSION WED 26 JAN RUNS 2 HOURS WITHOUT INTERVAL AFTER SHOW DISCUSSION SUN 30 JAN TICKETS 020 7930 3647 £12.50 (£9 CONCS) TICKETS 020 7930 3647 £12.50 (£9 CONCS)

www.kittjohnson.dk Presented in co-operation with the Goethe Institut, London

Supported by the Royal Danish Embassy www.raimundhoghe.com photo: Luca Giacomono Schulte photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen UK/KOREA page page 21 TIME OUT (All ) Fall Away Runs approx 60 mins without interval Sleeping Dogs acknowledges assistance from The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation www.objecttheatre.com Sleeping Sleeping Dogs (Korea/UK) Migrant Overtures BAC Studio 2 Fri 28 > Sun 30 Jan Fri > Sat 8.30pm, Sun 6.30pm 020 7223 2223 £10.75 (£5.50 concs) In 1653, a Dutch East India Company ship was wrecked off the coast of Korea. Hendrik Hamel, one of the survivors, stayed for fourteen years in what was then a closed before society, finally escaping and returning ‘home’ to Holland. His report of this period became the first documentation of Korea in the West. the idea of Today home is no longer fixed, but despite mass travel, immigration and cross-cultural exchange, governments still try to expand their empires into other cultures, and people still look for somewhere to belong, searching for our home and self. Taking Hamel's fascinating story as a starting point, London-based visual theatre company Sleeping Dogs uses techniques of animation and object theatre to explore the idea and identity of home in the 21st The century. founder/director of Sleeping Dogs is Seong Kyun Yoo. ‘Slow-motion magic...’

Tmesis takes us Symposium, about the

TIME OUT 'A tale of universal significance.' THE STAGE Runs approx 60 mins without interval www.momentumtheatre.com Momentum (UK) Tmesis BAC Studio 2 25 > Thur Tue 27 Jan 8.30pm 020 7223 2223 £10.75 (£5.50 concs) Striking visuals, acrobatics, movement and music combine in this beautiful ancient Greek based story, on Aristophanes' speech from Plato's origin of love and the reason why we search for our other half. back to a time when there were three sexes; male, female, and hermaphrodite - two headed, eight limbed creatures whose strength dared them to challenge the Gods, creating disruption in a previously harmonious world... One of Britain's most promising, young, physical theatre companies, Liverpool- based Momentum makes a rare London appearance with these performances at BAC. Winner of Best New Show in the 2003 Liverpool Daily Post 'Key Awards', Tmesis has toured nationally and abroad. The director is Complicité artist, Linda Kerr Scott. 'Momentum's sensual, slow-motion movement explores this super close love affair with charm and wit.’ photo: Doug Bonallack and David Hardcastle David and Bonallack Doug photo:

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Taylor’s Dummies Taylor’s

The Race follows TUE 25 JAN > SUN 13 FEB 'Theatre with a panache and dark wit that never stales in this imaginative, tickling production'.

Taylor’s ) Dummies (Taylor’s EVENING STANDARD Taylor’s ) Dummies THE GUARDIAN (Taylor’s was an extraordinary piece of physical daring that has wowed audiences around the world. Devised and performed by Al Nedjari, Amit James Lahav, Flynn, Sachi Kimura and Elisa Laghi. 'Fantastically enjoyable and gloriously inventive'. At the moment of birth his eyes open and he sees everything. He is numb in an abstract world and losing their everyone’s ability to communicate. Surfing from image to image on a swell of physical energy and visual explosiveness, Gecko will take you on from a ride. Tumbling scene to scene, the journey of a man trying to reconnect his feelings and truly live. Gecko is building a reputation as one of the most exciting new theatre companies in the UK. Their first show Created by Gecko Directed by Al Nedjari and Amit Lahav Produced by Fuel Co-commissioned by: BAC, Arts Warwick Centre, and South Hill Park, Bracknell. Supported by Komedia, Brighton and the London International Mime Festival. Developed at the National Theatre Studio. TICKETS 020 7223 2223 BAC TUE 8PM > , SAT SUN 6PM page page 20 UK INTERNATIONAL Damien Gaumet photo: Olivier Rijckaert photo: Eric Richmond page page 23 Duo Vertigo 8PM

Duo Dinh Anh Molly TABLES: £16 (£12 TABLES: CONCS) ROWS: £14 (£10 CONCS) Duo Dinh Anh, THUR 27 > SUN 30 JAN Damien lukaluka, graduates lukaluka www.thecircusspace.co.uk www.thecircusspace.co.uk CIRCUS SPACE TICKETS 020 7729 9522 RUNS 2 HOURS INC INTERVAL RUNS 2 HOURS INC INTERVAL BSL INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE SUN 30 JAN Mathilde Sebald from the École . Duo Vertigo Merlin Borg, recent and

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Saudek, a graduate École of Nationale Montreal’s de Cirque. - From England and winners Germany, of the Moulin Rouge prize – elegant club jugglers of The Circus Space. Also featured in this dazzling evening, Gaumet Supérieure des Arts du Cirque de Bruxelles (not Sun), who will be competing in Cirque this de year’s Demain; graduate of The Circus Space, mixing puppetry with circus; an illuminated promenade from The Wrong Size; and, from Scotland and New Zealand the jaw-dropping cradle act of Charismatic Bat trickster Tim will host each evening. The atmosphere is relaxed and the setting unique - an old power station in the heart of Hoxton that has become Britain's top circus centre. Sit back with drinks from the Bar and enjoy Trapeze some of the best variety and speciality acts in London. Bar opens at 7pm. graduates of France's Centre National des Arts du Cirque. - From America, silver medal winning wire dancer Every year the most prestigious new circus act competition takes place in Paris - The Cirque de shown Demain. on It’s TV around Europe, except in the UK. The Circus Space Cabaret in association with the 2005 London International Mime Festival welcome three prize-winners from recent competitions: - From Vietnam, bronze medal winning acrobats THE CIRCUS SPACE THE CABARET CIRCUS SPACE photo: Alain Bouchoux Alain photo:

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trangères.

Ivan Ivan Bacciocchi Faut-il croire les mimes sur parole Théâtre Théâtre du Mouvement / Ivan Ivan Bacciocchi Faut-il croire les mimes sur parole Théâtre Théâtre du Mouvement /

Les Enfants du Paradis Mime theatre and cinema come together in what is one of almost every favourite film movies. fan’s Often rated as one of the greatest films ever made, Carné and Prevert’s romantic epic is set in the Parisian theatre world of But the 1840’s. filmed during the German occupation of Paris a the century doubts later, and menacing atmosphere of the time seem to colour the swirling passions and fleeting moments of happiness that enfold its unforgettable gallery of characters. A timeless classic you will want to see again and again. With Jean-Louis Arletty, Barrault, Pierre Brasseur and Etienne Decroux. Lecture/demonstration supported by Institut français du Royaume-Uni and Association Française d’Action Artistique/ Ministère des Affaires É In French with English subtitles (1943-45) (188 mins) Director: Marcel Carné Screenplay: Jacques Prévert (inc. interval, ends approx 5.30pm) Co-production: Théâtre du Rungis, Centre Culturel Boris Vian des Ulis and Théâtre du Mouvement. Performed in French Runs approx 60 mins Free. Reservation obligatory 020 7073 1350

A fascinating lecture-demonstration tracing the history of mime from antiquity to the engaging present Ivan performance day. Bacciocchi’s explores twenty-five centuries of theatre, from Greece and Rome to Italian commedia dell’arte, from Debureau, Copeau, Decroux, Barrault and other great names of the 19th and early 20th century European theatre to the heyday of silent movies and the visual theatre innovators of our own times. Filled with humour and entertaining insights, the performance takes place in the intimate and atmospheric setting of the Institut français Written and library. directed by Théâtre du Mouvement founder/directors, Claire Heggen and Marc, Yves the performance will be IN limited FRENCH. seating Very so early booking strongly recommended. Les Enfants du Paradis TICKETS 020 7073 1350 INSTITUT FRANÇAIS SUN 16 JAN 12 FREE NOON LECTURE/DEMONSTRATIONS: + 6PM FILM SCREENING: 2PM page page 22 FRANCE WORKSHOPS AND TOTAL THEATRE LECTURE page page 25

THE LOGIC OF MOVEMENT Thurs 27 Jan: 10am-5.30pm Internationally renowned marionettist Stephen Mottram leads a masterclass for experienced artists offering a unique insight into how information about character is conveyed to an audience by the way the puppet moves. Concentrating on cause and effect in movement and manipulation, this is a session for artists committed to performance using puppetry. Course fee: £30 - some travel assistance available for non-London based artists. Places: by application only and numbers strictly limited. Please send a CV and covering letter by January 10th to Beccy The Smith, Puppet Director, BAC, Lavender Centre Hill, Trust, London SW11 5TN / pct@ puppetcentre.demon.co.uk Diorama Arts Venue: Centre 1, 34 Osnaburgh St, London NW1 3ND Great Portland St Tubes: (Osnaburgh Street is directly opposite the tube exit), or 5 minutes walk from Warren St. Some parking available. Disabled access. through through this connection with the audience, does the performer bring the performance space to life? These are the simplest, most basic of questions, but the most difficult This to answer. workshop will be of interest to any artist working in movement theatre, clowning, street performing, mime and the Circus Arts and is a rare opportunity to work with one today's top practitioners. Course Fee: £200 Booking: 44 (0) 20 7916 5467 at Diorama Arts Centre (open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, then answerphone) or email: [email protected] Diorama Arts Venue: Centre, 34 Osnaburgh St, London NW1 3ND Great Portland St, Tubes: St, Warren Euston Square, Regent's Park all just minutes Some away. parking available. Disabled access. Approx

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on the right, by Latimer Place. 10 mins walk. EISENBERG AVNER WORKSHOP CREATING THEATRE THEATRE CREATING Sat 22 > Sun 23 Jan 10am > 3.30pm (with 1/2 hour break) This two-day workshop will give an introduction into the dramatic use of time, rhythm and on the teachings of the late Jacques Lecoq. It is addressed to actors, dancers and other performing artists, who are attracted to the idea of creating their own theatre. The workshop is animated by Thomas Prattki, founder and director of the London International School of Performing and Arts former (LISPA) pedagogical director of the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Course Fee: £100 Booking: 44 (0) 20 8969 7004 or email: [email protected] www.lispa.co.uk London International Venue: School of Performing Arts, Unit 8, Latimer Road, London W10 6RQ. Latimer Road (Hammersmith Tube: & City Line) Directions from Latimer Road tube: Exit right along Bramley Rd, pass under and the take fly-over, the 2nd left into Oxford Gardens. At the end, turn right into Latimer is Road. LISPA Mon 24 > Fri 28 Jan: 10:30am-4:30pm America's Eisenberg Avner (aka Avner the Eccentric) is one of the worlds leading mime/clowns. In a twenty year career he has appeared at innumerable festivals around the world including He was twice recently at LIMF. awarded a special jury prize at The International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo. Now equally in demand for his inspirational teaching skills, his workshop is designed to address the most basic element of performance – Presence. How does the performer take possession of the performance space? How does he or she make connection with the audience? How,

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AN ALCHEMY OF STYLE Sat 15 > Sun 16 Jan: 11am > Ron School East, of Director, Physical Theatre The form a show takes develops out of a physical relationship to the imagery proposed. In this two-day workshop you will follow a voyage from your first encounter with learning imagery, how to find that sense of ‘first time’, letting go of your stereotypes and pre- conceptions. Then you take these encounters into Allow play. your body to lead, find your creative freedom and explore the possibilities. you Finally, sculpt this play into a style of presentation, your own style. Bring your passion, your imagination, and your and energy, leave the rest up to me. The workshop is open to anyone with a creative spark and the courage to explore it. Presented by Ron East, Director of the School of Physical Theatre, actor, and playwright director, with 30 years in the profession, this course will stimulate your passion to create, and provide you with practical skills to develop your own work. The workshop will take place at the 3 Mills Film Complex, an oasis in the heart of vibrant east London’s end. Course Fee: £80 Booking: 44 (0) 20 8215 3350, fax 44 (0) 20 8215 3482, e-mail: school@ physicaltheatre.com School of Venue: Physical Theatre, Studios, Waterhouse 3 Mills Film Studios, Three Mill Lane, Bromley-by- London Bow, E3 3DU Exit Bromley-by-Bow. the station Tube: and walk under the underpass, then down Walk Three down towards Tesco. Mill Lane and cross the small bridge over the Bow Canal, down the cobbled street to Security and Waterhouse Studios is 25 metres further on. Raimund Hoghe The Roots of Visual Theatre: Can we Kantor ever in look the Tadeusz face? ICA Sat 22 Jan 2pm £5.00 ICA Tickets: Box Office: 020 7930 3647 Special reduced rate of £2.50 for Total Theatre Network Members - only available direct from TTN on 020 7729 7944 or email to admin@totaltheatre. org.uk writer and Director, arts polymath David Gothard talks about the the recent history of visual theatre, looking at contemporary work in the context of twenty five years of risk-taking and ground-breaking work by creators in the fields of theatre, dance and the visual arts. David Gothard brought pioneering visual theatre to London in the 1980s when he was artistic director of Riverside Studios. Kantor's work, Miro's Dario puppetry, Fo's mask Suzuki, Samuel workshops, Tadashi Beckett, Cirque Imaginaire, Bread and Puppet Theatre, Mabou Mines and members of the Judson group helped launch a decade of shows, residencies and workshops at Riverside whose influence is still felt. At the same time many British artists including Peter Michael Greenaway, Clark, Bruce McLean, Simon McBurney and the Motley Design Course gave the place a long term creative energy that co-existed with a gallery that was nominated Prize. for David the Turner Gothard has directed, produced and lectured all over the world. In 2005 he is initiating and directing projects in N.Ireland, Kosovo, Ramallah and the USA. There will be an opportunity for questions after the talk. Chair: Jonathan Holloway Theatre Network) (Total This is the first in a series of occasional Theatre Total Lectures looking at the history and context of physical and visual theatre. TOTAL THEATRE LECTURE THEATRE TOTAL GOTHARD SPEAKER: DAVID

page page 24 WORKSHOPS AND TOTAL THEATRE LECTURE BOOKINGBOOKING page page 27 Sleeping Dogs | Lanyon FOR THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL Directors: Helen Lannaghan & Joseph Seelig Press Representatives: Anna Arthur PR (020 7637 2994) Festival Assistant: Eva San Roman Production Manager: Bill Deverson Marketing Consultants: Mobius Industries (020 7731 1202) Brochure/Web Design: Kean (www.keanlanyon.com) Printed by: Fulcrum Colour Printers LIMF: 35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HH 44 (0) 20 Tel: 7637 5661 Fax: 44 (0) 20 7 323 1151 [email protected] www.mimefest.co.uk

Belvedere Road SE1 8XX South Bank Centre incorporating the Purcell Room and Queen Elizabeth Hall 08703 800 400 www.rfh.org.uk Companies: Jean-Baptiste André Nola Rae Les Witloof Stephen Mottram Company FZ Familie Floez Tricicle The Individuals / Les Bubb In Person: RFH Box Office daily 11am-8pm QEH/Purcell Room Box Office from 6pm on event days. No transaction fee. Phone: 08703 800 400 daily 9am-8pm. £1.50 transaction fee applicable. Christmas Opening Times: 24 Dec: closes at 4pm; 25 Dec closed; 26 Dec 12noon-8pm; 31 Dec closes at 4pm; 1 Jan 1pm-6pm Fax: 020 7921 0821 On-Line: www.rfh.org.uk (£1.50 transaction fee applicable in each case) Post: Cheques payable to ‘South Bank Centre’ and sent to The Box Office. Leave amount blank but indicate upper limit. Please quote your name, address and phone numbers. £1.50 transaction fee applicable Minicom Textphone: 020 7921 0921 Transport: or Waterloo, cross river Tube: Embankment or from Temple, Charing Cross. Bus: 1,4,26,59,68,76,168, 171,17 2,176,188,243,341,501,521,X68 stop on Bridge. Waterloo 76,77,211,341,381 stop in York Road. or Waterloo Waterloo Train: East. 020 7729 9522 www.thecircusspace.co.uk Company: Circus Space Cabaret By Phone/In Person: 020 7729 9522 or 7613 4141 and press option 2. Open Mon-Fri 9am-10pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-6pm at (answer-machine other times), or buy in person from The Circus Space, Coronet Street , London N1 6HD. Christmas closure: 23 Dec - 4 Jan. Travel: Old Street Tube: Bus: 26, 43, 55, 242, 243, 271 Access: The ground floor level of The Circus Space is accessible to wheelchair users. There is an adapted toilet. International International Mime Festival Ltd.’ with a 1st class, s.a.e. to: 35 Little Russell Street, LIMF, London WC1A 2HH. Please write your name and address on the back of your cheque. Reservations: Payment for reservations must be received within 3 working days (Mon-Fri) of the booking, otherwise they will be released. Please note: latecomers will not be admitted. to Laban: Transport Deptford and Mainline Train: Greenwich from London time 8 Bridge. mins. Travel Docklands Light Railway (DLR): Greenwich, Cutty Sark and Deptford Bridge + 10 min walk. Bus: 47,53,89,177,180,188, 199,225 & 453 + 5-10 min walk. For detailed information and a map, visit and www.laban.org Directions'. click on 'Travel The Circus Space Coronet Street, London N1 6HD

020 7637 5661 Creekside SE8 3DZ Bookings Venue info only Venue 8691 8600 www.laban.org Company: Mathurin Bolze BOOKINGS ALL ADVANCE for this event are via the Mime Festival and not Laban. Pre-performance door sales only at Laban, subject to availability. Ring the festival office on the day of the performance for up-to-date information on door sales. Payment method: Personal cheque or postal made payable order, to ‘London International Mime Festival Ltd.’ No credit cards or switch. Christmas closure: 24 Dec - 4 Jan Phone reservations can be left on the - answer-machine leave your name and phone number and you will be called back. Reservations by e-mail will also be dealt with during this period. Phone: 020 7637 5661 Mon-Fri 11am-5pm (answer- machine at other times - leave your name and number and you will be called back). Fax: 020 7323 1151 Please state your name, your phone/fax number (daytime & evening), the price and quantity of tickets you require and the performance will be date. faxed You back with confirmation of the booking and payment instructions. E-mail: mimefest@easynet. co.uk Allow 24 hours for a response. Please state your name, email address, phone number (daytime & evening), the price and quantity of tickets you require and the will performance date. You be emailed back with confirmation of the booking and payment instructions. Sending Payment: Please send a cheque made payable to ‘London 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT 020 7073 1350 www.institut-français.org.uk Companies: Théâtre du Mouvement Les Enfants du Paradis (film) Phone/In Person: Open: 10am-8pm Mon-Sat Christmas Closure: 22 Dec - 4 Jan Transport: South Kensington, then Tube: approx. 2 minute walk along Harrington Road, turning right into Queensberry Place. Bus: 14,45a,49,70,74,C1.

020 7930 3647 www.ica.org.uk Companies: Akhe Camille Boitel Kitt Johnson Raimund Hoghe Theatre Lecture Total In Person/By Phone: 020 7930 3647 Mon-Sun 12 noon-9.15pm (most busy between 6-9pm) E-mail: [email protected] allow 24 hrs for processing. Post: Send cheque made payable to ‘ICA Ltd.’ with 1st class s.a.e. to the Ticket Office, or provide credit card details. Christmas closure: 24-26 Dec, 31 Dec, 1 Jan Transport: a short walk from Tube/Train: Charing Cross, Embankment and Piccadilly. Bus: 3,6,9,11,12,13,15, 23,24,53,77A,88,91,159,176 which stop on Strand or Whitehall and 29,91,139 stop on Pall Mall. The Mall SW1Y 5AH mimefest.co.uk ADVANCE BOOKING ADVANCE FACILITY Book all your tickets in advance by post, in one transaction, if your order reaches the Mime Festival office by Thur 16 Dec. A booking form can be downloaded from Or we can fax you a copy if you ring us on 020 7637 5661, or fax us on 020 7323 1151. www.bac.org.uk www.bac.org.uk Lavender Hill SW11 5TN Companies: Momentum Sleeping Dogs Gecko In Person: Mon 10.30am-6pm 10.30am-9pm Tue-Fri Sat 4-9pm Sun 4-8pm Christmas closure: 24-28 Dec, 31 Dec-3 Jan. Phone: 020 7223 2223 until 6pm (7pm on Sun). Post: Send cheque made payable to ‘BAC Ltd’ to The Box Office. E-mail: [email protected] cannot be Tickets reserved. Please arrive early as latecomers may not be admitted. No refunds or exchanges. Book online: www.bac.org.uk Transport: to Clapham Junction Train from or Waterloo Victoria. BAC is a 10 min walk up Lavender Hill. to Clapham Common, Tube then a few stops on 345 bus. Buses 345, 77, 77a, 156 and G1 all stop on Lavender Hill. 020 7223 2223

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