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Miss Murphy & Co Miss Murphy & Co Proposal for further development & presentations “an evocative love story of a sailor and his landlocked lover” Square Sail’s Phoenix at sea Built by Hjorne & Jakobsen at Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1929 as an Evangelical Mission Schooner she then carried cargo until her This romantic courtship unfolds engine room was damaged by fire. through breath-taking aerial and Converted to the 15th century Caravel ‘Santa Maria’ for Ridley Scott’s film ‘1492 Conquest dance sequences that use all the of Paradise’ in1991, she was known as creative potential of the ship’s rig Santa Maria until, in 1996, due to increasing demand for period square-riggers, she as a dramatic stage. was converted into a 2 masted Brig and reverted to her original name Working in consultation with expert riggers ‘Phoenix of Dell Quay’. and Tall Ship crews, we can rig a variety of different aerial routes through different ships’ rigs to animate their structures and engage a broad range of audiences. From the first tentative flirtatious steps on the quayside to chivalrous showing off in the ratlines, our talented aerialists perform a stunning array of counter-weight flying and corde lisse climbing and tumbling over the water. Flying the sailor and his lover up to the top of the masts - we use the natural symmetry of the rig to create awe inspiring aerial duets that play out in the ratlines, across the yards and across the deck. Mirroring each other’s moves as they cartwheel and glide throughout the rig, the lovers continually try to meet but are repeatedly pulled apart through the challenges of distance, timing and bad weather...... Video of scratch performance http://www.vimeo.com/16828689 Set to an evocative, Interpreting imagery and facts percussive soundtrack, from real life stories and love letters the Sailor and his Lover from the age of sail through to the perform awe-inspiring present day, this story celebrates the climbs and tumbling drops dramatic romances and from yards over the water tragedies experienced - amplifying the struggles by all those touched of love, while the ship by life at sea. is slowly dressed with dramatic colourful streamers and lights. “we use the symmetry of the rig to create breathtaking aerial duets that play out in the ratlines, across the yards and deck. “ Documentation of scratch performance for ‘On the Waterfront’, Canning Dock, Liverpool Alex Poulter (Aerialist) Director: Charlie Murphy www.charliemurphy.co.uk Alex has been a professional performer all his adult life. His talents have taken him Graduating in Fine Art (Photography) from around the globe, contributing to large, the RCA in 1999, my portfolio includes medium and small scale productions in live participatory performances, visual theatre, film, television, music promos, art installations, photography and video Stadium shows and Cabarets as an actor, works. aerialist, acrobat and stunt performer.His I have presented work for the Venice portfolio includes Zorro! - the Musical Biennale 2005, the Edinburgh Festival (2009) , Pericles, Prince of Tyre for The Globe 2006, Tate Modern 2007 and the Big Dance (2005) Twelfth Night for Middle Temple Festival 2008. Hall (2002) and a wide range of public and corporate events. Click below for video links Supported by individual artist grants from ACE, a an Artsadmin ‘mid career’ professional Marriott advert USA development bursary, I am also an Artist Rope Act Associate of Artsway Contemporary Art Royal Variety performance 2009 in the New Forest – supported by the (the performer in black) Leverhulme Trust. I amcurrently based in Zorro London. Victoria McManus (Aerialist ) Producer : Julian Rudd www.remarkableproductions.org Victoria specialises in aerial rope, trapeze, silks, acrobatic bungee and harness Julian has over 15 years experience of work. She has performed in many producing events of different scales and art contexts all over the world, including forms as a producer, production manager the Shakespeare’s Globe in Pericles, Man and programmer. Founding the London Falling Down, La Clique at The Famous Mela in partnerhip with the Mayor of London, Spiegeltent, Chichester Festival Theatre Julian set up Remarkable in May 2005. and The Barbican. She has toured Europe Julian has been creative producer a number and the UK extensively with Storm and of shows including Circus Mamloucos “The Gangstars international corporate events Mamaloucos Experience” (1995), Black Hole for Tate Modern and An audience with Theatre Company “The Singularity” (1999), Kylie Minogue and teaches aerial skills Walk the Plank/The Dhol Academy “In the on the degree course at The Circus Space Dholdrums” (2004) and “Bollywood Steps” (London). She has been involved with the (2006) development of Charlie’s ‘Salute’ prokect He has been involved in the development since 2005. of my Tall Ship project ‘Salute’ since 2006. www.highperformanceproductions.net Commissions and Presentations Joe Hull and Bryan Donaldson are former ‘To Kiss A Sailor’ was commissioned by The show requires a relatively small aerial artists and acrobats who specialise Walk the Plank & Liverpool City Council - scale sailing vessel with a fully working in performer flying and circus rigging. for their On the Waterfront maritime square rig. Their work involves a combination of festival in July 2010 and presented on devising, installation and performance Squaresail’s Tall ship, Phoenix. We can adapt the show to work with work for The Millennium Dome Show, the existing structure of a variety of The National Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company, Stage Entertainments, The This successfull, small scale pilot show ships’ rigs or with a purpose made Olympic Games in Athens and The Asian draws on a selection of research that I structure. Games in Doha. They have extensive have prepared for a large-scale Tall Ship simpler rigs provide the most air space experience in rigging for both corporate Show ‘ Salute’. for performer’s movements. and public events and have been involved in the development of ‘Salute’ since 2005 R&D video for Salute : Please call us if you have any questions http://www.vimeo.com/6995379 or require more details. ‘Opening of the Point’ Testimonials Earlier this year we publicised an aerial commission to be performed in the rigging of a Tall Ship, for the On the Waterfront Festival in Liverpool. There were a number of submissions of which Charlie Murphy’s proposal for “To Kiss a sailor “ was selected. The resulting piece of work was well devised and presented. It was loved by the audiences, and our peers who were performing at the same festival. The company were great to work with coping well with the challenging conditions and an unusual environment. John Wassell Producer Walk the Plank Charlie responded to the brief well, and staged a performance that was appropriate to the setting - Liverpool’s On the Waterfront weekend; high quality - with strong performances from the cast of two; and interesting to watch, once in the rigging of the ship, in terms of the aerial content. It would be good to see her develop the performance, as I’m sure there is a market for To Kiss A Sailor. Liz Pugh, Walk the Plank I was fortunate to be able to see your performance on the Sunday and certainly the immediate response from the audience must have been pleasing... Judith Feather Head of Events, Liverpool City Council “Wow great achievement. Hope we’ll be seeing you at the Greenwich and Docks fest next year “ t : 07855328565 Cathy Wooley e : [email protected] Participation Officer, Southbank Centre © Charlie Murphy 2011.
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