wexner center for the arts THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS 1927 The Animals and Children Took to the Streets THU–SAT, apR 1 8–20 | 8 PM SUN, apr 21 | 2 PM Performance Space 2012–13 PERFORMING ARTS SEASON Thank you for 1927 The Animals and Children joining us at tonight’s Took to the Streets performance. THU–SAT, apR 18–20 | 8 pm SUN, APR 21 | 2 pm Performance Space Special thanks to all Wexner Center members and sponsors. Your support makes this event possible. Major support for the Wexner Center’s The Wexner Center also receives The Wexner Center for the Arts is your one-stop source for 2012–13 performing arts season is generous support from the Greater everything in the contemporary arts. Come back and check out generously provided by the Doris Duke Columbus Arts Council, The Charitable Foundation. Columbus Foundation, Nationwide our groundbreaking exhibitions, films, theater, dance, music, and Foundation, and the Ohio Arts programs for all ages. 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Sorry, no refunds or exchanges unless an event is canceled. general support for the wexner center COVER PHOTO: NICK FLINTOFF PROGRAM RESIDENCY ACTIVITIES In addition to organizing public presentations of contemporary work 1927 in the performing, media, and visual arts, the Wexner Center actively seeks to provide opportunities for interaction among visiting artists, The Animals and Children students, faculty, and staff of The Ohio State University, and members of the community. These activities and associated discussions led by Took to the Streets authorities in many fields offer our audiences a better understanding of the creative process and the work of artists engaged by the Wexner created by ..................... 1927 Center. directed and written by ........ Suzanne Andrade While at the Wexner Center, members of 1927 held a discussion film, animation, and design by ... Paul Barritt session with students from Ohio State’s Department of Theatre music by ....................... Lillian Henley focusing on the creation and integration of computer animation in costumes by ................... Sarah Munro their productions. At this session, students had the opportunity to Esme Appleton ask questions about The Animals and Children Took to the Streets and its creative evolution. produced by ................... Joanna Crowley animation assistance by ........ Derek Andrade ABOUT 1927 Performed by .................. Sue Appleby Eleanor Buchan Lewis Barfoot 1927 is a performance company based in London that specializes in voice of the caretaker ......... James Addie combining performance and live music with animation and film to production manager ........... Steve Watling create magical filmic theater. Celebrated at home and overseas, 1927 was founded in 2005 by writer, performer, and director Suzanne Andrade and animator and illustrator Paul Barritt. In 2006 performer Originally performed by Suzanne Andrade, Esme Appleton, and Lillian and costume designer Esme Appleton and performer, composer, and Henley. Co-commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre (BAC), Malthouse musician Lillian Henley joined. In 2007 producer Jo Crowley began Theatre Melbourne, and The Showroom (University of Chichester). collaborating with the company. The four creative members of Supported by Corn Exchange Newbury. Early development supported 1927—Andrade, Barritt, Appleton, and Henley—come from different by The Arches and Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival. UK premiere artistic backgrounds; it’s the collaboration between, and complete funded by Arts Council England. integration of, their various disciplines that has paved the way for the company to create its innovative and original work. 1927 cut The show is approximately one hour with one 15-minute intermission. its teeth in London’s cabaret scene. The company performed the beginnings of its debut show in cabaret venues, spoken word nights, and comedy clubs, supporting major cabaret acts and bands including the Dresden Dolls at the Roundhouse Theater, London. In 2007, 1927 premiered Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, its debut show, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, achieving critical acclaim and winning five industry awards (Herald Angel, Fringe First, Arches Brick, Carol Tambor, and Total Theatre awards). Following the success of that Edinburgh debut, the company has presented the show in two sold- out London seasons and toured to venues and festivals in every region of the UK and across the globe to major international theaters and arts festivals including PS 122, Under the Radar, and Spoleto Festival (USA); Sydney Opera House, Malthouse Theatre, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and Perth Festival (Australia); Uijeongbu Music Theatre Festival (Korea); Singapore Festival; Mladi levi Festival (Slovenia); Dublin Festival (Ireland); Belfast Festival (UK); Macau Festival; Hanover Festival (Germany); and New Zealand Festival. Along the way the show and company have garnered critical acclaim and two CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM New York Drama Desk Award Nominations and won the Peter Brook Empty Space Award for Best Ensemble in 2008. Suzanne Andrade (writer, director, and 1927 co-artistic director) 1927 premiered The Animals and Children Took to the Streets at Australia’s writes and directs 1927’s work. Before forming 1927, Suzanne was Sydney Opera House and the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne in commissioned by the BBC to write a play for the West Yorkshire 2010, following over a year of making in the company’s East London Playhouse. The results were not particularly good, which encouraged studio and research, development, and in-progress performances in Suzanne to turn away from traditional script writing and try her hand London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newbury, and Chichester. The show at comedy and poetry. She fared marginally better and won several had its UK premiere at Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) in London in small-scale standup comedy competitions before moving to London December 2010–January 2011, winning the 2011 Off West End Award and establishing herself as a performance poet. After appearing on for Best Entertainment. During 2011 and 2012, the show toured Radio 3 (Mixing It, The Verb), Suzanne met Paul Barritt. The pair created to Australia, China, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, several small shows involving her poetry and his projections. They France, Nigeria, Croatia, Ireland, France, and the United States. In the gained a cult (small but loyal) following. Suzanne has created all of UK it was presented at Holt Festival and Latitude Festival and was 1927’s shows and collaborated with Paul as 1927 to co-conceive a new selected for the 2011 British Council Edinburgh showcase. The Animals production of The Magic Flute at the Komische Opera Berlin, which she and Children Took to the Streets was presented again in London at the codirected. She is currently writing 1927’s new show for 2014. Suzanne National Theatre in December 2011–January 2012 and in December is mainly consumed by 1927, but she occasionally pops up at the odd 2012–January 2013 (in the larger Lyttelton Theatre). In 2013 the storytelling gig. company is presenting the show with a new cast across the UK and during an eleven-month international tour to Hong Kong, Jordan, Paul Barritt (film, animation, design, and 1927 co-artistic director) France, Switzerland, the United States, Spain, China, Israel, Holland, illustrated and animated The Animals and Children Took to the Streets. Russia, Latvia, Ireland, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Before forming 1927, Paul worked as a freelance illustrator and Armenia, Georgia, and Malta. animator. Paul has exhibited his artwork in various galleries and has also made several stand-alone films, all of which are distributed 1927 has also collaborated with the Komische Opera in Berlin to internationally, appearing in film festivals throughout the United develop a large-scale new production of The Magic Flute, which Kingdom and Europe. He won an award at the Darklight Film Festival premiered in November 2012 and is running in repertory performances for his short film Shed. Paul has co-created all of 1927’s shows and through July 2013. The company is also developing a new production most recently collaborated with Suzanne as 1927 to co-conceive for 2014. 1927 is an associate company of the Young Vic Theatre. For a new production of The Magic Flute at the Komische Opera Berlin, more information visit 19-27.co.uk. for which he created full-scale animation and film. Paul is currently developing visual content for 1927’s new show for 2014. Paul is also a lecturer in animation and illustration at Middlesex University. For more information about