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We assume BE PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2008 AND WILL COVER THE PERIOD MARCh–MAY 2008 permission to publish any unsolicited material unless otherwise stated in writing. 2 totAL THEATRE - DEVEloPinG CONTEMPORARY THEATRE EDITORIAL CONTENTS 2008 sees Liverpool crowned as European City of Culture, and in REGULARS this issue of Total Theatre we welcome you to The Great North News & Previews P4 West, as Beccy Smith, Ric Watts and John Fox give a taste of Company Updates P8 the region’s artistic life – from queerupnorth in Manchester to Out & About P12 ceilidhs in Cumbria; experiments in multimedia performance at Pippa Bailey Hope St Ltd to burlesque on a boat, courtesy of Walk the Plank. Voices P19 Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens From the docks of Liverpool we sail away to the waterside of Media P36 Brooklyn, New York to encounter an extraordinary crossover of visual and performing arts. Paso Doble is a collaboration between FEATURES French-Yugoslavian choreographer Josef Nadj and Catalan artist Focus on: The Great North West P14 Miquel Barceló, previewed here before it arrives on our shores Beccy Smith, Ric Watts, and John Fox share for the London International Mime Festival in January 2008. their knowledge of a vibrant region of the UK Another pair of collaborating artists, featured in this issue’s Brooklyn Bull P20 Voices, are American artists Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Dorothy Max Prior previews Paso Doble Stephens. They’ve taken artistic collaboration about as far as you can, and pledged to a seven-year programme of life-as-art, in Come together – Connecting Worlds Apart P22 which they will renew their personal and professional unity each Bianca Mastrominico year in a series of chakra-themed civil partnership marriages. Mime is Dead – Long Live Mime P24 A very different sort of collaboration is documented in a feature An appreciation of Marcel Marceau that sets the scene for the latest Total Theatre professional by Nola Rae + obituary development project. Called Renegotiations, it brings together six established artists in a peer mentoring programme. Find out more Renegotiations P26 inside these pages. Pippa Bailey Also bringing artists together is a series of ongoing exchanges REVIEWS P28 called The International Training and Performance Residencies, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007 in which artists from Asia and South America come to the South Avignon Festival, France West of England in a spirit of mutual learning, documented in an CPT Sprint Festival, London article by Bianca Mastrominico of Organic Theatre, the artists x.trax Showcase, Manchester who initiated the project. Plus: Kazuko Hohki in the King’s Road Chelsea, Faulty Optic at Manchester International Festival, The artist’s voice is a key feature of Total Theatre Magazine. In the premiere of Periplum’s The Bell, Acrobat at response to the death of Marcel Marceau, the man who brought Circus Front and more… mime to a world audience, we bring you a very personal tribute from his friend and pupil, Nola Rae. Our regular sections include Pippa Bailey’s Out & About column, which muses on cultural diversity in theatre in the light of an open letter from Iraqi playwright Jawad Al Assadi. In our extended News section, catch up on the Total Theatre Awards at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007. Diversity and collaboration; the artist’s voice; reviews, news and previews, and updates from our associated artists and companies – as always an eclectic mix offering perspectives on the contemporary performance scene in the UK and beyond, which we hope will be entertaining and enlightening for theatre makers and audiences alike. Dorothy Max Prior Editor Comments or suggestions? Email: [email protected] totAltHEATRE.ORG.UK 3 NADJ/BARCELO PASO DOBLE AT LIMF S W & S W NE PREVIE LONDON INTERNATIONAL TOT MIME FESTIVAL A L T 12–27 JANUARY 2008 HEA It’s been confirmed that TR the Josef Nadj/Miquel E MAGAZ Barcelo collaboration Paso Doble will be presented at the 30th London International Mime Festival, January 2008. The piece, presented in in collaboration with BITE, will turn the Barbican Theatre into a canvas for a spectacular artwork which redefines the E | term ‘visual theatre’. Another highlight will be Sadari Movement Laboratory (Korea) with Woyzeck which won the Total vol Theatre Award 2007 for Best Physical Performance. Other confirmed artists/shows for LIMF 08 include: BlackSkyWhite 19 | (Russia) Astronomy for Insects; B.P.