Avanti XL In Tynemouth

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Well we did it! Six shows making eleven performances over two days. Only made possible by outstanding help and support from Jon, Helen, Trevor, Adam and Robyn plus of course the team at the festival. The weekend included a guest appearance by the festival director himself joining in with the crowd scattering ending of our mini finale, thanks Frank. Thanks also to Cloud Nine theatre company for playing in Leak and for joining in with the finale. We are now preparing to do it all again in Stockton. (Last time the fountain machine was in Stockton High Street we crashed into a bus!)

Rastatt

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After a challanging drive up from Rastatt, it rained pretty much none stop all the way from Strausberg to Stoke. Reliquary’s very complicated machinery worked perfectly even after 600 miles of shaking and the performers, nourished by Alsace wine and some lovely local dishs, did OK as well thanks to Peter Finegan for some excellent work with rice we left about five kilos on the marketplatz! We enjoyed a vintage, in more ways than one, performance by Leo Bassi and the show Pelat from the exceptional Joan Catala. If only Rastatt was closer!

Unintended Poetry

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Ypres City Of Wings

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Back from Ypres where we were showcasing Reliquary and Bees! the two outdoor parts of our 6-Impossible Things collaboration with Artizani. The festival went well for us with both pieces warmly recieved. There were 63 companies participating and many bookers and agents. We were well looked after and the festival staff have an impressive ‘can do’ attitude, they even whistled up a scuba diver who could re-fill our air tanks. James took this excellent photo of the audience ‘raining’ around two kilos of rice onto Reliquary from all around the atrium.

Re-Furbishing The Fountain machine

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The Fountain Machine is coming out of retirement and I have been re painting and generally checking everything is working. The machine was made by Jonathan Wolfenden and was one of the first water shows we made. You can see this lovely clanking black machine at Stockton Riverside and Mouth Of The Tyne festival.