A Split Second of Paradise
Five bodies and hundreds of breeze blocks come together in a rapidly evolving architectural procession - the building and rebuilding of historical tableaux, from the story of Genesis to depictions of modern man. Sheer physical endeavour and slap stick humour contribute to this analogy of materialism and of human ambition, achievement and collapse.
with Pascal Brannan, Julian Maynard Smith, Jo Miles, Miranda Payne, Alison Urquhart
and Niki Jewett, Jennifer Turpin
"Leave your prejudices about acting and theatre at home and experience the shock of the new."
City Limits, Lyn Gardner
“Meanings multiply or disappear and a narrative collapses under the weight of possibilities. Their work is a mix of a grandiose dream with a mundane, material reality.”
Gary Stevens, Performance Magazine
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The Midland Group, Nottingham; Acme Studios, London
Venice Biennale; Amsterdam Summer Festival/ Veemtheater; Lisbon Festival; tour to Warsaw, Gdansk and Posnan; Valladolid Festival; Petofi Hall, Budapest; Pecs, Hungary; Eurokaz Festival, Zagreb; Keep It Simple Festival, Basel; The Place Theatre, LondonCommissioned by The Midland Group, 1985
Supported by Artangel. 1986
