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PERFECT. Photo - Christoph Wagner.
Performers : Karin Heberlein, Toby Hughes, Leticia SantaFe, Phillippe Spall.
Texts : Phil Smith.
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ONE - ( THE OTHER ). Photo - Tim Nunn .
Performer - Waikit Tang
Video Design : Perfect - Oogoo Maia
One - ( the other) - Drew Pautz
Lighting Design : Perfect - Christoph Wagner
One - ( the other ) - Drew Pautz
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KIOSK MAN ( Collaboration with Terramobile, St. Petersburg )
Performer - Julie Driscoll
Board of Directors - Akua Obeng-Frimpong, John Daniel, Ian Hamilton, Edward Jewitt.
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A MACBETH
Performers - James Callachan, Isabella Lepri
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SISTERS
Performers - Julie Driscoll, Tilly Edwards, Rowan Saille.
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Hard Currency Festival '95
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Photo - Christoph Wagner
Performer - Philippe Spall
"with delicate and skillful physical performances, they explore
and rearrange our notions of the alien and the familiar..... this
company strikes all sorts of chords you didn't even know were there. If
you haven't quite seen the point of this sort of work before, this is
what all the fuss is about." THREE WEEKS, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL.
"breathtaking, a perfect demonstration of the power of movement" THE STAGE, UK
"Stunning visuals and breathtaking physical beauty" THE LIST, SCOTLAND
"intricate and challenging ... thoughtful and thought provoking" THE GLASGOW HERALD
"incredibly modern .... a full sensual evening" NEUES DEUTSCHLAND, BERLIN
"superior and distinctive physical and dramatic vocabulary ... philosophical, sardonic, fresh and surprising" TOTAL THEATRE, UK
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Photo - Javier Gallego.
In '93 & '95 Perpetual Motion Theatre presented two festivals
of contemporary independant Russian Theatre at the Watermans Arts
Centre, London and collaborated with St. Petersburg physical theatre
troupe "Terramobile" both in Russia & Britain on a project
exploring the rise of new fascism called "Kiosk Man" in '99.The company
has developed long term links with the Russian Federation in particular
performing at the Moscow Arts Theatre, The Volgograd festival of new
movement (winning first prize), The Prologue of the Wheel in St.
Petersburg's "Baltiski Dom" & touring all over the former Soviet
Union with four new productions.
In 1999 the company established an exchange project with Seoul's
leading avent garde theatre troup Oh Taesuk's "Mowkha Company" in South
Korea, and has since been touring all over the UK, New York, Germany,
Spain, Korea, Egypt, Moldova & the Ukraine.
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Performers - Toby Hughes, Waikit Tang.
" charming, ingenious, .... horrifyingly real" THE NEW YORK TIMES
"illuminating, funny and touching" VILLAGE VOICE, NEW YORK
"a celebration of multi-culturalism, slick and contemporary" CAIRO THEATRE JOURNAL
" delights Korean audiences ...." THE KOREA TIMES
"playful, sexy, poignant and heart-stirring" VENUE MAGAZINE UK
"teeming chock full of fascinating ideas executed with humour and panache, brilliantly and ludicrously funny" TOTAL THEATRE, UK
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Perpetual Motion Theatre is
very grateful to have received support from the British Council,
Visiting Arts, London Borough Grants, Foundation for Sport and the
Arts, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Camden Arts and Leisure, University
of Westminster, Prema Arts Centre, Diorama Arts Centre, The Golden
Bottle Trust, The Leche Foundation, as well as private donations.
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