Sporadical: An Epic Folk Opera 2009
In 2009 we were delighted to be commissioned by
the Forest Fringe to
make a show for the Edinburgh festival. The result was a reckless, ever
changing, interactive and improvisational musical comedy splashdown with
puppets.
It is the Wellesferry family reunion and it is time for the younger generation to prove that the long held family tradition of telling tall tales will never die. This cardboard extravaganza, set on the high seas, sheds light on the bizarre and fantastical history of how the family got its name. Featuring an ambitious collection of arias, sea shanties, anthems, beat poems and a rogues gallery of Captains, Mermaids, Brides, Cads and Fisher Boys.
After its two week run at the Forest Café during the Edinburgh Festival (where it was nominated for the Total Theatre Award for Music and Theatre) it transferred to the Battersea Arts Centre café for the Story Telling Festival in March 2010. We hoisted its sails later that year for Mayfest in Bristol and gave it a final send off at the Secret Garden Party that summer.
It is the Wellesferry family reunion and it is time for the younger generation to prove that the long held family tradition of telling tall tales will never die. This cardboard extravaganza, set on the high seas, sheds light on the bizarre and fantastical history of how the family got its name. Featuring an ambitious collection of arias, sea shanties, anthems, beat poems and a rogues gallery of Captains, Mermaids, Brides, Cads and Fisher Boys.
After its two week run at the Forest Café during the Edinburgh Festival (where it was nominated for the Total Theatre Award for Music and Theatre) it transferred to the Battersea Arts Centre café for the Story Telling Festival in March 2010. We hoisted its sails later that year for Mayfest in Bristol and gave it a final send off at the Secret Garden Party that summer.
H.E.L.P/H.O.P.E 'a passionate presentation in two parts'.
_ Being made redundant is never easy, especially in a time of financial crises, political apathy and (literal) global meltdown! Yet amidst this sorry state of affairs two unassuming candidates find themselves the unlikely heroes of a revolution. A really important revolution! But they can’t do it alone.
Inspired by a certain “audacity of hope” and the helping hand of a stranger (this could be you), you could find yourself just a hairs breadth away from
serious and lasting change. H.E.L.P/H.O.P.E: to see you there,
Yours faithfully,
Ruth & Martin.
Performed at BAC, Shunt Vaults, Mayfest and the Docklands Museum 2009
Inspired by a certain “audacity of hope” and the helping hand of a stranger (this could be you), you could find yourself just a hairs breadth away from
serious and lasting change. H.E.L.P/H.O.P.E: to see you there,
Yours faithfully,
Ruth & Martin.
Performed at BAC, Shunt Vaults, Mayfest and the Docklands Museum 2009
Extraordinary Ordinary
In an office bustling with ‘things to do’, how could you possibly find yourself inventing mischievous games and folding paper into flightless birds? But this is exactly what Martin and Ruth do.
Little Bulb Theatre presents a stark cubicle-world carved out of paper, stationary and the outpourings of their endearingly awkward minds. This isn’t a play about how dull it is to live in an office – this is a 9 til 5 adventure.
Told through a mixture of farcical choreography and touching imagery, 'Extraordinary Ordinary' is a celebration of everything hum-drum, a bittersweet comedy of two characters exploring the loneliness of modern-day city living and the extraordinary, sometimes heartbreakingly ordinary, ways of surviving it.
Performed at the 2008 Fringe Festival and later at the Shunt Vaults 2009
Little Bulb Theatre presents a stark cubicle-world carved out of paper, stationary and the outpourings of their endearingly awkward minds. This isn’t a play about how dull it is to live in an office – this is a 9 til 5 adventure.
Told through a mixture of farcical choreography and touching imagery, 'Extraordinary Ordinary' is a celebration of everything hum-drum, a bittersweet comedy of two characters exploring the loneliness of modern-day city living and the extraordinary, sometimes heartbreakingly ordinary, ways of surviving it.
Performed at the 2008 Fringe Festival and later at the Shunt Vaults 2009
Shunt Vault Experiments
Sight Reading
You'll have to search hard in the vaults but somewhere you'll find two sightless musicians - a walk in walk out installation by Little Bulb Theatre.
Performed Shunt Vaults 2010
Mistress Holy and her No Good Naughty Boys
Offering you advice on a multitude of human dilemmas, Mistress Holy and her No-good Naughty Boys use the only medium they know how (synth-lead, soul based, disco funk to be precise) to help you make the right choices. So whether you're deliberating over chocolate brownies versus healthy fruits, leaving the dishes till the next morning or indeed whether or not to kill your neighbours' pet tortoise let Mistress Holy and her boys make sure you get righteous... and funky.
Performed Shunt Vaults 2009
Sylvia's National Express Bingo
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"National Express Bingo...(and other winning combinations.)
Two little ducks to Dorset ducky? Or gorgeous Gordon's den to Devon? Sounds like it could be your lucky night eh! So what are you doin' sittin there without your fat dot pen and unique number pad? Thee can't win if you don't join in you daft thing! Eee, by heck you haf right spell it out for some folk - pen and paper means prizes every hour - so don't be coconut shy I want a full house!
Performed Shunt Vaults 2009
"National Express Bingo...(and other winning combinations.)
Two little ducks to Dorset ducky? Or gorgeous Gordon's den to Devon? Sounds like it could be your lucky night eh! So what are you doin' sittin there without your fat dot pen and unique number pad? Thee can't win if you don't join in you daft thing! Eee, by heck you haf right spell it out for some folk - pen and paper means prizes every hour - so don't be coconut shy I want a full house!
Performed Shunt Vaults 2009
Inside the Corporate Mind
A walk in installation performed Shunt Vaults 2008
