Migran-te

Migran-te

By Pepa Duarte and Charly Monreal

Feast Days

Creative Team:

Created by Pepa Duarte & Charly Monreal
Performed by Pepa Duarte and Ramon Ayres
Produced by Xacara Culture
Movement director Shane Dempsey
Designer Carolina Rieckhof
Sound designer & composer Tom Sochas
Graphic designer Alexandro Valcarcel

Migran-te Photo by Will Shelmerdine 2

 Migrant-te is an outdoor performance created by Latinx artists Pepa Duarte and Charly Monreal. The show explores the act of ‘having tea’ in Latin America, bringing this intimate ritual from the privacy of family homes to the public space through sound and movement.

Created by a diverse team of migrant creatives MIGRAN-TE is designed to take ownership of the streets, foregrounding the stories of those often unheard. Performed live by two actors, the piece is accompanied by a soundscape created by composer and musician Tom Sochas that gathers experiences collected in research with seven Latinx households in the UK about their journey to the UK. Through their voices, the piece aims to carry the audience to various Latin American homes.

Pepa Duarte is a Peruvian actor, writer and theatre maker based in London whose work often explores themes of identity, migration, feminism and belonging. Charly Monreal is a London-based Chilean physical performer and theatre maker interested in movement, soundscape, and its possibilities in the space.

 

Show Info.

Venue:

Thames Barrier Park

Date & Time Slot:

9 Sep: Performances between 11:00 and 17:00 (timetable available on the day)

Running Time:

TBC

Recommended Age:

All ages

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Eating Myself

Eating Myself

By Pepa Duarte

Feast Days

Creative Team:

Written & performed by Pepa Duarte
Directed by Sergio Maggiolo

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“Food is a gift. Something you give to others. A privilege. An excuse to be with the ones you love.”

Back home, the mouth-watering flavours and aromas of traditional Peruvian cooking were forbidden in Pepa’s home. Except when Grandma would sneak in a steak and some spices. In England, Pepa found herself on a journey, a journey inside herself, to discover that food could be shared with a new family around a new table.

And now you are invited to taste it. Through sharing her own experiences, Duarte undertakes a powerful journey, inviting the audience to reflect on their own relationships with food. You are invited to the table to join Pepa Duarte (A Fight Against, Royal Court) for a full sensory experience exploring womanhood, body image and tradition in this debut play directed by Sergio Maggiolo.

Our indoor theatre shows have limited capacity and we therefore ask you to book tickets in advance. Free tickets for 10 September at Applecart Arts are available here
(Subject to a £1 booking fee)

Show Info.

Venue:

Applecart Arts (10 Sep)

Date & Time Slot:

10 Sep at 19:00

Running Time:

55 minutes

Recommended Age:

16+

★★★★

“A well-crafted piece of theatrical storytelling. Nourishing, and created with a great deal of heart and soul.”

THE SPY IN THE STALLS

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Bee Cart

Bee Cart

By Pif-Paf

Feast Days

Creative Team:

Joint artistic directors:
Pete Gunson and Eleanor Hooper

Performer:
Lawrence Speck, tbc

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Bee Guides Bombus and Borage are from a secret government organisation called The Human Union of Pollinators – preparing for the worst but hoping for the best with their mobile world of interaction, Bee wisdom and surreal fun.

Delve into the world of Bees, learn the pollen packing dance, the waggle dance and try out their Buzz Pollenator or their Flapper-Winger-Tronerators, meet a giant Varroa Mite, and maybe even get your nose pollinated! Suitable for all the family with rave reviews from festivals, environmental, food and agriculture events, schools and museums

Developed from Pif-Paf’s acclaimed touring installation-show HONEY, the Bee Cart is an exciting, accessible walkabout theatre piece for audiences of all ages. Pete Gunson formed Pif-Paf in 2003 in Manchester inspired by his engineering background and companies he’d worked with. Eleanor Hooper, joint artistic director, trained as a fine artist specialising in portraiture, mask making and performance art.

Commissioned by the British Science Association.

Show Info.

Venue:

Thames Barrier Park

Date & Time Slot:

9 Sept: Performances between 11:00 and 17:00 (timetable available on the day)

Running Time:

Each show 40 mins

Recommended Age:

All ages

Toast

Toast

By Pif-Paf

Feast Days

Creative Team:

Pete Gunson, joint artistic director, producer, engineer. Deviser & Perfomer .
Eleanor Hooper, Joint artistic director, Lead artist, Director (TOAST)

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Pif-Paf invite to to join them on a beautiful big hearted journey through food, dance, live music, songs and tales from around the world. Join the Guild of Toasters and dance with their cart through the seasons as you toast your own lives with Batter Based treats from around the world in a love song to community.

TOAST was built from meeting musicians, cooks, dancers and story tellers from around the world who, like Pif-Paf, have made Sheffield their home town. They’ve stitched all these treats together into a show that moves around a space as we travel with their beautiful mobile Toast Kitchen full circle around the wheel of seasons and celebrate each other in intimate sharing of food, wild dancing, and lashings of live music.

Pete Gunson formed Pif-Paf in 2003 in Manchester inspired by his engineering background and companies he’d worked with. Eleanor Hooper, joint artistic director, trained as a fine artist specialising in portraiture, mask making and performance art.

Show Info.

Venue:

Thames Barrier Park

Date & Time Slot:

9 Sep: Performances between 11:00 and 17:00 (timetable available on the day)

Running Time:

45 minutes

Recommended Age:

All ages

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Photos – © Feast Fest

Picnic

Picnic

By Vamos Theatre

Feast Days

Creative Team:


Rachael Savage – Artistic Director of Vamos Theatre

Cast:
Rachael Savage, Gavin Maxwell. Marco Nanetti

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FeastFest favourites Vamos Theatre are returning for 2023 and they’re bringing a PICNIC – a hand picked selection of three of their unique walkabout performances. Take a wander in Thames Barrier Park and you’re sure to come across one of these:

Cheapskate Catering, you’ll be simply amazed by their incompetence! Serving drinks and canapés at events, the Cheapskate team guarantee silliness, clumsiness, inappropriate flirting, over-attentiveness, drunken and attention-seeking behaviour of all kinds. Not to be forgotten in a hurry!

The Crimplene Crusaders: our twin-set clad campaigners who will keep a firm eye out for any slouching, flirting or hand-holding. On very special occasions, they may be persuaded to let their hair down and demonstrate some unrivalled disco moves to their favourite modern music.

The Light Brigade – Powered by the people! Turn the dynamo, light up the night and get this party started. The Light Brigade is on hand to charge up Light Festivals and night time events with colour and hilarity using the latest low-impact dynamo-technology. Family & environmentally friendly.

Show Info.

Venue:

Thames Barrier Park

Date & Time Slot:

9 Sep: Performances between 11:00 and 17:00 (timetable available on the day)

Running Time:

Each show 40 mins

Recommended Age:

All ages

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Photos – © Feast Fest

Emerging Artists Workshop

Emerging Artists Workshop

Vamos Theatre

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Taster workshops – Vamos Emerging Artists programme

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Emerging Artists Workshop

BY VAMOS THEATRE

 

Taster workshops – Vamos Emerging Artists programme. Each year, Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company, invites emerging and inquisitive young artists from diverse communities across the country to take part in free or subsidised mask taster sessions, where they can learn about mask techniques, creating physical character and devising non-verbal theatre that connects and moves audiences. From these taster workshops, Vamos Theatre brings together a group of artists to create and perform mask theatre from shared stories and backgrounds, finalising in a public performance. The Vamos Emerging Artist programme is designed to discover the next generation of mask performers. All young or early career artists who are interested in physical theatre are welcome. It is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and by the Barry Jackson Trust.

Show Info.

Venue:

University of East London

Date & Time Slot:

October

Running Time:

n/a

Recommended Age:

n/a

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Photos – © Richard Davenport

FEAST

FEAST

Clout Theatre

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Originally devised by
Mine Cerci, Sacha Plaige, George Ramsay and Jennifer Swingler and reworked by Mine Cerci and Sacha Plaige

Design:
Naomi Kuyck-Cohen

Lighting:
Erik Perera and reworked by Berta Pibernat Trias

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FEAST

BY CLOUT THEATRE

 

A show about food.

From primitive struggle, through the baroque excess to technological perversion, how has our relationship with nourishment changed throughout history?

This one-woman show employs physical theatre, clowning and multimedia to delve into consumerism’s excesses and extremes. With cascades of milk, splashes of raw meat, and a dash of live feed webcams, FEAST is an hour of Dionysian anarchy the like of which you won’t have tasted before.

Show Info.

Venue:

Venue 26 – Summerhall / Bruford at Summerhall

Date & Time Slot:

6 – 11 August / 10.20 PM

13 – 18 August / 8.30 PM

Running Time:

60 minutes

Recommended Age:

14+

★★★★

‘[Hieronymous] Bosch would applaud… brilliantly disturbing, not least because of the belly laughs that it serves up’

The Herald (praise for FEAST 2015)

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Hold On Let Go

Hold On Let Go

Unfolding Theatre

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Director: Annie Rigby
Writer: Luca Rutherford
Songwriter: Paul Smith
Sounds: Mariam Rezaei
Choreographer: Liv Lorent
Dramaturg: Selina Thompson

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Hold On Let Go

BY UNFOLDING THEATRE

 

Alex is 56. Luca is half his age. Alex has an encyclopaedia in his head. Luca has one on her phone. Most of us forget most things, most of the time. What if we forget something important? Something that might make the world a better place? Alex can’t remember his mother’s voice. Searching opens a can of worms. Luca asks, can we become memory champions?

Show Info.

Venue:

Venue 26 – Summerhall
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Date & Time Slot:

31 July
2–6, 8–11, 13–19, 21–25 August
8: 40 PM

Running Time:

60 minutes

Recommended Age:

12+

★★★★

Thrillingly talented people.

Guardian

Feast Of Fools

Feast Of Fools

Daniel Serridge

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Main Actor:
Daniel Serridge

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Feast Of Fools

BY DANIEL SERRIDGE

 

Ever poured gravy into your hat? Eaten next to a Sultan? Had a dinner party with the devil? Well now’s your chance. The Feast of Fools will make this happen and more in one of the most unusual feeds you’ll ever have. Join storyteller Daniel Serridge at his dinner table of foolishness as he regales you with tales of disgusting banquets, salubrious suppers and measly meals. Prepare to get wined, dined and unrefined. Disclaimer: There will be no food served at this event and as a consequence you’ll leave starving or never wanting to eat again.

Show Info.

Venue:

Venue 30 – Scottish Storytelling Centre – Library at Fringe

Date & Time Slot:

1 – 6, 8 – 12, 15 – 18 August
1:30 PM

Running Time:

50 minutes

Recommended Age:

5+

Only Thing A Great Actress Needs

Only Thing A Great Actress Needs

Vaca 35 Theatre Group

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Director:
Damián Cervantes

Cast:
Diana Magallón & Maricarmen Ruíz.

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The Only Thing A Great Actress Needs

BY VACA 35 THEATRE GROUP

 

In this multi-award winning take on Genet’s The Maids, a small audience will be led backstage to witness two Mexican domestic servants prepare for the day ahead. They cook breakfast, wash, dance and tell stories in a sharp, revelatory piece that shines a piercing light on marginalisation and those who live in poverty with no hope of escaping their circumstances. Trough an evocative and sensory environment performers and the audience will coexist in a collective, tangible experience.

In association with 2019 CASA Festival

*Performed in Spanish with English surtitles

Show Info.

Venue:

Arcola Theatre – Dressing Room

Date & Time Slot:

18-20, 22-26 July
9:30 PM

Running Time:

60 minutes

Recommended Age:

16+

★★★★

Best International Production, Villanueva Critics’ Award

Cuba 2013

Best Production, Best director & Critics’ Circle Award

MESS Festival, Sarajevo, 2015

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