Cooking the Vegan Salmon of Knowledge

Cooking the Vegan Salmon of Knowledge

By Bradán

Feast Days

Creative Team:

Directed by Kate Bauer.
Written and performed by James Ireland

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Join James Ireland as they cook a vegan version of smoked salmon, using the ingredients to have a conversation about food history and human impact on the environment.

This isn’t the first ecological catastrophe we’ve created. 10,000 years ago, human societies across the world changed from hunter-gathering to agricultural lifestyles. We’d hunted our food off the face of the earth. James says we’re making another catastrophe now.

Join us for a look at our current practices of food consumption, one element of unsustainable modern life. Without changing our behaviour and our diets in the past, we wouldn’t be here — so what can we learn from that now? This work centres on a plant-based (vegan) recipe, but that’s just one part of the conversation.

Please note this show contains optional food consumption. Key allergens: gluten, soy, garlic, citrus (lemon). Cooking the Vegan Salmon of Knowledge premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival where it was the winner of the Axis Green Arts Award.

“Simple and thought provoking.” No More Work Horse

Our indoor theatre shows have limited capacity and we therefore ask you to book tickets in advance.

Free tickets for The Factory on 9 September are available here 
For Applecart Arts on 10 September here 
(Subject to a £1 booking fee)

Show Info.

Venue:

The Factory (9 Sep)
Applecart Arts (10 Sep)

Date & Time Slot:

9 Sep: 17:00
10 Sep: 16:30

Running Time:

35 minutes

Recommended Age:

10+

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Janet

Janet

By Helen Ainsworth and John Mowat

Feast Days

Cast and Creative Team Credits:

Created by Helen Ainsworth and John Mowat
Directed by John Mowat

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Janet tells the story of the residents in a block of flats and was inspired by living on the Maiden Lane Estate, Kings Cross. It focuses on the story of a young woman – “Janet” who is represented by a lump of uncooked bread dough.

Join us for an emotional, high-­energy, poetically performed tragi-­comedy, celebrating the life of Janet, an ordinary woman who dreams for something else beyond the inevitable and conventional.

Janet is a show for anyone who has tried to defy destiny or go against the grain in everyday life; for those who love to play with their food and especially for those who enjoy a well baked loaf of bread! A very human story told by objects with a dark comic edge – a mix of Monty Python and Emmerdale, plus a pinch of B-Movie Horror.

The production is influenced by Scottish author Ali Smith’s book Artful and also a short story – “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and uses unusual puppetry techniques to tell the story.

Our indoor theatre shows have limited capacity and we therefore ask you to book tickets in advance.
Free tickets for 9 September at The Factory are available here
For 10 September at Applecart Arts here 
(Subject to a £1 booking fee)

Show Info.

Venue:

The Factory (9 Sep)
Applecart Arts (10 Sep)

Date & Time Slot:

9 Sep: 18:15
10 Sep 17:30

Running Time:

60 minutes

Recommended Age:

14+

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Do What Ya Mother Told Ya!

Do What Ya Mother Told Ya!

By Just More Productions

Feast Days

Creative Team:

Created and performed by Fatina and Blaze Tarsha

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International touring contemporary circus artist Blaze and touring circus chef/clown Fatina are a mother and daughter duo. Join them on a joyous journey of a plate spinning, food juggling and fire blazing!

Once all the lemons have been juggled, the plates spun, and the flaming pans put out, it’s time for the grand finale, where the clumsy assistant finally gets a taste of the cake. Suddenly Tiny T is no longer clumsy!

Do What Ya Mother Told Ya! is a feast of food fusion and storytelling across geography and generations.

Just More is a physical theatre & circus company, using food history and circus to educate and entertain, vibrant and friendly performances, bringing culture and communities together. A genuine mother/daughter collaboration, the company have a close relationship having toured together in Nofitstate Circus since 2005.

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:

25 mins

Recommended Age:

4+

“The uncontrollable laughter of the kids said it all!”

Audience member at Llandudono

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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

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 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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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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