Posts Tagged ‘Theatre’
The I-Puppets
Colourful lightened puppets with shiny eyes. These strange creatures hold an eye on you. They are curious about everything and like a child they observe their environment.Then they find you…. People lower their voices, want to touch the puppets, or even start addressing them like they are having a natural, real conversation. This is what…
Read MoreDEVENTER OP STELTEN.
Best of both worlds When young meets wisdom and pleasure meets talent, the earth is gonna rock. An celebration at it’s best!This positive vibe will colour one of the nicest street theatre festival in the Netherlands. DEVENTER OP STELTEN.Drummers and dancers! Two parades starting at different spots in the city come together in the centre. The gathering…
Read MoreGLOBE at Festival Imaginarius.
GLOBE at the imaginary world of Festival Imaginarius. May 24 – 25 at the historic centre of Santa Maria da Feira. GLOBE visualises the art of liberty and proves flying as supreme happiness. The spectacle shows the childlike imagination as instrument to enable one to fly. Elders, while growing older, lose this devotion to simplicity.…
Read MoreTHE CLOSE-ACT BOOK
In ‘THE WONDER OF STREETTHEATRE’ we are trying to take you along on our journey of the first years of Close-Act. Browsing this book, the pictures will give you a great insight into what we have created. The images speak for themselves, but there is still something more. What’s beyond the pictures? Key topics like…
Read MoreNO STARS NO DIVAS
The versatile character of the Close-Act company is very powerful and the collaboration among the players is always a joy. Try looking at the Globe performance from close-by. The actions of the riggers under the sphere are just as interesting as what the actors in the Globe are doing. In a multidisciplinary spectacle, the lines…
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The fantasy language The insect that preludes the start of Close-Act was a giant mosquito. The mask is like a hat. Head down it’s an insect; head up it’s a “human”. Well not a normal human. A strange creature with stilts, long arms, a golden face, a strange hat and in the mouth a kind…
Read MoreTAKE IT FOR GRANTED
“This was the best I ever saw. How are you capable of creating such a giant spectacle?” If you see the performance Globe, you would expect a large organization behind it, with a super large working space and of course a lot of funding from the government. This is not the case. We have just…
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The soloists versus the chorus. In the past we’ve often created shows with main characters and an ensemble. But what if we made an ensemble of main characters? On organic group where each player can take the lead, bounce of or complement each other, or all of them together act as one unit. The interaction…
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Anything is possible!Public space: an ordinary place for an extra-ordinary performance, and not the other way around. Podiums and stages are being replaced by what the city has to offer.You may end up in the middle of an interactive theatre performance or dangerously close to a steel object that has been set on fire by…
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