An outdoor circus enquiry Parklife was orgionally co-commissioned by Without Walls, the Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Brighton Festival and was performed in Stockton International Riverside Festival in Summer 09 and Norfolk and Norwich and Brighton Festivals in Spring 2010. We are please to announce that a second phase of development has been funded by Arts Council of England and will begin in August 2010 with a development week in Wales culminating with a residency and performance in Pontadawe on 14th august 2010 Parklife video 1 Parklife video 2 Part playground, part bandstand, NoFit State takes the tent off its circus and in vites you to join them in a joyful exploration and celebration of the secret life of public parks. For a week at a time, they will take up residency in festival parks, bringing a spectacular aerial circus playground and an Open House programme of taster sessions, rehearsals, performances and happenings in collaboration with local creative groups and members of the passing public. From impromptu whistling workshops and live music jams to bicycle ballets and displays of extreme sports, there will be plenty of opportunities to get in on the act as Britain’s leading contemporary circus company launches the first phase of its exciting outdoor circus initiative. NoFitState was invited by Without Walls, a consortium of UK arts festivals to begin the process of developing a new outdoor circus show. Following on from our first three sucessful community residencies we took a professional version of the show to Glastonbury Festival 2010 where we worked in collobaration with Circolombia.
The performance concept and language for the company’s silver tent shows Immortal and Tabu was developed over a 10 year period, through a trilogy of large scale collaborations between artists working in different disciplines and a wide range of community performance groups. We wish to return to this open hearted, high risk methodology in order to explore a new outdoor circus experience for our audiences.
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We will be resident in Pontardawe Recreation ground from 6th to 14th Aug and looking forward to working with the community of N&PT particularly our circus friends from Organised Kaos. As this is a combined residency and show development week some days will be private reharsals and other days will focus completely on community engagement. Run away with the circus in your own back yard On 7th/8th and 14th Aug we will be open to the public. Come to the park and watch us rehearse between 2.30 and 5pm on those dates. You will see how the rigging works, how performers train and be able to give your feedback on the material being devised for the final performance. From 3.30-5pm on 7/8th August and from 2.30-3.30pm on the 14th August you will be able to try your hand at circus skills. Over the three workshops will be teaching hula hoops, unicycling, aerial ( for over 14 yrs), skipping, frampette ( a cross between free running and trampette) and on Sat 14th at 2.30pm bring your bicycles and join us for bicycle ballet The final performance will be on Sat Aug 14th at 9pm ( Preshow at 8.30pm ). This is a free event but it is ticketed please call the box office at Pontardawe Arts Centre on 01792 863722 click here for map |
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In Dorchester we are performing as part of Inside Out Festival and working in collaboration with Dorchester Arts and Activate. We shall be erecting our playground of structures inside the historic Maumbury rings. We are very excited about working in this ancient amplitheatre and we will be resident from 14th-19th September. Open house schedules will be available soon. The performance will be at 8.00pm with preshow at 7.30 and picnic in the park from 6pm. This is a free event. click here for map |
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We are thrilled to be invited back to Taunton by the Brewhouse. nofitstate has previously performed ImMortal and tabu in Taunton and we look forward to making a show that includes our past audiences. We hope that people who have seen us before will be keen to be involved. We will be in Somerset Square (Outside The Brewhouse) on 10th (eve), 11th and 12th September, running, taster workshops, talent spots and meeting community groups. We'll return to taunton on the 23rd September to be resident in the Cricket club until Sunday 26th when we'll be invading the pitch with a vast array of professional and trainee circus performers and a heap of talented locals. Full schedule will be available soon. The performance will be at 8.30pm with the pre show at 8pm. To book tickets for this performance contact the Brewhouse 01823 283244 or www.thebrewhouse.net Tickets are £10/5 with a family ticket £25 Click here for map |
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Parklife at Norfolk and Norwich Festival Nofit State will be resident in Eaton Park, Norwich from 8th-13th May 2010 A surreal celebration of the secret life of public parks by NoFit State Circus and a host of guest stars from Norwich and surrounding area. Part playground, part bandstand, this is circus as you have never seen it before – aerial acrobatics and fireshow spectacle sat side by side with traditional and contemporary dance, music, sport and urban arts to create a new kind of large scale circus experience uniquely of, and for, Norfolk and Norwich Festival. |
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Parklife at Brighton Festival Nofit State were resident at the Level, Brighton from 18th-23rd May 2010 Video of Brighton Show A surreal celebration of the secret life of public parks by NoFit State Circus and a host of guest stars from Norwich and surrounding area, including: The Circus Project, Brighton Fire Swingers, City College performing arts department and Bandbazi. Part playground, part bandstand, this is circus as you have never seen it before – aerial acrobatics and fireshow spectacle sat side by side with traditional and contemporary dance, music, sport and urban arts to create a new kind of large scale circus experience uniquely of, and for, Brighton Festival. |
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Parklife is a creative enquiry aiming to explore and develop new ideas for a large scale outdoor circus performance. The conversation will happen in many modes – singing / music, theatre devising, circus skills training, exchanging skills with other practitioners, playing with objects and new equipment, public engagement - and will include collaboration and creative exchanges between professional artists and creative practitioners at all levels of professional development, creative community groups in each residency location, the passing public and anyone else who wants to join in. |
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