The Flying Buttresses

United Kingdom

Hodman Dodmanott and Sally Forth

LGO. DO CHIADO | R. GARRETT

12, 13 May at 6.30pm

Thursday and Friday
14 May at 11.30am and 5pm
Saturday

MUSEU DA MARIONETA CLAUSTRO

12 May at 10.30pm

Thursday

TEATRO MARIA MATOS

13 May at 9pm

Friday

Concept, idea, direction and performers: Danielle Brooke and Rupert Parry Time: 30 min. For audiences over: For all ages

The delightfully captivating Hodman Dodmanott and Sally Forth, a wee pair of wonderful wanderers from the proud country of Oblivia.

Whalley Range All Stars

United Kingdom

Brain Wave

MUSEU DA MARIONETA CLAUSTRO

12 May at 10pm | 13 May at 8.30pm and 10pm | 14 May at 4pm, 8.30pm and 10pm

Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Artistic direction, overall design and conception: Sue Auty, Edward Taylor Performers: Sue Auty, Peter Finegan, Edward Taylor Idea and shed construction: Bryan Tweddle Music composed and played by: Clive Bell Sound design: Matt Wand Supports: Commissioned by Stockton International Riverside and was funded by Arts Council North West. Initial Project development through a commission by Alnwick Gardens Technique: Object theatre For audiences over: M/6 Time: 25 min. Language: Without words

A new show by Whalley Range All Stars!

A theatrical daydream… A glimpse into what goes on inside the head.

Set in a garden shed that opens out to become a giant head full of dreams and longings. It has to be seen to be believed. A giant face, a huge inflatable arm … vivid sound and ever surprising twists and turns. Watch wishful thinking battle it out with mental blocks and twisted logic.

Limite Zero

Portugal

Teatro Dom Roberto

JARDIM SÃO PEDRO DE ALCÂNTARA

15 May at 11.30am
Sunday

JARDIM DA ESTRELA

15 May at 4.30pm and 5.30pm
Sunday

Puppeteer: Raul Constante Pereira Technique: Hand puppets For audiences over: For all ages Time: Aprox. 25 min. Language: Portuguese

The traditional Teatro Dom Roberto again on the streets of Lisbon!

The Teatro Dom Roberto has been performed for about three centuries at fairs, pilgrimage spots, beaches and streets. The Portuguese hand puppet Dom Roberto is the cousin of Punch, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Petrouska... The puppeteer uses a swazzle in his mouth to amplify his voice and produce remarkable sound effects. An unique opportunity to see this Portuguese traditional puppet.

Babok

Netherlands

Nap

MUSEU DA MARIONETA Claustro

20 May at 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 10.30pm, 11pm, 11.30pm

Sexta

21 de Maio às 5pm, 5.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm, 9pm, 10.30pm, 11pm, 11.30pm

Sábado

EXTENSION

Fundação de Serralves Porto

28, 29 May

Concept and performers: Carina de Wit and Guido Bevers Technique: Object theatre For audiences over: M/8 Time: 15 min. Language: Without words Limited audience: 12 persons each time Several sessions

Where can you go when the ground beneath your feet becomes too hot, while at another place it is impossible to keep your feet dry? Baboks answer: "Let's go to higher grounds".

Laurent Bigot

France

Le Petit Cirque – cirque d’ objets sonores

CAMa - CENTRO DE ARTES DA MARIONETA

25 May at 9.30pm and 11pm

Wednesday

26 May at 9pm and 11.30pm

Thursday

Direction and performer: Laurent Bigot Technique: Objects and music For audiences over: M/12 Time: 30 min. Language: Without words Several sessions - Limited audience

Le Petit Cirque is a complex sound object made of wood, plastic, strings, springs and fragility. A mere breath can set it vibrating. Twelve small microphones draw resources from its interior. Le Petit Cirque is a circus. Its handling is perilous, the danger of falling ever-present.

Mischa Twitchin

United Kingdom

The Children’s Emperor & The Pianist

CAMa - CENTRO DE ARTES DA MARIONETA

27 May at 9pm, 11.30pm and 00.00

Friday

28 May at 9pm, 10.30pm and 11pm

Saturday

Concept, direction and performer: Mischa Twitchin Edition: Britt Hatzius Aknowledgements: Anne Haaning Technique: Mixed For audiences over: M/12 Time: 15 min. Language Without words Limited audience - Several sessions

The Children’s Emperor

Music: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5, ‘The Emperor’. Walter Gieseking, piano, Grosses Rundfunk Orchester, cond. Artur Rother (German radio broadcast, Berlin, January 23, 1945)

Text: Janusz Korczak, Wisdom for Parents (tr. T. Prount & A.H. Gorzelak) and Ghetto Diary (tr. J. Bachrach & B. Krzywicka)

Photographs: Heinrich Hoffmann and unknown others.

Etienne Borgers

Netherlands

Cool Frogs

CENTRO CULTURAL DE BELÉM Jardim das Oliveiras

1 June at 12pm, 3pm and 5.30pm

Wednesday

EXTENSION

Fundação de Serralves Porto

28 May

Compositions and performer: Etienne Borgers Direction: Hans Spin Costumes: Bri Manuel Technique: Mixed For audiences over: M/4 Time: 25 min. Language: Without words

A magical world full of sweet violin sounds, frightened voices, soft farts, astonished eyes, red balloons and... lots of frogs!

Crazy situations to make you terribly lively, enormously anxious, pitiful angry, sweaty frightened and carefree sad.

Projecto Embrião | Short Forms

Portugal

CAMa - CENTRO DE ARTES DA MARIONETA

1, 2 June at 9.30pm and 11pm

Wednesday and Thursday

For audiences over: M/12 Time:60 min. Limited audience

In September of 2010, three young creators attended the Object Theatre Workshop by Agnès Limbos, within the “Projecto Funicular” - intensive workshops addressed to professionals. Under the “Projecto Embrião”, a new project supporting young creators which A Tarumba wishes to develop in next editions, they will premiere three short forms at FIMFA Lx11.