Tuesday 27 January 2015

Three’s A Crowd To Premiere At Manipulate Festival, Edinburgh

Scotland’s All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre will premiere their new touring production, Three’s A Crowd, at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on Saturday 31 January 2015, as part of the 8th Manipulate Festival, the international festival of visual theatre and film. 
It will then tour to eight venues in Scotland and Wales from February to June 2015 .

Three’s A Crowd crosses the boundaries between ground and air, expertly merging harness flying, aerial acrobatics, contemporary circus and dance theatre to create an exciting, challenging and spectacular show that delves deep into the inner workings of human relationships.

Inspired by the themes of action, reaction and consequence, and
how we all affect each other, Three’s A Crowd is set around a reunion of six friends. Who brings them together? How are the characters connected? What really lies beneath the surface as the layers are peeled back? What happens to the friendship dynamic, to each individual, when a third element becomes involved? When individual memories and perceptions differ what are the results?

This dynamic, energetic, humorous, yet equally endearing show that explores human emotions is deftly told, using stunning imagery and breathtaking aerial skills, by six leading international performing artists - Danuta Ramos, Freya Jeffs, Chrissie Ardill, Tony Mills, Rob Heaslip and Itxaso Moreno.


Three's A Crowd is directed by Jennifer Paterson, Artistic Director
of All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre; with creative collaboration from writer Zoe Venditozzi and choreographer Brigid McCarthy. The show has been designed by Becky Minto, with lighting design by Kate Bonney, and is set to a powerful new score by Luke Sutherland.

All or Nothing is Scotland's leading aerial dance company creating, performing, training and helping to establish aerial arts in Scotland since 2006. http://www.aerialdance.co.uk/


The creative team have a vast array of experience: Jennifer Paterson was part of the aerial team who entertained at the London Olympic ceremonies and has performed for companies such as National Theatre Scotland, Becky Minto designed the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, Kate Bonney is the lighting designer on Enchanted Forest and Luke Sutherland is a prolific musician and composer who played with Mogwai on their last tour.







Three’s A Crowd – Tour Listings Information


Venue: The Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED

Part of the Manipulate Festival, the international festival of visual theatre and film

Date: 31 January 2015

Time: 19:30

Tickets: £16, £12 conc, £8 conc

Box Office: 0131 228 1404 | http://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on| boxoffice@traverse.co.uk



Venue: Birse and Feughside Church (Finzean Church), Finzean, Aberdeenshire AB31 6NY

Date: 5 February 2015

Time: 19:00

Tickets and Box Office: www.neatshows.co.uk; or email melshand.artist@gmail.com



Venue: Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness IV3 5SA

Date: 7 February 2015

Time: 20:00

Tickets: £11.00, £9.00 conc, £6.00 U18s

Box Office: 01463 234 234 | http://www.eden-court.co.uk/box-office



Venue: Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA

Date: 26 February 2015

Time: 20:00

Tickets: £14, £12.50 conc, £5.50 students

Box Office: 01786 466 666 | www.macrobert.org



Venue: Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre, Kingsway, Newport NP20 1HG

Date: 5 March 2015

Time 19.30

Tickets: £10, £8 conc, £6 students

Box Office: 01633 656 679 | http://www.newport.gov.uk/riverfront



Venue: Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire G67 2BN

Date: 13 March 2015

Time: 19:30

Tickets: £14, £12 conc

Box Office: 01236 732 887 | http://www.cumbernauldtheatre.co.uk/all-events



Venue: The Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock PA15 1EQ

Date: 19 March 2015

Time: 19:30

Tickets: £12, £10 conc

Box Office: 01475 723 723 | www.beaconartscentre.co.uk



Venue: Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee, Dundee City DD1 1PB

Date: 9 May 2015,

Time: 20:00

Tickets: £12

Box Office: 01382 223 530 | http://www.dundeerep.co.uk/events/



Venue: Western Baths, 12 Cranworth Street, Glasgow G12 8BZ

As part of the Cottier Chamber Project 2015

Date: 22 June 2015

Time: 19.00

Tickets & Box Office: www.cottierchamberproject.com





All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre: All or Nothing are Scotland's leading aerial dance company. Based in Edinburgh they have been blending breathtaking aerial acrobatics with dance, theatre and contemporary circus since 2006.



The company’s creative work has seen them take on everything from large-scale outdoor spectacle to grand interiors and cabaret dining, small to midscale theatre touring,festivals and one-off events. They were recently the tree top tumblers at the award winning, sell- out event Enchanted Forest, bringing live performance for the first time to Faskally Woods and Pitlochry. 2014 was an exciting summer with the company being partners in two Commonwealth Games projects. The large scale site specific show White Gold in the old Sugar Sheds in Greenock, and they were dancing down the roof of the Glasgow Science Centre in August for Cryptic's night time nautical extravaganza, Sound to Sea.



All or Nothing create greater opportunities to experience aerial dance and theatre, running classes, outreach, workshops and training programmes, spanning both the professional and community sectors. They regularly consult for other arts organisations and charities and Artistic Director Jennifer Paterson sits on the board for Articulation, Scotland's umbrella body for circus, street arts and physical theatre.



In 2013/14 they established a new professional training programme, Flying High, which bridges the gap between dance and aerial, up-skilling professional artists in harness work.



‘A charismatic combination of thoughtful theatre and physical skill.......that suggests a bright future for this emerging strand of Scottish performance.’ THE SCOTSMAN



The main highlights of All or Nothing’s creative work:
2007 123 Here We Go.... solo show, premiered at the Traverse Theatre

2009/10 Halflight, aerial and dance trio, co-choreographed with Errol White, toured as part of Off Kilter, EFT/Dance Base / Unique

2010 Spokes, duo contemporary circus duet with StrangeBird Zirkus

2011 Uncharted Waters, aerial dance / contemporary circus, toured to 15 venues, sold out at Edinburgh Fringe and nominated for a Total Theatre Award

2013 Swing is in the Air, harness dance piece, City Moves Dance Amazing Event

2013-14 Sprawl, dance duet for non theatre spaces with Tony Mills, commissioned by City Moves, performed at Glasgow's Merchant City Festival, Aberdeen's Dance Live and Macrobert Dance Festival

2013-14 R&D of Three's A Crowd, to tour in 2015

2014 *Sound to Sea, aerial choreography for the outdoor nautical extravaganza and musical spectacular at Glasgow Science Centre, produced by Cryptic as part of Commonwealth Games Festival

*Enchanted Forest, Faskally Woods, Pitlochry. An aerial harness duet that was performed 12 times a night, during the 25 day run and seen by over 45,000 people

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