A Thing Mislaid

‘Touching and beautifully crafted… a little show with a big heart’ **** Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (on Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin)

A heartfelt tale full of footsteps, feathers and hope.

Supported & commissioned by:

Turn over for tour dates and show info.

Read on for our refugee friends events.

During the tour of A Thing Mislaid we will be hosting additional events for refugees and those currently seeking asylum. It’s a chance for people to make new friends, to meet surrounding communities and be creative. We’d love our audiences to get involved in one of the following events:

Meet Your Neighbour • •

Attenborough Arts Centre: Sunday 19th August Derby Theatre: Saturday 1st December

We’re partnering up with Derby Theatre, Derby Refugee Advice Centre, Attenborough Arts Centre and Journeys Festival to pilot two ‘Meet Your Neighbour’ events. A friendly space to meet new friends and share cultural stories with a foo creative twist.

ACT 2 •

Attenborough Arts Centre: Sunday 21st October

We are working closely with Journeys Festival to host our first pilot of ‘ACT 2’. A post show platform for refugee artists to share early ideas of new work in the making. We welcome audiences to stay after seeing ‘A Thing Mislaid’ at AAC and support this new exciting event.

Live Captioning and Translations during the show…

During performances of A Thing Mislaid we will be piloting Talking Birds’ Difference Engine to deliver captions in English and Arabic; making the show more accessible for refugee communities as well as d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences. We will also be providing a written synopsis of the show in Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish and English.

For more information about any of the above visit: www.maisonfoo.co.uk/refugeefriends

Our outreach has been funded and made possible by: The Evan Cornish Foundation and Derby Theatre with further support from Derby Refugee Advice Centre, Derby City of Sanctuary, Attenborough Arts Centre, Journeys Festival International and Talking Birds Theatre Company.

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www.maisonfoo.co.uk/refugee friends Thanks to our friends at Derby Refugee Advice Centre for the above translations.

Somewhere, on a nowhere road, just past adrift and before you reach astray, you’ll find two lost souls.

Running. Running with a thing. A thing mislaid. A thing without a flock, looking for a place to belong.

Maison Foo blend their trademark style of visual storytelling, clowning and humour, with new experiments in miniature puppetry and live camera.

Travelling through cinematic worlds and surreal realities, A THING MISLAID explores themes of migration and journey, asking the question if home is no longer home, then where do we belong?

A heartfelt tale full of footsteps, hope and an unlikely friendship between two lonely travellers and a mysterious bird.

UK Tour Autumn 2018:

Age guide: Unsuitable for under 10’s Date & venue

Time

Tickets

Friday 21 & Saturday 22 September Déda, Derby

7.30pm

01332 370 911 deda.uk.com

Wednesday 10 October MAC, Birmingham

7.00pm

0121 446 3232 macbirmingham.co.uk

Thursday 11 October Lincoln Drill Hall

6.00pm

01522 873894 lincolndrillhall.com

Wednesday 17 October Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton

7.00pm

01902 321 321 wlv.ac.uk/arena-theatre/

Thursday 18 October Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton Upon Trent

7.00pm

01283 508100 brewhouse.co.uk

Saturday 20 October Nottingham Lakeside Arts

7.00pm

0115 846 7777 lakesidearts.org.uk

Sunday 21 October Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester

7.00pm

0116 252 2455 attenborougharts.com

Please note we will be hosting post show chats at a number of our performances, please view venue websites for more detail. We will also be hosting our first ACT 2 pilot post show at Attenborough Arts (see refugee friends page for details) All shows will be captioned in English and Arabic using the Difference Engine.

Please see Refugee Friends page for more details. www.maisonfoo.co.uk #AThingMislaid Tour and project supported by:

@maisonfoo @maisonfoo