Thur 6 - Sat 8 June
A mini festival of theatre adventures awaits you...
Comp 2’s any
“Harrogate’s perfectly formed festival of small”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
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Far more thrilling than an ordinary night in the stalls‌ For the third year running Harrogate Theatre is hosting a unique festival, which allows you to get up close and personal to the shows and performers. Don’t be scared, dive in and get involved. Indulge your curiosity with a host of playful experiences you will never forget.
Where will your adventures take you?
Thursday 6 June
Les Hommes Vides Presented by Invisible Thread The fantastic Invisible Thread (formerly Faulty Optic) returns to Harrogate with its brand new show full of low-tech, charming and eerie puppetry. A series of sketches will make you look differently at the world around you. Escape normality and suspend disbelief. This will be performed in our Studio Theatre for audiences of just 20 people at a time.
“…an amazing puppet show, best bit of theatre we’ve seen in years” Audience Member Holmfirth Arts Festival “Slapstick comedy, existential angst and puppets. One of the quirkiest gems of 2012’s London International Mime Festival” The Stage
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 June
my heart is hitchhiking down peachtree street
Written & Performed by J.Fergus Evans
Sometimes home sits heavy in your bones. Sometimes you leave. American J.Fergus Evans is one of the most engaging story-tellers to emerge in recent years and in this beautiful show he talks to you about his displacement from his home town. This show uses spoken word and animation to explore the notion of home and trying to make sense of it when you are far away. Audiences of just six will be guided to our new performance space within Harrogate Theatre, making this a mesmerising experience not to be missed.
“This show is suffused with both pain and nostalgia, but also something tougher and more resilient. It creates a world so artfully that you leave the theatre swearing you’ve travelled to Georgia and back” The Guardian
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 June
The great spavaldos Presented by Il Pixel Rosso From New York to Bombay, from Paris to Abyssinia, the Spavaldo brothers performed their flying trapeze daredevil stunts without a safety net for over a quarter of a century before their mysterious disappearance. Now they are back to tell their story and dare audience members to join them inside the big top… high up on the flying platform. Following last year’s sell-out ‘And The Birds Fell From The Sky’, Il Pixel Rosso returns with another immersive and multi-sensory theatrical experience for two people. Fitted with video goggles and headphones you will be given choreographed instructions to take on a central role as one of The Great Spavaldos.
“This tantalisingly dreamy, intense little show is both good fun and thoroughly disorientating. For a short spell it takes you both out of your own body and yet more deeply into it at the same time” The Times
“This mysterious sliver of a show plays cleverly with disorientation to create an immersive experience so visceral that you will swear you’ve stepped into thin air” The Guardian
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 June
this is just to say Presented by Hannah Jane Walker Devised with Chris Thorpe
On working out last year that she said ‘sorry’ ninety-two times in an average working day, Hannah Jane Walker resolved, secretly, to go twenty-four hours without making a single apology. By the end of her challenge, Hannah’s boss had pulled her aside to have a quiet word: ‘Is everything alright, Hannah?’ she asked, ‘It’s just, well, you seem a little mean today.’ This Is Just To Say is about saying sorry, why we do it, and what we do when we want to apologise for things that actually matter. The Studio Theatre will be transformed in this intimate piece set around a table where Hannah will invite the audience to pull up a chair and drink some wine. It is a conversation with poems, it’s about manipulation, Britishness, love and winning.
“The show is confident, mature and smooth, the content endearing and engaging. The audience leave hyper-aware of when they say sorry” Total Theatre
Thur 6 - Sat 8 June
Booking Information
Comp 2’s any
Thursday 6 June 7.30pm, 8.15pm & 9pm
LES hommes vides Harrogate Studio Theatre All tickets: £5 Running time: 20 mins
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 June 5.30pm, 7pm & 8.30pm
my heart is hitchhiking down peachtree street Harrogate Theatre All tickets: £8 Running time: 60 mins
Fri 7 June: 6-9pm + Sat 8 June: 2-5pm & 6-9pm Shows start every 15 minutes...
the great spavaldos
Harrogate Theatre All tickets: £7 Running time: 25 mins
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS OR A SERIOUS FEAR OF HEIGHTS. SUITABLE FOR AGES 14+
Friday 7 June 6.30pm & 8.30pm + Saturday 8 June 4pm, 6.30pm & 8.30pm
This is just to say Harrogate Studio Theatre All tickets: £10 Running time: 70 mins
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Book 2 shows for £10 Book 3 shows for £12 Book 4 shows for £15
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