CPR present Lone Twin at The Foundry, 19th February 2007, 7.30pm “A huge undertaking presented with humour and generosity, you long to travel with them and join their world.” Kronen Zeitung, Austria The Centre for Performance Research is delighted to present the performance duo Lone Twin’s NINE YEARS as the inaugural public performance at The Foundry. Nine years ago two friends decided to see the world. Mostly on foot but sometimes on bicycles, the intrepid twosome travelled the length and breadth of Europe, North America and Australia offering their own unique brand of theatre to the people they met along the way. Nine years and 700 performances later, they’re back. With their final planned tour as a twosome, Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters attempt to bring together their entire body of work in one 90-minute show. Drawing from extensive video documentation, Nine Years will re-present, re-negotiate and re-contextualise their performance work to date. That includes their 12-hour line dances blindfolded and dressed as cowboys in Ghost Dance, their daily cycle rides in To The Dogs and their reading of all 135 chapters (plus epilogue) of Moby Dick on a North Sea crossing from Rotterdam to Tyneside in Channel 6. Over the past nine years Whelan and Winters have gained an international reputation for entertaining and hopeful performances which historically have explored ideas of place, identity and travel. Now moving into a new phase of ensemble work with Lone Twin Theatre and various community projects, Nine Years is the closing chapter of their interests to date. On 20 February Gregg and Gary will also be leading a workshop exploring the use of archive footage in performance and a talk/seminar on the projects. Contact CPR for further information.. |
| the centre for performance research web site: www.thecpr.org.uk |
| antony pickthal e-mail: aop@aber.ac.uk |
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 |
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