Review - Foley and Astronaut

A Younger Theatre, theatre through the eyes of the younger generations, have written a lovely review of The Brewery's double bill of Foley and Astronaut. Tonight is your last chance to watch them both! To read the review, follow the link here.

Meet The Mayfest Crew: Arthur Tibbs

What is your job at Mayfest?
Canine Co-ordinator (aka Kate's pet and regular fixture of the Mayfest office)

Which 3 shows are you most looking forward to at this year’s Mayfest?
I am very excited about Astronaut by Sleepdogs, because I am: a) constantly inspired by the awesome vastness of outer space; and b) because I am often, myself, a very sleepy dog.
The Guild of Cheesemakers from has me salivating - I am something of a connoisseur of fine cheeses. Only the other day did I find a very fine morsel of Cheshire Blue behind the sofa.
I am barking mad about Faulty Optic and I'm sure that Flogging a Dead Horse will be right up my street. I have never flogged a dead horse. I did gnaw a dozing cat once, but that is another story entirely.

I love Mayfest because…
It is a fabulous and inspirational celebration of new modern theatre that I love more than my best squeaky chew toy.

Sum up Mayfest in 3 shiny words.
Big. Brash. Beautiful. Come on, what are you waiting for? Schnauzer chance!

Sedated By A Brick’s Top Mayfest Picks

Gareth Mayer is one third of Bristol-based performance company Sedated By A Brick who recently presented their first full length work, If Destroyed Still True, at The Brewery theatre. He also works with Singaporean artist Tara Tan and is in the process of restaging their work, Imagined Future Benefit, in Singapore.

Which 3 shows are you most looking forward to at this year’s Mayfest?

Firstly I would definitely recommend going to see Sleepdogs' Astronaut. I am yet to see the full length version (which I believe is still very brief!) but this fragile tale, told through the medium of Dictaphone, was touching and mesmerising when I saw it as a work-in-progress at the Arnolfini. You also get to see Jo Bannon's Foley as part of a double bill of performances, which I have heard good things about.

Sam Halmarack and the Miserablites will be a joy to behold and experience. Everything I've seen this man do is nothing short of sublime.

My third choice is more tricky but I have opted for Gavin Glover and Faulty Optic's piece, Flogging a Dead Horse. I'm not normally a puppetry fan but the last show I saw by Faulty Optic was possibly one of the most Beckettian things I had seen outside of Beckett, which can only be a good thing.

Astronaut

Sleepdogs
7pm, Friday 6th until Sunday 8th May 2011 @ The Brewery

Foley double-bills with Astronaut by Sleepdogs, the collaboration between Tim X Atack and Tanuja Amarasuriya. This excellent Bristol-based partnership have been consistently thrilling audiences with their irrepressibly stylish, sensory and off-kilter worlds, and Astronaut is no exception.

It’s a beautiful miniature for human being and Dictaphone; a simple story that journeys far away into the vast, dark, emptiness of outer space.