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Recently Premiered Shows are marked in RED
En Route Shows are marked in BLUE
Flights of Fancy Shows are marked in GREEN
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Mahoney Brothers / Pony Mahoney (outdoor)
Stop The Press… hold the reins… Whoa There! A Pantomime horse has broken free from the theatre and is making a dash through the streets on and off a tandem. Before long the stunning dance routines, audience baiting and acrobatic stunts degenerate into chaos when the two halves can't agree. Hysterical; manic and inspired!
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Metro–Boulot-Dodo present
FIB - an interactive performance
14 boxes; 8' high x 8' deep x 4' wide. They are painted white on the outside. You and the other 13 audience members will enter each box, one at a time and interact with what you find inside; the "truth booths" contain confessions, sounds and souvenirs from MBD's experimental, mendacious month. The interiors are totally unique each promising a fascinating 3 minute interactive experience. The boxes are packed with far-fetched fabrications and unflinching honesty. Experience your own private cinema screening, and soak up the wisdom of the world's most truthful toilet. Each visitor helps the performance grow with the lies of the nation.
To make FIB, the members of MBD spent 14 days only telling the truth and 14 days only lying. 28 days of deception. They give wrong directions and honest opinions. They risked losing friends, jobs and dignity.
"One of the brightest new crop of theatre companies disregarding theatrical convention" Lyn Gardener, The Guardian
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Metro Doodle / Cow (installation)
The birth of our cow (Sat 05 June'04) will be created live at Garden of Delights using acrylics, POSCAs and spraypaint, through an international collaboration of leading visual street based artists Freaklub (direct from Barcelona),Wet Shame (Bristol) and to be directed by Barney Doodlebug. Metro Doodle is a neat combination of Metro as a ubiquitous urban brand which supports visual artists and Doodlebug's vision of developing the creative diversity of Manchester's vibrant landscape internationally.
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Mischief La-Bas / The Carnival of Curiosities (outdoor)
Roll Up! Roll Up! Roll Up! Theodore Fenwicke invites you to find out your fate from ‘The Fortune Telling Head’: be very afraid as you enter the presence of ‘The Man Eating Chicken’: shake in your boots at ‘The Wildman of Kelvindale’ Roll Up! Roll Up! Roll Up!
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Mr Mike and Mr Maynard / 'Lost' (outdoor)
Mr Mike and Mr Maynard are LOST, masters of the misplaced - lost buttons, lost dogs, lost voices, lost hearts. even their mission is.......missing. 'LOST' is packed with visual trickery, superb fooling, delicious live song silly stories, two hedgehogs dating, a dog auction and a six foot bunny singing Elvis.
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Mixed Muscle / Fevvers (outdoor)
She’s disgusting, she's delicious; she's delightful and if you're lucky she will reveal why she is the most unique woman on earth. ‘Fevvers’: Bird or beast – you decide? Mixed Muscle’s magical, gorgeous and grotesque new character explores the complex and often exploitative relationship between performer and audience. This fantastic and exotic ‘take’ on a 21st century freak show is open to all ages, but watch your fingers… she may bite!
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Modeste (music)
Madagascan guitarist Modeste’s beautiful songwriting and intricate guitar playing have earned him a devoted following since coming to the UK in 1996. Hard to emulate and almost impossible to define, Modeste’s stunning guitar work cuts between the streams of jazz and classical and yet retains the purity of Madagascar’s roots. Modeste’s serene voice and hypnotic melodies combine beautifully with infectious percussion to create a unique and gorgeously textured music!
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Monkey Business / "The Amazonian Wild Monkey" (outdoor)
A performance for one person at a time which invites the viewer to engage with a comic character created through optical illusion.
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Nakupelle / ‘The Trap’ (outdoor)
A janitor, a high ladder, a dying sunflower, suspenseful acrobatics and sublime slapstick. A man tries to get a dying sunflower closer to the sun, but the ladder has other ideas. The Trap features Joe Dieffenbacher, former circus artist and elephant jumper and one half of company, Nakupelle.
Nakupelle / Baggies - Deep down in the folds of fabric something stirs and suddenly they appear - two mysterious and curious characters who engage the audience with their goofy vulnerability and mischievous play. Part mask performance, part puppet show, Baggies combines beautiful masks with ingenious use of movement and costume.
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PaBoom Fireworks (outdoor)
PaBoom are a group of pyrotechnics, sculptors and designers who explore the artistic use of fireworks and fire technology. Over the last 15 years pa-BOOM has established themselves are one of the countries leading and innovative companies using fireworks and fire to expand the pyrotechnic arts. They company works in a variety of ways, from specifically commissioned works for festivals, individuals and corporate clients to large scale animated sculptures and the creation of unique spectacles for celebratory occasions.
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Parka Theatre / Accordion Karaoke (outdoor)
Cockney music hall accordionist Buster Keys and authentic Geisha Yuka Layley invite audiences to sing their favourite Karaoke songs, live, in public, on the spot.
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Pipedream Productions / If Worries Were Fish (outdoor)
‘If Worries Were Fishes’ deals with issues of nightmares and fears from a child's point of view. Set in a Japanese fishing village, Pipedream Productions use puppets and masks to unfold their story of ecological disaster.
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The Primitives (Belgium/Canada/UK) / Swan Lake (outdoor)
An epic tale of – Conflict….. rebellion …. love……and death …. bought to you by two overweight, overaged men. Dressed in plastic tutus and charged with pure emotion, they "dance" and act out the classic story of Prince Sigfried, his dominating mother and the enchanting Swan Maiden.
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Raise the Roof (visual installation)
Bradford based Raise the Roof’s large processional structures have featured all over the UK in festivals and Carnivals – look out for the spectacular Pegasus.
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Rex Boyd (outdoor)
Rudolf Nakabalakov is the internationally famous Russian ballet dancer with a fabulous lunch box. He’s suave, graceful, elegant and will be partnered by the incredibly beautiful ballerina from England, Miss Darcey Brustle. Rudolf and Darcey bring the sophisticated, glamorous world of the ballet to the streets and conclude with a rousing, truly explosive dance to the Russian masterpiece of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.
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Salt (music)
The happiest, best-dressed band in Europe. This fully acoustic quartet is packing all original tunes, extraordinary suits and loads of fun - bringing Beats, Brass & Vocals with minimal techs and specs. SALT is a crowd pleaser, determined to establish contact with the audience and not giving up until they turned clouds into clear blue skies. A carnival fusion of original jazz, European, Latin and other world melodies delivered with joy on your doorstep.
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Samsalamat (music)
Samsalamat is a new collaboration between Manchester favourites Sambangra and Bakhshi Javaid Salamat and his group BJS Qawwali. SAMSALAMAT features Qawwali, Indian Classical and other Asian styles blended with Sambangra's Afro-Brazilian/Asian percussion-based dance grooves. Sambangra and BJS produce a mix of music with many roots, but one soul. Performing separately and together, they will draw you into the magic of their music and transport you towards an incredible Sufi-Hip-Hop crescendo!
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Shirley Jones (visual)
‘Terracotta Dreams’, offers hands-on participatory opportunities for everyone to make their own self-portrait as a clay figure. Over a few hours, hundreds of uniquely different creations start to form a festival's own 'terracotta army'.
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The Sneakers (outdoor)
An explosive combination of music and pure comedy. Wild and wicked renditions of all time favourite classics from ‘Boots’ and ‘Summertime Blues’ to ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’, with full scale audience participation. This three piece band have toddlers dancing to ‘Wild Thing’ whilst teenagers link arms and join in to the chorus of ‘Delilah’.
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The Space Cadets (visual)
The Space Cadets create large and small scale inflatable objects that are both delicate and beautiful. They will be creating a 30ft inflatable, inflatable giant gateway into the Garden of Delights, and an 'electric garlic avenue' - an illuminated pathway of giant garlic bulbs.
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Speakeasy Productions / The Radio Show (outdoor)
Journey back to those halcyon days of wireless radio and join Roger and Gloria as they present It’s That Time Again live in front of an invited audience. This edition features the toe tapping trio ‘The Cream Threes’ and further adventures of those famous super sleuths - Charlie Foxtrot and his dog Joey.
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Stickleback Plasticus / St Joans Ambulance Brigade (outdoor)
Officers of the brigade of st Joans. Eager to serve and accident prone, you'll be safe with St Joans. Keeping the streets safe for all who wander this careful duo of fumbling first aiders come brandishing bandages and are ready to help (and hinder) in any situation.
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Swank / Joyous Jamboree (outdoor)
Two become four as Val and Babs are joined by "Wendy Willing" and "Mable Able". Joyous Jamboree is a fully interactive Swank Camp installation,complete with bivouacs, flagpoles and of course the camp fire for good old sing songs. Join the pack in their natural habitat, learn skills you never knew you needed - play silly games and win an exciting range of new badges.
Swank / Lets Get Physical - After extensive research in their Lavatoire Cherrie and Suzette are proud to introduce "Lets Get Physical" an aerodynamically challenged work out. Be firm with flab - get sweaty with these two mistresses of mirth.Have yourself a swanky make over - because you’re worth it.
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Turul Aymen / Dinamo (outdoor)
A unique opportunity to experience an improvised, interactive installation in which bikes powered by the audience control the performance they are watching. In association with Activ8-Octagon Theatre Bolton and Bolton MBC.
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Urban Voices (music)
Ever-popular local choir that sing stirring acapella songs from many different traditions and cultures.
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Walk The Plank (outdoor)
As well as touring large and small scale shows including S.W.A.L.K, Supernova, The Tower of Light, The Garden of Luminescent Loveliness, Walk The Plank also make shows for particular events or locations...often on or around water: docks, rivers, harbours or lakes. At the Garden of Delights they will be presenting WATER WHEEL (kinetic sculpture): originally commissioned by British Waterways and designed and constructed by Kevin Carroll. Also, on Sunday 6th June, Walk the Plank’s producer Liz Pugh will be giving a presentation on their touring show S.W.A.L.K in the festival centre marquee.
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Whalley Range All Stars / Bedcases (outdoor)
'Bedcases' is a totally relaxing yet action-packed experience: 5 members of the public are invited to climb into an extraordinary, oversized four-poster bed. As they lie there safely tucked in under a super deluxe-sized duvet they are told a 3-D bed-time story with a few surprises thrown in for good measure.
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