WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CART MACABRE WILL BE SHOWING AT CENTRO NIEMEYER, SPAIN, 26TH-30TH SEPTEMBER 2011.
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE ON THE CENTRO NIEMEYER WEBSITE!
“’CART MACABRE’ IS UNIQUE – LIKE BEING A HUMAN PIECE SHAKEN AROUND A GIANT KALEIDOSCOPE”
Caroline McGinn, Time Out ★★★★
Cart Macabre is a nightmare fairground ride through a dreamlike landscape. It’s a restless exploration of isolation and disorientation, an act of faith on the part of the audience. In total darkness, 32 people are shepherded into eight wooden carts and moved through a succession of theatrical environments. The carts – their smell, their sounds, the sensation of their movement – become an inseparable part of a multi-sensory experience.
“WE ARE TOSSED ON A CREAKING SEA, HAUNTED BY A FRAGILE HEART, MOVED BY DISTANT SINGING …. LIVING STRUCTURES’ INSTALLATION-CUM-DRAMA RESONATES ACCURATELY WITH DARK JUNGIAN DREAMS, UNTIL EVEN ITS RICKETY MAKESHIFT QUALITY ADDS TO THE SENSE OF VULNERABILITY.”
Libby Purves: The Times ★★★★
Throughout this journey, a narrative begins to unfold, revealed to the audience through the architecture of the performance space – peepholes, shutters and sliding doors. Images appear out of blackness, reminiscent of the sea, faded glories, death, decay and the purgatory of waiting and wondering.
“Cart Macabre is a complex choreography in which the space dances with the audience. a ‘Dance Macabre’ celebrating the transitory nature of life.”
(Klaus Kruse, Artistic Director)
Click to read Full Reviews:
“ IN THIS JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD, YOU FEEL BOTH TERRIFYINGLY POWERLESS AND UNEXPECTEDLY LIBERATED.”
Charles Spencer, The Telegraph ★★★★
“IMPRACTICAL AND A BIT NUTS, BUT LOVELY”
Libby Purves: The Times ★★★★
“VERITY STANDEN’S LUSCIOUSLY ARRANGED A CAPELLA MUSIC IS ONE OF THE WONDERS OF A TRIP WHICH MAKES YOU LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES, SEE WITH YOUR EARS AND QUESTION WHAT ON EARTH IT IS THAT WE’RE IN SUCH A RUSH TO GET TO.”
Caroline McGinn, Time Out ★★★★
“YOUR OWN STABILITY AND FIRMNESS, YOUR ORIENTATION, IS HERE DISSOLVED. RATHER YOU SIT SUSPENDED IN SPACE, BLURRY AND ILL-DEFINED. THE SELF-AWARENESS, THE DEFINITE FEELING OF PRESENCE, IS JUST AS STRONG, BUT IT IS NOT SO DEFINED BY PHYSICAL EXISTENCE. YOU LOSE SIGHT OF YOUR SKIN. YOUR EDGES DISAPPEAR.”
Matt Trueman, Carousel of Fantasies
“A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS, THE STORM-TOSSED OCEANS OF SLEEP AND PERHAPS EVEN INTO DEATH ITSELF”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“THERE’S SO MUCH TO SEE IN EVERY DIRECTION.”
Emma Lowe, The Independent
“(…) A UNIQUE CONCEPT…NUDGES YOU OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE AND SOMEWHERE ELSE ENTIRELY”
Franco Milazzo, The Londonist
“ALWAYS NERVE-TINGLING AS THE UNEXPECTEDNESS OF SO MUCH THAT HAPPENS NEVER REALLY DISSIPATES”
There Ought To Be Clowns
“A MULTI-SENSUAL EXPERIENCE WHICH IS MESMERISING, GROTESQUE AND THRILLING. THERE ARE MOMENTS WHICH MAKE YOU WANT TO REACH OUT AND ABSORB WHAT’S IN FRONT OF YOUR WITH YOUR HANDS, WHILST OTHER TIMES YOU’RE REPULSED.”
Jake Orr: A Younger Theatre
“IT IS GREAT TO SEE SHADOW PUPPETRY, ANIMATION AND A THEATRE-OF-OBJECTS INTEGRATED SO BEAUTIFULLY WITH PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, SITE, AND MUSIC.”
Dorothy Max Prior, Animations Online
“THRILLING, EXCITING, PROVOCATIVE, SICKENING, CHALLENGING, WONDROUS… AN EXPERIENCE TO BE SAVOURED”
Terry O’Donovan, Total Theatre
“ONE WOULD NEED AN IRON CONSTITUTION NOT TO LEAVE THE EXPERIENCE MORE THAN A LITTLE SHAKEN”
Rob Epstein, The Independent on Sunday
Click to read the account of the making of Cart Macabre:
ANIMATIONS ONLINE – FROM THE FRONTLINE By Dugald Ferguson and Klaus Kruse
Cart Macabre Credits:
THE OLD VIC TUNNELS – London, December 2010
A Living Structures and Old Vic Co-Production
Artistic Director: Klaus Kruse
Associate Director / Producers: Dugald Ferguson & Dani d’Emilia
Visual Director / Detail: Ula Dajerling
Musical Director: Verity Standen
Technical Director/ Web Manager: Darren Perry
Stage Manager: Jane English
Vocal Performers: Ellie Showering, Theodora van der Beek, Jenny Minton, Sonya Cullingford, Jane English
Performers: Lina Jungergard, Dugald Ferguson, Dani d’Emilia, Ula Dajerling, Klaus Kruse, Darren Perry, Angela Alegria, Alasdair MacLeod, Joseph Dunne, Josephine Joy McCourt, Rozie Jackson
Sound Artist: Michal Kuligowski
Video Artists: Ula Dajerling, Darren Perry, Suhail Merchant, Tim Dollimore
Shadow Puppets: Charlie Scullion
Video & Photography Documentation: Angela Alegria & Edgar Oliviera
Executive Producer: Natalie Richardson
Associate Producers: Ira Brand & Hannah Standen
PR Manager: Martha Oakes
Web designer: Ana Rachel Estrougo
Dramaturg: Barbara Bridger
Special thanks to: Hamish Jenkinson, Claire Symonds, James Hadley, Clare Goddard, Kevin Spacey, Douglas McJannet, Nick Phibbs, Vivienne Clavering, Edel McGrath, Andy Franzkowiak and the Old Vic, Colin Marsh, Francesca Dunford, Natalie Clarke, William S Huntley (Imaginationrevo), Richard Dufty, Anila Ladwa, Larry Lynch, Cheryl Gunn and Performance dept of UCF, Barbara Bridger, Richard Bond, David Williams, Rainer & Elke Kruse, Jenny & Dugald Ferguson, Serena Bobowski, Gemma Brockis, Nigel Barrett and Luke Cooper
The development of this production was supported by University College Falmouth, Shunt and Battersea Arts Centre.
Cart Macabre has been in development since 2007. Throughout this process we have worked with many incredible artists. Below are credits for each of Cart Macabre’s main development stages:
SHUNT – London, February 2009
Artistic Director: Klaus Kruse
Musical Director: Verity Standen
Visual Director: Ula Dajerling
Producer / Associate Director: Dugald Ferguson
Associate Producer: Hannah Standen
Technical Manager: Darren Perry
Stage Manager: Natalie Clarke
Video Assistant: Dominic McGlynn, Will Huntley
Vocal Performer: Ellie Showering, Jane English,Verity Standen
Performer: Tom Hughes, Sonya Cullingford, Klaus Kruse, Ula Dajerling, Dugald Ferguson, Darren Perry, Natalie Clarke, Alasdair McLeod, Dominic McGlynn, Will Huntley
Photography Documentation: Kate Rowles, Natasha Wassilou
BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE – London, August/ September 2008
First live-in company in residence project
Artistic Director/Set Designer/Lyrics: Klaus Krus
Assistant Directors: Dugald Ferguson, Dani d’Emilia
Technical Director: Ula Dajerling
Musical Director: Verity Standen
Stage Manager/Performer: Alex Patterson
Sound Designers: Rhiannon Chaloner, Ed Currie
Installation Artists: Daniela d’Emilia, Ula Dajerling, Jasmin Kailio, Charlie Scullion, Fabio Cicala, Sarah Ruff, Natalie Clarke
Stage Manager: Jasmin Kailio, Uta Baldauf
Video Artist: Ula Dajerling
Video Assistant: Robert Hewitt
Performers/Devisers: Aimee Jade Corbett, Alasdair MacLeod, Dani d’Emilia, Dimitry Paranyushkin, Dugald Ferguson, Charlie Panton, Ed Currie, Fabio Cicala, Faye Vick, Jane English, Jasmin Kailio, Natalie Clarke, Phoebe Marsh, Robert Hewitt, Sarah Ruff, Verity Standen, Uta Baldauf, Ula Dajerling, Zuhal Toptaz
Special thanks to: Battersea Arts Centre, University College Falmouth Incorporating Dartington College of Arts, Barbara Bridger, Hannah Standen & William Huntley for their generous support.
DARTINGTON COLLEGE OF ARTS – Devon, June/Sept 2008
Director/ Set Designer: Klaus Kruse
Assistant Directors: Dugald Ferguson, Dani d’Emilia
Vocal Director: Verity Standen
Stage Manager: Alex Patterson
Lighting Designer: Ula Dajerling
Sound Designer: Rhiannon Chaloner
Choreographic Coach: Zuhal Toptas
Installation Artists: Dani d’Emilia, Ula Dajerling, Jasmin Kailio, Charlie Scullion
Video Artists: Ula Dajerling, Piper McKenzie
Performers/Devisors: Aimee Jade Corbett, Alex Paterson, Charlie Scullion, Celine Smith, Dani d’Emilia, Dimitry Paranyushkin, Dugald Ferguson, Jasmi Kailio, Piper McKenzie, Rhiannon Chaloner, Verity Standen, Zuhal Toptas
Technical Assistants: Alistair McLeod, Uta Baldauf, Suzi, Seteve, Dan, Leila
Set Builder / Assistant Designer: Richard Bond
Special thanks to: Admiral John Jellico, Clare Donovan, David Williams, Elke & Rainer Kruse, Jim MacCauley, John Sanford, Julie Salloway, Rader Vogel Ltd, Richard Bond, Rob Gould, Sound & Vision, Theresa Grimaldi, Uli Stahn
(Note: if you have worked with us and your name is not listed below, please contact us and we will promptly include you!)
