PHYSICAL FEST 2017 Relocates to City of Liverpool College
By: BWW News Desk May. 10, 2017
Following the rescheduling of the reopening of Unity Theatre, which has been attributed to a number of issues with the redevelopment of its historic building during the final phase, Physical Fest 2017 movies to City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre with the North West premiere of Kallo Collective's Only Bones on Friday 26 May.
All scheduled performances of Tmesis Training Company's new production Daydream Believers will be held at the Hope Street Theatre on Hope Street. Come and see a space that you've never been to before hidden away on Hope Street...
With both venues a brief four minute walk from each other, and just a five minute walk from previous venue Unity Theatre, expect the same Physical Fest atmosphere with bars, festival DJ, street food, visual minutes and numerous surprises animating the short route.
Physical Fest Artistic Director Elinor Randle says: "We are extremely proud of the programme we have in store for the festival. Both The Arts Centre and Hope Street Theatre are great venues that will provide our festival performances with the space to flourish. We're once again delighted to work in partnership with the Unity Theatre as part of their extended Out of Space season."
Now in its 13th year, Liverpool's international physical theatre festival is the only festival in Europe specialising solely in physical theatre allowing audiences to exclusively catch the very best physical theatre, in one place and at one time.
Get ready for an entire week packed to the brim with visually stunning performances from Finland's Kallo Collective, Belgium's premiere physical theatre company Chaliwaté with their UK premiere of Jetlag and Tmesis Theatre Training Company's premiere of Daydream Believers.
Levantes Dance Theatre will showcase their latest work The Band, while Sean Kempton and Jo Tremarco present a double bill Stuff and Dying on My Feet, Tmesis Theatre presents Happy Hour and Jamie Wood closes the festival with I Am A Tree.
Fest Live showcases a selection of extracts of new work from local, national and International Artists takes and this year's lineup includes Lauren Silver, Duncan Cameron, Physical Fest/MDI Bursary winner Katy-Anne Bellis and Izumi Ashizawa.
PHYSICAL FEST 2017 - REVISED PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME DETAILS:
Tmesis Theatre Training Company - Daydream Believers
Venue: Liverpool Masonic Hall
Date: 26, 27, 30 May, 2 and 3 June
Time: 6:00 & 7:00 (6:30pm 1 June)
Tickets: £3
Only Bones - Kallo Collective
Venue: The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre
Date: Friday 27 May
Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: £12 / £10
Jetlag - Chaliwate
Venue: The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre
Date: Saturday 28 May
Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: £14 / £12
The Band
Venue: Invisible Wind Factory (venue unchanged)
Date: Bank holiday Monday 29 May (7.30-8.30pm)
Times: 5:30 - 11:00 PM
Tickets: £10 (free entertainment before/after performance)
Stuff - Sean Kempton and Dying on My Feet - Jo Tremarco (Double Bill)
Venue: The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre
Date: Tuesday 30 May
Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: £12 / £10
Fest Live featuring - Viva!!! - Duncan Cameron / Surprise - Lauren Silver / Siren - Katy Anne Bellis / Unity Youth Theatre / Izumi Ashizawa
Venue: The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre
Date: Thursday 1 June
Time: 7:30 PM
Tickets: £12 / £10
Happy Hour - Tmesis Theatre
Venue: The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre
Date: Friday 2 June
Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: £14 / £12
I Am A Tree - Jamie Wood
Venue: The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre
Date: Saturday 3 June
Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: £14 / £12
FAQs:
Q) I have already bought my ticket for a Physical Fest 2017 performance - is my ticket still valid?
A) Anyone who has already purchased a ticket for a Unity performance will be unaffected. Your ticket will be honoured at the new venue. The Unity Theatre box office team will be contacting bookers of affected shows during week beginning 8 May.
Q) Can I still book tickets?
A) Yes! You can book tickets for all performances online at Unity Theatre website: www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk
Q) Where do I pick my ticket up from?
A) Unity Theatre box office will be open Monday - Friday, 10am - 3pm at LIPA and can be reached on 0151 709 4988 until the venue reopens. Unity Theatre staff will also be managing box office at the venue each night.
Q) Can I buy show tickets on the door?
A) If tickets are available, you will be able to buy tickets on the door for performers. We will accept cash payments only for Daydream Believers (£3 per performance).
Q) I have booked a place on a Physical Fest workshop - does this effect me?
A) No. Only events previously scheduled at Unity Theatre will be on the move. Workshops and other events are unaffected.
Q) Where are the new venues? Are they far from each other?
A) Both venues are a 4 minute walk between each other:
The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre, Myrtle St, Liverpool L7 7JA
Hope Street Theatre, 22 Hope St, Liverpool L1 9BY
Q) Will there still be the usual Physical Fest activities happening in the new venues?
A) Expect the usual Physical Fest vibe as we take over new venues and in between!
Physical Fest will be held Friday 26 May - 3 June 2017. Now in its 13th year, Physical Fest is the only festival in Europe specialising solely in physical theatre.
Organised by Tmesis Theatre, it has established itself as one of the key events in Liverpool's cultural calendar, bringing the world's best local, national and international movement and physical theatre artists to Liverpool. For more, visit www.physicalfest.com.
Unity Theatre is Liverpool's small-scale theatre with big ambitions. Their programme of presented and produced work is edgy, radical and unashamedly contemporary, while their talent development programmes have aided the establishment of many of the UK's top touring companies including Told by an Idiot, AD Infinitum and Kaboodle. On 7 January Unity Theatre temporarily closed its doors to the public to undergo a £790,000 redevelopment project, reopening with a short 'soft launch' summer season in June and July with the building officially opening in Autumn 2017. For full details of this and its Out of Space programme, go to www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk.
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