Tmesis Theatre's HAPPY HOUR to Fill Cheshire with Humour, Music and Happiness

Following a successful opening run in Autumn 2016, the brand-new show from Liverpool based Physical Theatre company Tmesis Theatre continues on the road and heads to two venues in Cheshire.

Happy Hour is the latest offering from Tmesis Theatre which combines its trademark physicality with humour, music, and text from long-term collaborator Chris Fittock, to create a poignant, fast paced, comedy exploring our 21st Century obsession with happiness and success.

The new show follows a successful national tour for Tmesis in 2015 of That's Amore, which won critical acclaim from The Guardian, describing it as 'Like a Richard Curtis romcom reworked by DV8, glorious and full of heart'.

Happy Hour will run for one night only at Vanburgh Theatre in Chester on 27 January and Memorial Court in Northwich on 16 February, before continuing its national tour.

The workers on Level Three are racing against the clock to reach their quota of Smiley Faces, but are they really happy enough? Can we learn to be happy? And can our emotions be bought and sold? The 'happiness industry' would have us think so...

Happy Hour is funny, highly engaging with a mix of characters everyone can relate to, performed by highly skilled performers and featuring a great selection of music as well as some beautiful original scores from composer Meike Holzmann.

Tmesis Theatre, is one of the UK's leading physical theatre companies, with a reach that is national and international. The company produce and tour shows, deliver workshops and outreach work and run Liverpool's annual international physical theatre festival, Physical Fest.

Over the past 10 years, Tmesis Theatre has developed a national and international reputation, receiving critical acclaim for their unique style of movement-based theatre as a company who create work that is accessible, engaging, entertaining and of the highest quality.

Elinor Randle, Artistic Director at Tmesis Theatre said: "I'm really excited about this new piece, the characters are hilarious and we are exploring some really interesting ideas about the darker side of the 'Happiness Industry' in a really playful and energetic way. It's exciting to move towards more narrative and comedy, whilst still maintaining Tmesis' trademark physicality. Expect a uniquely 'happy' hour!"

So get yourself along to see it - and make yourself happy for one hour, 10 mins...you know you deserve it!

For more information on Tmesis Theatre, visit www.tmesistheatre.com.

IF YOU GO:

Tmesis Theatre Presents

HAPPY HOUR

CHESTER

27 January 2017 @ 8pm

Prices - £5

Vanbrugh Theatre, The Kings School, Chester

www.kingschester.co.uk/theatre

01244 689500

NORTHWICH

16 February 2017 @ 7.30pm

Prices - £12 | £10 | schools £8

Memorial Court, Chesterway, Northwich

www.brioleisure.org/bookings

01606 261100

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:

Directed by: Elinor Randle

Created by: Tmesis Theatre & Chris Fittock

Script by: Chris Fittock

Performed by: Ian Cook, Adam Davies, Eleni Edipidi, Jennifer Essex

Designed by: Lois Maskell

Lighting by: Beccy Hillam

Composer/sound design: Meike Holzmann

Stage Manager: Lucy Graham

Produced by: Claire Bigley

Tmesis Theatre creates, develops and shares world-class physical theatre through performance, participation and an international festival. Based in Liverpool the company has created and developed high quality, funny, evocative and accessible physical theatre for the past twelve years. Tmesis has earned a reputation nationally and internationally, touring to over 10 countries, receiving critical acclaim for the unique style of movement-based theatre and their development of physical theatre in the North through their annual international festival, Physical Fest. The company is led by Artistic Director, Elinor Randle who works with a creative team of associated artists and performers.

Elinor Randle is Artistic Director of Tmesis Theatre, acclaimed UK based physical theatre company, and Physical Fest (Liverpool's International Physical Theatre Festival). Elinor has performed in or directed, all of Tmesis Theatre's past productions, touring nationally and internationally for the past 11 years. She has collaborated with world-renowned practitioners on the pieces, including Tanya Khabarova (Derevo), Nigel Charnock, Lorna Marshall and Malou Airaudo (Pina Bausch Tanztheater). Tmesis Theatre have received critical acclaim for their dynamic physical theatre and recently won the award for 'Best Choreography at the United Solo Theatre Festival, New York 2015. Elinor also works as a lecturer at LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts), is a trained yoga teacher and has worked as a movement director for many companies nationally including 20 Stories High, Box of Tricks, Peepolykus and the Everyman and Playhouse.

Crosby born writer Chris Fittock completed his BA in English and Theatre Studies (First Class Hons.) at the University of Leeds in 2004 and has taken an uphill journey of success ever since writing for TV, radio and stage productions all over the UK. He has won many awards over the years including Winner of the 1999 Whitbread in the Community Award for Best New Play for 'Fine Wine and Pringles at the Café Belgrade' and also winner of the 2004 Merseyside Left Theatre Trust New Play Award for 'Constrained Things'. He is also Director of the Theatre in the Rough Festival and script reader for Playwrights' Studio Scotland.

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