2012 will be multi-lingual !
RESIDENT COMPANY
AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE IN LONDON
Our first season in English at the French Institute gave a unique quality of interactive family shows: a real exchange was created with the young audience, breaking the wall between the stage and the public, and offering stories where the children were activelyinvolved. Now embarking on a new season with revivals of How to make a good riding hood?, NUT! or Clocks among others, we're now delighted to develop a rare kind of bilingual shows for the children, designed specifically for the multi-cultural families who live in London and are used to bilingualism on a daily basis. See the current videos and previous works here.
EXCHANGE THEATRE WEEK - FEBRUARY 2012
LION and UNICORN THEATRE
Throughout 2011, Exchange Theatre presented Scatch works both in French and English. Lady Mac Wata was amongst these new works in French, in July 2011. Now, Lady Mac Wata is being developed into a full-length show. CLOCKS was developed as a Children tale at the Institute and is turned into a full-length kids show.
Lady MacWata
Written by Magali Muxart
Directed by David Furlong
With Magali Muxart and Elisa Alexis
“ An actress prepares to play Lady Macbeth. She can’t find her dark and criminal side, and decides to invoke « Mamie Wata », a witch from her childhood in Africa. Elisa, the cleaner, shows up… A trip in the schizophrenia of actors, in African mysticism, and into the curse of the Scottish play since its first performance... Would these two women be able to undo the spell ?
Written and performed by Magali Muxart, this three acts play, is developed by Exchange Theatre under the artistic direction of David Furlong. The multi-national company has produced over the last five years a body of work both in French and English and translated major unknown French plays for the first time in the Uk (Claudel, Durringer, Sartre). Lady Mac Wata encapsulates this unique cultural bridge created between France, Africa and the UK.”
In French, 1h15, £11 - £9 cons.
Wednesday 8th, Thursday 9th at 8:00pm
and Friday 10th, Saturday 11th at 9:30pm
Around Jules Verne in 80 minutes !
Devised and performed
by David Furlong and Alex Kanefsky
“ Alex and David created « CLOCKS ! » for the creative resideny of kids shows at the French Institute, as a hilarious 50 minutes rendition of a unknown Jules Verne tale. The chemistry of the duo and the quirky nature of their double-act led them to take on all of Jules Verne's work and Around Jules Vernes in 80 minutes was born.
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, Five weeks in a balloon, Around the world in 80 days, Master Zacharius, Journey to the center of the earth, all in 80 minutes!
With a steampunk pool of ridiculous props, a smoke machine and some costumes. Watch the challenge ! This fantastically funny show features all your favourite characters : Passe-Partout, Phileas Fogg, Captain Nemo and of course all the incredible machines! Jules Verne pioneered the science-fiction genre. He wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before any of it were even possible. He is the third most translated author in the world. In February, Exchange Theatre takes the young audience in a dazzling journey through all his major books.
David Furlong is known for his comic outing as Lucien in the English Premiere of French farces by Feydeau, and is also the director behind Square(d) and The Flies («It's commendable to see so much innovation and energy» The Londonist). Alex Kanefsky is a founder performer with Paper Balloon Company which currently tours the UK.
In English, for the whole family: 1h20, £11 – £9 cons
Friday 10th at 7:30pm
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th at 3:00 pm
Le Deuil sied a Electre
“Mourning becomes Electra” by Eugene O’Neill.
Performed by The Troupe, Exchange Theatre amateur’s group.
The story of the curse of the Mannon family is O'Neill's take on the Oresteia and a way for this major playwright, Nobel prize winner, to talk about his own family. It's also a great way for an amateur dramatic company to take their first step into tragedy.
In French, 1h15, £9 - £7 cons
Saturday 11th at 7:30
Sunday 12th at 6:30
Echange Theatre Company (ETC) is an international company established in London in order to create new works using different languages and cultural backgrounds. ETC also aims to perform and promote the French theatrical heritage in English. With the importance of cultural diversity and new technologies, our work draws on present day creations from around the world.