REFRACT:19 LISTINGS at WATERSIDE, SALE
Thu 18 – Sat 27 Jul
#refract19
Ten days of experiential performance, music and events that challenge you to see things differently
THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS...
Lumo Company presents
WireDo
Thu 18 Jul 19:00
£12 / £10
With her body, a tightwire and a physical composition that draws on the Japanese rope art of Shibari, Hanna Moisala’s WireDo , tells a mesmerizing story of stepping out to the unknown.
With its three-dimensional view, WireDo [italics] explores the inner balance of human behaviour with the question "what happens to the body when it chooses to surrender and be manipulated?"
Daring tightwire stunts combined with Moisala’s captivating presence and skilled rope manipulation offer an unprecedented spectacle.
Age 14+ | 45 mins
In the Robert Bolt Theatre
Art with Heart presents
GOLDEN YEARS CARAVAN
Sun 21 Jul 11:30 – 17:30
Free | Drop-in
Retirement; that golden time in life when you travel the world, play bowls, join the WI and legitimately use the phrase ‘not in my day’. Art with Heart invite you for a brew inside the Golden Years Caravan to experience a series of artworks created by retirees, which share stories of what it’s really like growing older in Greater Manchester.
On Waterside Plaza
MAKING WAVES
Ransack Theatre presents
CATCHING COMETS
Sun 21 Jul 20:30
£10 / £8
DOUBLE BILL: See-Through & Catching Comets £14 for both
After discovering a comet hurtling towards Earth, Toby snaps and turns into the action hero in his own movie on a mission to save the world from impending doom. Flash-back a year; Toby is knocked off course when somebody crashes into his life.
A disaster movie about falling in love. Catching Comets is a new show by multi award-winning Ransack Theatre that asks how we’re supposed to be big, brave and strong when we look and sound nothing like the heroes we grew up with on our screens.
In the Chambers
65 mins
Ransack Theatre presents
CATCHING COMETS
Mon 22 Jul 19:00
£10 / £8
DOUBLE BILL: Catching Comets & Beach Body Ready £14 for both
After discovering a comet hurtling towards Earth, Toby snaps and turns into the action hero in his own movie on a mission to save the world from impending doom. Flash-back a year; Toby is knocked off course when somebody crashes into his life.
A disaster movie about falling in love, Catching Comets is a new show by multi award-winning Ransack Theatre that asks how we’re supposed to be big, brave and strong when we look and sound nothing like the heroes we grew up with on our screens.
Ransack Theatre is a recipient of the Waterside Arts MAKING WAVES bursary.
In the Chambers
65 mins
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The Roaring Girls present
BEACH BODY READY
Mon 22 Jul 20:30
£10 / £8
DOUBLE BILL: Catching Comets & Beach Body Ready £14 for both
The time has come. It's the season of cutting carbs, hitting it hard at the gym and shaving everything from the chin down. We've been shamed, dehumanised and humiliated for how we look, and we've had enough. Join The Roaring Girls for a defiantly feel good show which sticks two fingers up to everything the media said you should look like.
The Roaring Girls are a recipient of the Waterside Arts MAKING WAVES bursary.
In the Chambers
MAKING WAVES DISCUSSION
Mon 22 Jul 21:30
Free to ticket holders
A chance to discuss the themes raised in Catching Comets and Beach Body Ready with Ransack Theatre and The Roaring Girls.
In the Chambers
DAY SIX
Lewis Doherty presents
BOAR
Tue 23 Jul 19:00
£10 / £8
Welcome to the Kingdom of Skadi. A place of adventure, a distant land where pirates, bounty hunters, and thieves do battle in a world on the brink of destruction.
Armed with just himself and a chair, Lewis Doherty (creator of WOLF) presents BOAR. A one man fantasy adventure tale. Prepare for arrows to roll and heads to fly in this action packed hour of swords, sorcery, and swill!
Presented in association with The North Wall and Nottingham Playhouse.
Age 14+ | 60 mins
In the Chambers
Meraki Collective presents
KILL A WITCH OR DIE TRYING
Wed 25 Jul 20:30
Wed 25 Jul 20:30
£10 / £8
DOUBLE BILL: KILL A WITCH OR DIE TRYING & PAMELA DEMENTHE £14 for both
From the days of burning at the stake to slaying the successful woman on twitter, women are being demonised for speaking up and standing out.
Kill a Witch or Die Trying is the new visually captivating, belly laugh inducing dance theatre work by Meraki Collective. Journey through the ways that women are made monsters and celebrate with us the formidable power of Woman.
Age: 16+ | 50 mins
From the days of burning at the stake to slaying the successful woman on twitter, women are being demonised for speaking up and standing out.
Kill a Witch or Die Trying is the new visually captivating, belly laugh inducing dance theatre work by Meraki Collective. Journey through the ways that women are made monsters and celebrate with us the formidable power of Woman.
Age: 16+ | 50 mins
In the Chambers
Mimika Theatre presents
LANDSCAPES
Thu 25 Jul
10:15, 11:45, 13:15, 14:45
£7 / £6 / £4.50 Family Club Members
Sit inside Mimika’s beautiful handmade tent and experience an intimate, magical and quite unique theatre presentation. Using no words, Mimika combine over 30 ingeniously crafted puppet creatures with an original musical score and stunning visual effects to capture the atmosphere, rhythms, sounds and movements of the desert, rainforest, under the sea and Antarctica.
Age 4 – 11 years | 45 mins no interval
Meet the puppets after the show
In the Mimika tent
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Nathaniel Hall and Dibby Theatre present
FIRST TIME
Thu 25 Jul 19:00
£10/£8
DOUBLE BILL: FIRST TIME & FULFILMENT £14 for both
Another chance to see the hit sell-out show before it takes the world (and Edinburgh Fringe) by storm.
Can you remember your first time? Nathaniel can’t seem to forget his. To be fair, he has had it playing on repeat for the last 15 years. Now the party is over, the balloons have all burst and he’s left living his best queer life: brunching on pills and Googling kangaroo vaginas, ancient condoms and human cesspits on a weekday morning… or is he? HIV+ queer artist and activist, Nathaniel Hall presents a funny and frank one-man show about attempting to stay positive in a negative world. Join him as he blows the lid on the secret he’s been keeping all these years.
Nathaniel Hall and Dibby Theatre are a recipient of the Waterside Arts MAKING WAVES bursary.
Age 14+ | 65 mins
SharkLegs present
FULFILMENT
Thu 25 Jul 20:30
£10 / £8
Thu 25 Jul 20:30
£10 / £8
DOUBLE BILL: Fulfilment and FIRST TIME £14 for both
Robox is your personal fulfilment device. The one-click wonder, the ultimate convenience.
You dream it, he delivers it. Instant fulfilment. But fulfilment isn’t for everyone. The show is created live every night
from your desires as award-winning company SharkLegs uncover the price people pay for next-day delivery.
Age 14+ | 60 mins
FAXFICTION
Sat 27 Jul Doors 18:30
£8 / £6
Old technology – we all used it, and it’s still there: cassette tapes, floppy discs, videos, 35mm slides, overhead projectors, Ansaphones, games consoles, View-Masters, faxes, Dictaphones, reel to reel, Ceefax…
How did we function with these ancient machines, these relics of the future?
In FaxFiction, six writers – Sarah-Clare Conlon, David Gaffney, Rosie Garland, Valerie O’Riordan, Fat Roland and Nicholas Royle – have created six brand-new short stories focusing on these old technologies, and they will perform their pieces using gathered artefacts as part of this show, made uniquely for Refract:19.
In the Chambers
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Motionhouse presents
CAPTIVE
Sat 27 Jul
16:00
20:30 [Refract:19 Closing Event]
Free
Following on from the hugely successful shows Underground and Cascade, Motionhouse bring Captive to Refract:19.
Four dancers perform this exciting blend of dance, acrobatics and aerial work inside a large cage. Disorientated and shaken, the performers use their skill and instinct to survive in this emotionally charged and athletic piece.
Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem The Panther, this extraordinary outdoor show explores notions of captivity.
A spectacular sunset performance to close Refract:19 at 20:30
All ages | 30 mins
On Waterside Plaza
Please note this is an outdoor show.
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