unpacked invites you to The Fourth Violin from the Left at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Thursday 24th of November at 8.15 pm Unpacked creates a high-octane visual language that fuses physical theatre, object animation and puppetry. The Fourth Violin from the Left is their highly acclaimed debut show that has been performed at numerous national festivals including the Buxton Puppet Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe and the Brighton Visions Festival. Four spooks fill the time in peculiar ways while awaiting their final orders. Infiltrating puppets, twisted romance and cruel tortures occur as their paranoia, suspicion and lunacy escalate to breaking point. Sinister and entertaining, the production touches on serious issues of the abuse of public fear and induced distrust. "Unpacked’s visceral piece fuses together puppetry & physical theatre with astounding dexterity” – The Stage “Images you’ll want to pack away in a mental suitcase for later recall” – Time Out Four spooks fill their time in peculiar ways while awaiting their final orders. Infiltrating puppets, twisted romance and cruel tortures occur as their paranoia, suspicion and lunacy escalate to breaking point. “devastating comic ingenuity” – Latest7 Sinister and entertaining, The Fourth Violin from the Left touches on serious issues of the abuse of public fear and induced distrust, but is always accessible and fun. In this piece, unpacked creates a fraught environment of conflict, mistrust and competition, where people are disposable and puppets unpredictable. unpacked creates high-octane visual theatre that fuses physical theatre, object animation and puppetry and the five core members of the company come from varied direction, performance and puppetry backgrounds. “Waiting For Godot meets Reservoir Dogs” - Audience member, London “One of the best pieces of theatre of any sort I have ever seen” – Audience member, Buxton The Fourth Violin from the Left is unpacked’s first touring show. Among other places it has been performed at the Buxton Puppet Festival (and was then invited back to Buxton), the Southwark Earthly Delights Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Brighton Visions Festival, and for two weeks at the Arcola Theatre in London. It was most recently at the Brighton Festival Fringe where it won Latest Fringe Stars nominations for Best Actor (Gilbert Taylor) and Best Actress (Zoë Hunter) and will be on tour to Belgium, London and Wales throughout November. Thurs 24 November / Iau 24 Tachwedd Tickets / Tocynnau £6 (£5) Tel / Ffon 01970 62 32 32 |
| web site: www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre |
| e-mail: unpacked@btinternet.com |
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