'The Animals and Children Took To The Streets'
Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement block, where curtain-twitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf... is always at the door. When Agnes Eaves and her daughter arrive late one night, does it signal hope in this hopeless place, or has the real horror only just begun? Like a graphic novel burst into life, in the Animals and Children took to the Streets, 1927 invites audience on a theatrical journey of startling originality.
Credits
Co-commissioned by BAC, Malthouse Theatre Melbourne & The Showroom (University of Chichester)
Supported by Corn Exchange Newbury & Early development supported by The Arches & Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
UK Premiere funded by Arts Council England
Created by 1927
Directed & Written by Suzanne Andrade
Film, Animation and Design by Paul Barritt
Music by Lillian Henley
Costume by Sarah Munro & Esme Appleton
Performed by Suzanne Andrade, Esme Appleton & Lillian Henley (2010-2013). Sue Appleby, Eleanor Buchan & Lewis Barfoot (2013)
Voice of the Caretaker: James Addie
Producer: Joanna Crowley
Quotes & Awards
‘Think Alexander Rodchenko meets Tim Burton, Charles Dickens meets Fritz Lang, and the early 20th-century silent movie meets the 21st-century graphic novel, and you have something of the flavour of this jaw-droppingly clever and gloriously subversive parable of social mobility, revolution and its suppression… 1927 conjure a world so complete it feels as if you've fallen down a rabbit hole’
‘a really astonishing piece of work from 1927.’
The Guardian
‘from the macabre, musically ingenious and graphically glorious company called 1927…Anyone interested in the theatre should see this company now.’
The Observer
‘1927 have once again conjured up a night of unique theatrical magic out of a potent combination of deadpan grotesquery and vaudevillian flair. This cautionary tale, on the surface at least, is a macabre masterpiece of invention and skill.’
Whatsonstage
‘The Animals and Children took to the Streets is richly quirky, terrifically ambitious for a tiny company, and superbly executed. Where will 1927 go from here? Theirs is a name to watch.’
The Independent on Sunday
'* * * * * This is a perfect alternative show. In fact, it is a perfect show.’
The Financial Times
‘A mind-blowingly beautiful piece of theatre.’
Time Out (London)
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
9 June 2019: Pulse Festival, Ipswich, UK
29 May - 2 June 2019: Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai, China
25-26 May 2019: Zhongnan Theatre, Wuhan, China
22 - 23 May 2019: Xi’an Core space Theatre, Xi’an, China
17 - 19 May 2019: Nine Theatre, Beijing, China
15 May 2019: Beijing Renmin University, China
4-6 May 2019: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
19 February - 16 March 2019: Lyric Hammersmith, London, UK
6-16 February 2019: HOME, Manchester, UK
16-18 January 2019: Corpartes, Santiago, Chile
19 December 2018-13 January 2019: The Old Market, Brighton, UK
16 November 2019: Performance, Gayarre Theatre, Pamplona, Spain
14 November 2019: Festival Internacional de Teatro, Vitoria, Spain
9-10 November 2019: El Canal Centre d’Arts Escèniques de Salt, Festival Temporada Alta, Girona, Spain
7 November 2019: Teatro Circa, Murcia, Spain
30 October - 3 November 2018: Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, UK
17-20 October 2018: Liverpool Playhouse, UK
5-6 October 2018: Theatre Royal Margate, UK
May 2014: National Theatre London, England
18-19 December 2013: Théâtre La Renaissance Lyon, France
12-15 December 2013: Théâtre national de Marseille La Criée, France
6-8 December 2013: Le Phénix - Scène nationale de Valenciennes, France
26-30 November 2013: National Centre for the Performing arts, Beijing, China
19-21 November 2013: Żigużajg Festival, Valletta, Malta
7-9 November 2013: Dukes Theatre, Lancaster, England
25-28 October 2013: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi,Belgium
15-19 October 2013: Plymouth Theatre Royal, Plymouth, England
11-12 October 2013: Russian Drama Theatre,Baku, Azerbaijan
5-6 October 2013: Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia
1-2 October 2013: High Fest, Yervan, Armenia
26-27 September 2013: Molodi Theatre, Kiev, Ukraine
20 September 2013: Horsens Theatre Festival, Horsens, Denmark
18 September 2013: Carte Blanche, Viborg, Denmark
29 August – 1 September 2013: Christchurch Festival, New Zealand
22-25 August 2013: Taranaki Festival, New Zealand
30 July – 3 August 2013: Salzburg Festival, Austria
18-21 July 2013: Teatro a Corte, Torino, Italy
15-16 July 2013: Earagail Arts Festival, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, Ireland
10-12 July 2013: Clonmel Junction Festival, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
10-12 July 2013: Clonmel Junction Festival, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
29-30 June 2013: Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre, Riga, Latvia
25-26 June 2013: DK Viborgskiy, St Petersburg, Russia
20-21 June 2013: Samara State Philharmonic, Samara, Russia
14-16 June 2013: Voronezh State Young Spectators Theatre, Voronezh, Russia
7-12 June 2013: Chekhov Festival - Pushkin Theatre, Moscow, Russia
31 May – 2 June 2013: Guangzhou Opera House, China
28-29 June 2013: Zhongshan Cultural and Art CenterZhongshan, China
24-26 May 2013: Shanghai Lyceum Theatre, China
21-22 May 2013: Hangzhou Culture Center, China
8-12 May 2013: Festival de Otono, Madrid, Spain
25 April 2013: University of California Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara, USA
10-14 April 2013: UMS, Ann Arbour Michigan USA
2-5 April 2013: Al Hussein Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan
26-27 March 2013: The Curve, Leicester, England
19-21 March 2013: Arc en Scènes, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
13-14 March 2013: Harrogate Theatre, England
8-16 March 2013: Theatre de la Ville, Paris, France
5-9 March 2013: The Old Market, Brighton & Hove, England
21-24 February 2013: Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong
12-16 February 2013: Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England
7-9 February 2013: The North Wall Art Centre, Oxford, England
12 Dec 2012- 10 Jan 2013: National Theatre, London, England
21-27 July 2012: Avignon Festival, Avignon, France
12 June - 1 July 2012: The Studio Theatre, Washington DC, USA
25 May - 3 June 2012: Spoleto Festival USA
17-20 May 2012: Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
11-15 April 2012: National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing, China
7-8 April 2012: Changsha Red Theatre, Changsha, China
4-5 April 2012: Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China
8-11 March 2012: New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington, New Zealand
28-29 February 2012: British School Auditorium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
23-25 February 2012: DUCTAC, Dubai, U.A.E
14 February 2012: SHOWZAM, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, England
7 December 2011 – 3 January 2012: National Theatre, London, England
21-22 November 2011: Muson Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
15-16 November 2011: Nu:Write Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
8-12 November 2011: Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, England
3 – 4 November 2011: Cornwall Film Festival, Cornwall, England
18-20 September 2011: Belfast Festival at Queens, Northern Ireland
29 September – 2 October 2011: Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland
19-28 August 2011: British Council Showcase, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
24 July 2011: Holt Festival, Norfolk, England
14-17 July 2011: Latitude Festival, Suffolk, England
6-7 June 2011: Theatre des Abbesses, Paris, France
25 February – 6 March 2011: Perth International Arts Festival, Australia
3 February 2011: Arc, Stockton, England
1 February 2011: Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
8 December 2010 – 8 January 2011: BAC, London, England (UK Premiere)
November 2010: Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
20 October – November 2010: Sydney Opera House, Australia (World Premiere)
7 October 2017: The Showroom, Chichester, England (Previews)
23 -24 September 2010: Corn Exchange Theatre, Newbury, England (Previews)
May 2010: BAC, London, England (work in progress)
February 2010: The Showroom, Chichester, England (work in progress)
January 201: BAC, London, England (work in progress)
February 2009: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland (work in progress)
February 2009: The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland (work in progress)
The Animals and Children took to the Streets Images by 1927