'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.

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)

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

The Animals and Children took to the Streets  Images by 1927

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

18 Feb – 16 March 2019: Lyric Hammersmith, London, UK

6 -9 Feb 2019: HOME, Manchester, UK

16 – 18 Jan 2019: Centro de las Artes, Santiago, Chile

19 Dec 2018 – 12 Jan 2019:  The Old Market, Brighton, UK

16 Nov 2018: Gayarre Theatre, Pamplona, Spain

14 Nov 2018: Festival Internacional de Teatro, Vitoria, Spain

9-10 Nov 2018: Festival Temporada Alta, Girona, Spain

7 Nov 2018: Teatro Circa, Murcia, Spain

30 Oct–3 Nov 2018: Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, UK

17-20 Oct 2018: Performance, Liverpool Playhouse, UK

13 Oct 2018: Dimitria Festival, Theatre Anaton, Thessaloniki, Greece

4- 6 Oct 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, Kyiv, 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 Center Zhongshan, 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:  Festival d’Avignon, 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 Festival Fringe, 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 2010: 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 2010: BAC, London, England (work in progress)

February 2009: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland (work in progress)

February 2009: The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland (work in progress)