Blind Summit - The Table

“Dazzling inventiveness and breakneck precision.”
The Scotsman ****

"Astonishingly accomplished puppetry...
and a heartbreaking tale"
The Telegraph ****

"Blind Summit prove once again that when you're working in miniature you don't have to think small"
The Guardian ****

FRINGE FIRST WINNER
Guardian PICK OF THE FEST
"HOT SHOW" The Scotsman
**** The List
**** What's On Stage
***** SG Magazine
***** Exeunt Magazine
**** Edinburgh Spotlight
***** The Public Reviews
**** Three Weeks
**** Broadway Baby

The Table opens the London International Mime Festival at Soho Theatre on January 11th, 2012 (preview 10th) then tours nationally.
More details and dates soon.

A puppet stuck on a table... a ballet of disembodied heads... a story told entirely by pieces of paper emerging from a briefcase... in a visual journey inspired by Beckett, the Bible and Ikea.

"Extreme Puppetry" that will make you laugh, cry, gasp in wonder. You don't see that every day.

BLOG:

18.7.11
Hmm... yes I know - long time since I blogged last. So. Today we are a week away from our first London preview at Jackson's Lane. I am nervous about finishing in time but also we need a deadline to make us finish, and an audience to tell what we have made. I wonder what it is. I am still not sure. There have been some great discoveries - especially I like a little man we have made out of hands and feet and a cast of Martin's head. He still has a lot of potential to discover. The cast are really good and in good spirits and we are working working working. That is all we can do now - keep working, get the feedback from the audiences and then rework. And hope they come. We look forward to seeing you! Is this how you write a blog?

21.5.11
We just came out of 2 weeks workshopping at Jackson's Lane with a bunch of puppets and lots of different people every day. Some old friends, some new friends, some people we've wanted to work with for a while. It's been very brainstormy, anything goes, chaos.We "shared" on Thursday and collected comments from "beautiful and amazing" to "I expected more..." to "I didn't understand it"! I don't understand it yet either. We have found some exciting new images - paper coming out of a brief case, a giant Elmer Phud arms dealer character, two disembodied heads having a romantic dinner, an old man fishing off a table, heads trapped in a square of string. An old man fishing off the side of the table. I think it's going to be a visual journey through Beckett. And existentialisme. But what is the table? Why have we called it "The Table"? We have a lot of thinking to do... hmmm... Loving Jackson's Lane and being in Highgate: there are trees, it's on a hill, there are some nice pubs, there are two year olds doing ballet and teenagers doing streetdancing and we spotted John Simm the other day with his boy.

REHEARSAL PHOTOS

Devised, performed by Blind Summit, Mark Down and Nick Barnes

Puppets designed and made by Blind Summit Theatre


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		SHOWS THE TABLE KOMMILITONEN! EL GATO CON BOTAS A DOG'S HEART THE OTHER SEDER CALL OF THE WILD TESTING PANACEA 1984 ORIGINS ARHAT TAMING THE DRAGON HIS DARK MATERIALS SHUNKIN ON EMOTION FAERIES MADAM BUTTERFLY LOW LIFE CHEREVICHKI A PUPPET IN THE WORKS MARTIN'S WEDDING PIRATE PUPPETRY THE SPACEMAN TRAMPING THE BOARDS MR CHINA'S SON


	“Dazzling inventiveness and breakneck precision.” The Scotsman ** "Astonishingly accomplished puppetry... and a heartbreaking tale" The Telegraph **** "Blind Summit prove once again that when you're working in miniature you don't have to think small" The Guardian **** FRINGE FIRST WINNER Guardian PICK OF THE FEST "HOT SHOW" The Scotsman The List What's On Stage * SG Magazine * Exeunt Magazine Edinburgh Spotlight * The Public Reviews Three Weeks ** Broadway Baby The Table opens the London International Mime Festival at Soho Theatre on January 11th, 2012 (preview 10th) then tours nationally. More details and dates soon. A puppet stuck on a table... a ballet of disembodied heads... a story told entirely by pieces of paper emerging from a briefcase... in a visual journey inspired by Beckett, the Bible and Ikea. "Extreme Puppetry" that will make you laugh, cry, gasp in wonder. You don't see that every day. BLOG: 18.7.11 Hmm... yes I know - long time since I blogged last. So. Today we are a week away from our first London preview at Jackson's Lane. I am nervous about finishing in time but also we need a deadline to make us finish, and an audience to tell what we have made. I wonder what it is. I am still not sure. There have been some great discoveries - especially I like a little man we have made out of hands and feet and a cast of Martin's head. He still has a lot of potential to discover. The cast are really good and in good spirits and we are working working working. That is all we can do now - keep working, get the feedback from the audiences and then rework. And hope they come. We look forward to seeing you! Is this how you write a blog? 21.5.11 We just came out of 2 weeks workshopping at Jackson's Lane with a bunch of puppets and lots of different people every day. Some old friends, some new friends, some people we've wanted to work with for a while. It's been very brainstormy, anything goes, chaos.We "shared" on Thursday and collected comments from "beautiful and amazing" to "I expected more..." to "I didn't understand it"! I don't understand it yet either. We have found some exciting new images - paper coming out of a brief case, a giant Elmer Phud arms dealer character, two disembodied heads having a romantic dinner, an old man fishing off a table, heads trapped in a square of string. An old man fishing off the side of the table. I think it's going to be a visual journey through Beckett. And existentialisme. But what is the table? Why have we called it "The Table"? We have a lot of thinking to do... hmmm... Loving Jackson's Lane and being in Highgate: there are trees, it's on a hill, there are some nice pubs, there are two year olds doing ballet and teenagers doing streetdancing and we spotted John Simm the other day with his boy. REHEARSAL PHOTOS Devised, performed by Blind Summit, Mark Down and Nick Barnes Puppets designed and made by Blind Summit Theatre
THE TABLE

TOUR DATES HI-RES PRODUCTION PHOTOS REHEARSAL PHOTOS To Book: UK and Europe: info@blindsummit.com US, Australia, NZ, South America: Michael Mushalla, www.double-m-arts.com CAST: Mark Down Nick Barnes Sean Garratt Sarah Calver CO-DEVISORS: Ivan Thorley (cover) Irena Stratieva PRODUCER Maeve O'Neill, Blind Summit Theatre SUPPORTED BY JACKSON'S LANE Commissioned by YAD Arts and JCC



Blind Summit Theatre Unit 10, Grenville Workshops, 2a Grenville Road, London, N19 4EH 020 7272 9020 - info@blindsummit.com