New Wolsey Theatre :: PULSEhttp://www.wolseytheatre.co.ukFeed for PULSEenWed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100Thu, 17 May 2012 09:34:11 +0100http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssWebbler, v3.4.0-6415 (http://www.webbler.org)86400 An Audio Guide To Varo's 'Harmony' http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3390 A playful investigation into the musical potential of natural objects. What does harmony actually sound like? Join artist Holly Rumble as she attempts to investigate the musical clues in Varo's painting Harmony.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:41:20 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3390 Avon Calling http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3384 Avon Calling is an intimate theatre event for your own home.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:07:28 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3384 Ours Was The Fen Country http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3388 For the past two years Dan Canham has been capturing conversations with people of the fens in East Anglia.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:31:15 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3388 Under Stokes Croft http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3386 Modern adaptation of Under Milk Wood using storytelling and animation. 

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:17:43 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3386 The BP Story http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3396 On the 20th April 2010 the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Unable to cap the well, oil continued to flow for 3 months releasing 53,000 barrels per day into the gulf. Two years later the story and impact of the explosion is still on-going.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:57 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3396 Exposure http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3392 Exposure is the first work in an enquiry into looking. It is the beginning of an investigation into how we look, how we are looked at and if we can ever really be seen. This intimate one to one performance is a tender and tentative look into autobiography, asking how fully we can reveal ourselves - to ourselves, to another, with another.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:34:41 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3392 Hannah Ringham's Free Show http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3400 We are going to ask you for money for this free show.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:59:24 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3400 Love's Labour's Lost http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3394 By translating the rich, pun-riddled text of Love's Labour's Lost into the physical language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre create a new interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy, accessible to theatregoers of all backgrounds. Deafinitely, who have performed many times at Soho Theatre, aim to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:45:25 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3394 Stories From An Invisible Town http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3398 Emerging Welsh artist Hugh Hughes has always enjoyed sharing new work with audiences in Ipswich. Story of a Rabbit, which premiered at PULSE in 2007, continues to tour the world - most recently visiting Sydney Opera House.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:07:28 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3398 I Never Did... http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3410 "I never did, I never did, I never did like "Do take care dear"

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:59:23 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3410 Lost Post http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3408 A brand new circus show from emerging circus company Collectif and then... fusing contemporary movement with inventive aerial skills on ropes, floor acrobatics and Cyr wheel.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:45:48 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3408 The Silent Pianist Speaks http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3402 After co-starring with Paul Merton in the UK tour of Paul Merton's Silent Clowns and receiving critical acclaim for his appearances on Radio 4's Film Programme, Neil Brand, the ‘doyen of silent film pianists' is proud to present his own critically acclaimed show.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:06:34 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3402 Ten Out Of Ten http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3406 An evening of old school quizzes in which we're all winning.  

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:28:35 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3406 Til Debt Do Us Part http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3404 The majority of people have always struggled make enough money but since the great recession of 2008 the problems of debt, finance and unemployment have affected all of us a whole lot more. Prompted by this, for the first time in many years people are asking what money is, where it comes from and why oh why do I not have enough it!?

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:11:07 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3404 Johnny Head-In-Air http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3412 17 years ago surgeons opened Johnny's head and extracted a tumour. The tumour didn't return but Johnny, as the time passed, felt odd... as if, perhaps, he wanted to go underground; as if air were circling round his head like wind, or echoes in a wood.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:05:28 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3412 Sh!t Theatre's JSA http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3416 It's 2012. We all know someone who's on the dole. Your dad's on the dole. Your dog's on the dole. You're probably on the dole aren't you? Or even worse, maybe you have a job. Share your experiences of working life with Sh!t Theatre in this unique and humorous exploration of the (un)employment situation in the UK today.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:23:13 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3416 The Watery Journey Of Nereus Pike http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3414 Nereus Pike is floating on the surface of the water.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:18:37 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3414 The Lonely One http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3418 Hot summer night. Past locked houses and moonlit trees. Amongst a thousand warm shadows Lavinia Nebbs stands frozen, listening... "Someone's following me"

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:52:06 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3418 Projector/Conjector http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3420 Love dance between TV Girl & Projector Boy!
 
Boy's called Projector. A video projector is attached to his head. Girl's called Conjector. A TV is attached to her head. Boy meets girl on screen. They dance through screens.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:48:25 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3420 Dirty Great Love Story http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3424 Can a one night stand last a lifetime?
 
In her eyes, he's a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she's perfect. He's short-sighted.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:14:06 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3424 Don Quijote http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3422 Alone in his room and surrounded by books and movies, Don Quijote dreams a world of his own creation and feels its joy and pain.
 
He should get out more. Perhaps he does...

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:56:22 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3422 Psychodrama http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3426 Interactive tragicomedy about two irresponsible friends' attempt to make a show.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:29:00 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3426 A New Play By Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3432 Following on from the success of PULSE Festival's very own commission, Soho Shorts (2011), we are delighted to be bringing you a brand new play from critically acclaimed writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. We're not sure what it is yet. You'll have to trust us. The team is assembled, the stage is set, and all we need now is you. Join us.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:56:59 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3432 Cutting The Cord http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3428 When you are miles away from the place of your birth, can you ever feel truly at home?

Confused, fatalistic and loyal, Cutting the Cord reveals a young Japanese woman - Sachi - and her comedic yet sincere need to belong.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:38:30 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3428 The Ethics Of Progress http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3430 The Ethics of Progress is a mind melting, jargon free, whistle-stop tour of cutting-edge Quantum Physics, delivered with warmth, wit and charm by Unlimited Theatre's Artistic Director Jon Spooner.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:48:27 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3430 Sam Halmarack & The Miserablites http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3434 Sam Halmarack & The Miserablites are the bombastic pioneers of interactive stadium pop. Get ready for handclapping anthems and electro music to move and inspire. With songs, stories and a little help from you we will all come together to offer a unique take on what it means to be redeemed by music.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:02:28 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3434 Emily's Very Sad Play http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3440 A funny, interesting play about lies, mental health and misunderstood philosophy. 
       
Emily tries to remember her story, but cannot separate it from the stories she has read. Is it her punishment? Is she mad? Or is it a sensible retreat from the insanity of life. A comedy play about untruths and fictions.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:43:49 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3440 Good Boy http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3438 This performance is an ode to French writer and radical thinker Jean Genet and his position as an outcast of society. Using images from Genet's writing and his short film Chant d'Amour, Joseph dances a solo that explores Genet's profound ability to question authority and to find alternative ways of living, thinking and loving.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:34:24 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3438 Legs 11 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3444 Tom Marshman is mingling with fashionistas... but will his winning smile pull him through?

Like most men, Tom has an ambiguous relationship with his legs. So imagine his surprise when he was shortlisted for the Pretty Polly competition looking for the best legs in the country.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:54:03 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3444 Shed http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3436 At 15 years old, Fiona is practising for the future. Her Dad depends on her, so she spares his feelings. Her Mum has remarried but needs to be kept away. Preparing lies for her Dad and arguments for her Mum, she trains for an evening that will lead to a happier life.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:11:41 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3436 Tatty-Del Are Making It Work http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3442 In summer 2011 tatty-del held a crisis meeting in the Cafe at the Royal Festival Hall where, in the face of serial disappointment and existential uncertainty, Natalie tried to ‘break up' with Hana and move on with her life.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:48:37 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3442 Three Step Endeavour http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3482 Holly Darton, Dot Howard and Vicki Weitz are the UK's first professional hopscotch team. Experience the simple joy of momentarily leaving the ground beneath your feet in Three Step Endeavour, an outdoor, participatory, hopscotch extravaganza.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:54:00 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3482 Buttercup http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3446 Buttercup is a fat cow from Lancashire. She's lovely.  She's really looking forward to meeting you all. She can't wait to tell you, amongst other things, how she won Masterchef by feeding her stillborn baby to a fish and a potato. And what happened when she was made the star of her own TV show The Only Way is Lancashire.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:58:03 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3446 Goose Party http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3452 Treat your sweet senses and dancing legs to the party's sonic antipasti of sassy pseudo-fiesta funk, water story power folk, electronica gender anthems, dirty agro railway blues, plus a bit of the strummy soft stuff for the lovers or the lonely, in a high octane evening of madcap musical wildness, wilderness and general gooseyness as we all endeavour to find out WHO WE ARE.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:16:03 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3452 My Robot Heart http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3450 Merging storytelling with live music to create a show about love and fear, exploring the meaning of both and the relationship between the two.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:10:22 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3450 Thin Ice http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3448 May 1940. Greenland.

Cut off from civilization and surrounded by ice, Daniel sits frozen to death in a tiny hut. As Richard and Laura arrive too late to rescue him, the body thaws and secrets surface - threatening their marriage, beliefs and ultimately their survival.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:03:46 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3448 Badlands http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3456 Badlands: a love story that just won't happen how it's supposed to...

Accompanied by a selection of love songs, choreographer Robert Clark has created a work that wanders across realities.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:27:41 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3456 Keine Angst http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3460 Keine Angst is a piece about fear; about what it feels like and what it means to be afraid, about sensible fears and illogical anxieties, about fear as galvanising and as debilitating. It is a funny, touching, and intensely honest performance, about whether it is ever really good to be scared, and about how to be brave.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:34:46 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3460 Mega! http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3454 Audio tour designed to take you back to 1990.  

Bryony Kimmings is back at PULSE, but this year there is a twist.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:24:02 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3454 Party Piece http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3458 Aidan needs a drink, Jack's still looking for some action, Steve needs a lie down and Lorna's feeling sick. It's the morning after the night before. 4 good friends, 2 chipped teeth, 6 stolen garden Gnomes, 3 broken bathroom tiles, 5 suspicious stains on the carpet, too much alcohol and 1 epic party.  

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:32:04 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3458 Etiquette Of Grief http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3464 Etiquette of Grief is a step-by-step guide to dealing with bereavement. Thousands struggle to cope with the loss of Princess Diana, Jade Goody and even occasionally their own loved ones.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:43:17 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3464 Snow White http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3462 Think you know Snow White? Think again! No dwarves! No Prince! Just one extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of our deliciously scrumptious Snow White.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:39:40 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3462 Anima http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3470 You are invited on an award-winning, unforgettable journey through light and darkness, dream and reality, lush visuals, dance and performance. 

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:07:49 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3470 How (Not) To Make It In Britpop http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3468 From playing Glastonbury and Ronnie Scott's to miming on children's television, musician turned comedian Rosie Wilby looks back at the emotional rollercoaster of chasing stardom at the heady height of Britpop.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:59:40 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3468 Hunt & Darton Bar http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3486 Join live art duo Jenny Hunt & Holly Darton for a pop-up interactive performance installation that blends art with the every day.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:05:34 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3486 Opposition http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3466 Blair's bluster gets busted. Churchill butts in on Obama and Cameron's Big Society gets sliced and diced with live twitter feeds, weather reports, rant and rhetoric. Expect questions, politics, satire. Don't expect answers, just a creeping sense we are all being had.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:48:26 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3466 Write A Letter To A Stranger http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3484 What would you write in a letter to a stranger? And what might a stranger have to say to you?

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:59:05 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3484 Birdhouse http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3472 An anarchic adaptation of Hitchcock's The Birds told through a theatrical lens of dark clowning, enthralling puppetry, and an original live music score.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:13:16 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3472 The Furies http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3478 The Furies smashes together rock, metal and soul songs in a drastic retelling of the ancient story of Clytemnestra - presented through original music, vocal-scapes and stark imagery.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:37:36 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3478 Northern Soul http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3476 Northern Soul is a one-woman show about Victoria Melody's attempts at joining in. Her unusual ethnographic approach to art practice has found her living with pigeon fanciers for a year and more recently learning to northern soul dance in stranger's living rooms.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:27:13 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3476 The Oh F**k Moment http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3474 You just f**ked up. Now what? Sometimes, fuck-ups are so massive, there's no way back.

In this Fringe First winning show, poet Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe examine the poetic guts of mistakes in a bundle of words and strip lighting.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:17:51 +0100 http://www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/?lid=3474