After a successful run at the Underbelly’s Circus Hub, Edinburgh this summer, Jacksons Lane presents Lost in Translation Circus The Hogwallops on its UK tour.
Thrillingly spectacular circus skills blend seamlessly with physical comedy, clowning, juggling, theatrical storytelling and slapstick in this colourful, loud and funny dramatisation of the domestic adventures of a chaotic, dysfunctional family of misfits.
The Hogwallops are a vulgar, grotesque family who constantly bicker, scheme and play practical jokes on each other. Their crazy home resembles an adventure playground where the ordinary inevitably becomes extraordinary! Everyday activities take on extreme forms, simple tasks such as hanging out the washing become a clothes fight of swinging, flying bodies and fabric. Dinner time becomes a teasing game of animalistic juggling and a cooking lesson takes on dangerous proportions with household furniture stacked to the roof in a most precarious balanced fashion.
Fast rising UK based contemporary circus company Lost In Translation display heart stopping virtuosic skilful aerial and floor acrobatics. An original live score contributes to the mix creating a quirky and comic family show in the true sense. A treat for the eyes and ears with thrills, gasps, laughs and drama - there’s plenty for both adults and children to enjoy.
After the opening performance on Friday 8th July there will also be a post-show Q&A with Adrian Berry, Artistic Director of Jacksons Lane, which is free for ticket holders to attend.
Jacksons Lane is one of the UK’s leading producers of new small-mid scale circus, and this is first time it is producing its own tour. Adrian Berry, Artistic Director, said “This year we turn 40 and have announced two major new circus commissions, so the news that we will be touring a large scale new circus production across England could not be better timing; for ourselves, the circus sector and audiences across the country. Lost in Translation Circus are one of the brightest and most exciting companies in the country and we are thrilled to be working with other venues to support their programmes, audiences and communities with performances and participation. Circus is everywhere today and we are thrilled to be at the centre of its amazing growth.”
Lost in Translation is UK based with a multi-cultural membership with strong links to Belgium Italy and Australia and performers originating from Italy, France, Ireland and Australia. Founded by circus space graduates in 2006 as an acrobatic duo, the company has toured widely throughout the UK and Europe ever since. Transformed into a full-blown ensemble in 2011 the company moved to Norfolk in 2013 to become company in residence with leading UK circus and street arts development charity Seachange Arts where they run the circus education program. Their strength, flexibility and experience are their greatest assets. LIT are children of the circus, ready to share their vision of a world full of fun, acrobatics and laughter.
The Hogwallops is a co-production between Jacksons Lane and Lost in Translation Circus, funded by the Arts Council England Strategic Touring Programme.
___________________________________________________________________
Date: Friday 8th July & Saturday 9th July 2016
Time: 7:30pm Friday, 2.30pm & 7:30pm Saturday
Price: £15.50, Concession/Student £14, Friends £12.50, Family £48
Venue: Pavilion Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3PX
Box office: 01903 206 206 or online at www.worthingtheatres.co.uk
Proud Members of
