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PITCH @ SURGE

GAME’S A BOGEY

2D PAVEMENT ART

THEM PEASANTS

BODIES IN URBAN SPACES

THE SPURTING MAN

WEREWOMEN

WHERE THE FUCK IS DEBENHAMS?

FLOWERPOT WOMEN

OVERSEASONED

DANCE WI’ THE DE’IL

LOYAL LIARS

CLOWN CABARET

WED 26/07 to SAT 29/07 - ALL DAY

FRI 28/07 20.00 - 22.00

SAT 29/07 and SUN 30/07 12:30 & 14:15

SUN 30/07 12:30 - 17:00

SAT 29/07 12:30 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 14:30SUN 30/07 12:30 - 13:00 & 14:00 - 14:30

SAT 29/07 13:30 – 14:30SUN 30/07 13:30 – 14:30

SAT 29/07 13:00 – 13:30 & 16:00 – 16:30SUN 30/07 13:00 – 13:30 & 16:00 – 16:30

SUN 30/07 13:00-13:30 & 14:30-15:00

SAT 29/07 13:30-14:30 & 16:00-17:00SUN 30/07 15:00-15:30 & 16:00-17:00

SAT 29/07 15:00-15:30SUN 30/07 15:00-15:30

SAT 29/07 15:00-15:30 & 16:30-17:00SUN 30/07 15:00-15:30 & 16:30-17:00

SAT 29/07 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:00SUN 30/07 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:00

SAT 29/07 15:30-16:00 & 16:30 - 17:00SUN 30/07 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:00

SAT 29/07 20:00 - 22:00

BODIES IN URBAN SPACE

GAME’S A BOGEY LOOP THEATRE

AUSTRIAN ARTIST CIE WILLI DORNER SQUEEZ-ES HUMAN BODIES INTO NOOKS AND CRAN-NIES. DANCERS, CLIMBERS, PERFORMERS AND MARTIAL ARTISTS RECRUITED TO WORK WITH WILLI’S TEAM WILL RUN THROUGH THE STREETS AND CRAM THEMSELVES INTO DOORWAYS, ALCOVES, AROUND LAMP POSTS AND INTO ANY GAP THEY CAN FIND IN PUB-LIC BUILDINGS. BODIES IN URBAN SPACES POINTS TO THE URBAN FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE UNCOV-ERING THE RESTRICTED MOVEMENT POS-SIBILITIES, BEHAVIOUR AND LIMITATIONS. THE INTERVENTIONS PROVOKE A THINKING PROCESS AND PRODUCE IRRITATION, BUT THE REAL GOAL IS THAT RESIDENTS REFLECT THEIR URBAN SURROUNDING AND RETHINK THEIR OWN MOVEMENT, BEHAVIOUR AND HABITS. BODIES IN URBAN SPACES INVITES FESTIVAL-GOERS TO RE-DISCOVER THE CITY THROUGH THIS TEMPORARILY INTERVEN-TION, THAT LEAVES NO TRACES BEHIND BUT IMPRINTS IN THE EYE-WITNESSES’ MEMORY.

THIS EXCITING, INTERACTIVE AND BOUNDARY-PUSHING PERFORMANCE WILL USE GAMES AS STIMULUS, DRAW-ING PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCE INTO AN UNKNOWN WORLD. USING THE MOST CLASSIC OF GAME TOOLS – THE DICE – THE AUDIENCE DE-TERMINES THE DIRECTION OF THE PLAY, RESULTING IN A PERFORMANCE OF UN-BRIDLED PLAY WITH A MOTIF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND RECOGNISABLE FOR ALL. THE PERFORMANCE WILL INVOLVE 6 STATIONS, THROUGH WHICH AN USHER WILL GUIDE PLAYERS. THE AUDIENCE WILL BE INVITED TO PAR-TICIPATE IN THE GAME BY CARRYING OUT EVERYDAY TASKS, WHICH LEAD TO EPIC CHALLENGES.

29/07/2017 - 13:30 – 14:3030/07/2017 - 13:30 – 14:30

WALKABOUT FROM ALBION STREET

www.ciewdorner.at

29/07/2017 – 12:30 & 14:1530/07/2017 – 12:30 & 14:15

WALKABOUT FROM ALBION STREET

http://looptheatre.org/

2D PAVEMENT ART URBAN CANVAS

3D PAVEMENT ART URBAN CANVAS

DESIGNED TO INVOLVE PEOPLE IN CREATIVE PLAY USING CHALKS, PASTELS AND TEMPORARY PAINTS. URBAN STREET-PAINTINGALSO KNOWN AS SCREENING OR CHALKING ART: TAKE PART IN CREATING MASSIVE WORKS OF FLOOR ART DESIGNS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE; USING POSTER PAINTS, ARTIST CHALKS & PASTELS.

LIVE ANAMORPHIC PAVEMENT ART, ALSO KNOWN AS 3D PAVEMENT ART!

USING NOTHING MORE THAN CHALKS AND ARTISTS PIGMENT: WATCH US AS WE CREATE A UNIQUE PIECE OF MIND-BOG-GLING ILLUSIONARY ART; YOU SIMPLY WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOUR EYES ARE TELLING YOU, AS THE WORK MAGICALLY RISES FROM THE PAVEMENT; YOU CAN WATCH THIS GRAVITY DEFYING MASTER-PIECE EVOLVE OVER FOUR DAYS

ON THE FINAL DAY, YOU GET THE CHANCE TO PHOTOGRAPH YOURSELF FROM A DIZZY HEIGHT, AS THE ART-ISTS INVITE YOU ONTO THE ART FOR A UNIQUE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY, BUT BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU WALK AND DON’T LOOK DOWN EH!

30/07/2017 – 12:30-17:00

BRUNSWICK STREET

http://www.urbancanvas.org.uk

26/07/2017 29/07/2017 All day

HUTCHESON STREET

http://www.urbancanvas.org.uk

DANCE WI’ THE DE’IL DIANE THORNTON

THE SPURTING MAN - AVANTI DISPLAY THE SHOW DISSECTS THE UNEQUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FAMOUS SPECIALTY PERFORMER, ‘THE SPURTING MAN’, AND HIS DOWNTRODDEN ASSIS-TANT. PERFORMED TO RAVEL’S BOLERO WITH NO TEXT THIS SHOW IS METICU-LOUS TO CHARACTER AND DETAIL. THE POMPOUS “SPURTING MAN” SHOWS HIS TRICKS WHILST HIS ASSISTANT, DOMI-NATED AND UNDERVALUED, IS GIVEN NO CREDIT FOR THE ROLE HE PLAYS. THE ASSISTANT DESPISES HIS MASTER. THE MASTER IGNORES THE ASSISTANT. THE BIZARRE AND UNEQUAL RELATIONSHIP LAYS THE BASIS FOR A SERIES OF COMIC INTERACTIONS.

EACH TRICK THE “SPURTING MAN” PER-FORMS CULMINATES IN A DISPLAY OF SQUIRTING WATER UNTIL, FINALLY CROWNED AND, ON TOP OF HIS PEDES-TAL, THE GRAND FINALE TAKES PLACE AND “THE SPURTING MAN” CASCADES FOUNTAINS OF WATER FROM HIS BODY.

AN INTIMATE THEATRICAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A PERFORMER AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE DE’IL ROAMS THE STREETS SEEKING DANCE PARTNERS’ SOULS BEFORE THE SUN SETS. IT MIGHT SEEM THAT ACCEPTING A DANCE WI’ THE DE’IL IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER BUT YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH A UNIQUE PARTNER DANCE CREATED JUST FOR YOU, EVOKING MEMORIES OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOST YOURSELF ON THE DANCE FLOOR. ARE YE DANCIN’? DARE TO SAY YES AND DANCE LIKE EVERYONE’S WATCHING. DEVISED AND PERFORMED BY DIANE THORNTON. DESIGNER/MAKER: FERGUS DUNNET. DANCE: RUTH MILLS.

http://surge.scot

29/07/2017 – 13:00 – 13:30 & 16:00 – 16:30

30/07/2017 – 13:00 – 13:30 & 16:00 – 16:30

HUTCHESON STREET

http://avantidisplay.co.uk

29/07/2017 – 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:00 30/07/2017 – 14:00-14:30, 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:00

WALKABOUT FROM AT ALBION STREET

FLOWERPOT WOMEN IZZIE MAJOR & DORA COLQUHOUN

THEM PEASANTS - SURGE THREE UNSIGHTLY SOULS HAVE EMERGED FROM THE DIFFICULT AND DISEASE RIDDEN DAILY GRIND OF LIFE IN 1500S TO MAKE A STAND FOR PEASANTS EVERYWHERE. THEY MAY BE SMELLY, UNEDUCATED AND HAVE SHOCKINGLY LOW AVERAGE LIFE SPAN BUT THEY CAN BE ARTISTS TOO AND THEY ARE HERE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH YOU. THEIR REPERTOIRE INCLUDES THE REAL MACBETH (THE VERSION SHAKESPEARE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO SEE), THE STO-RY OF THE SWEDE (A DELIGHTFUL DITTY OF FARMING, HARVESTING AND MORE FARMING) AND SADDLE UP THE HORSES, A GAME THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN PLAY (WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING, WHICH IS NEVER).

DESCRIBED BY AUDIENCES AS “BECKETT IN THE SUBURBS” AND “FRENCH AND SAUNDERS ON ACID”, FLOWERPOT WOM-EN IS A DARKLY COMEDIC THEATRE PIECE SET OUTDOORS IN A HIDDEN GARDEN LOCATION. A STORY OF ESTRANGEMENT AND PRETENCE, AUDIENCES FOLLOW THE LONG-WEATHERED FRIENDSHIP OF TWO WOMEN AND THEIR ILL-FATED ATTEMPTS TO GOVERN THEIR WAYWARD GARDEN.

WITH GUEST APPEARANCES FROM WIL-LY THE SCARECROW (PRAISED FOR HIS STRONG AND STOIC PERFORMANCE) AND IMAGINARY HARMONIES FROM THE RENOWNED CHRYSANTHEMUM CHOIR, THIS EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENING SEES EDDIE AND GARLAND INVITE MEMBERS OF THE OUTSIDE INTO THEIR WORLD FOR A FIRST AND FINAL TIME.

FLOWERPOT WOMEN WAS CREATED FOR HOPE STREET LTD’S ‘ON THE VERGE’ FESTIVAL IN LIVERPOOL.

29/07/2017 – 12:30-13:00 & 14:00-14:30

30/07/2017 – 12:30-13:00 & 14:00-14:30

WALKABOUT FROM ALBION STREET

www.surge.scot

29/07/2017 – 15:00-15:3030/07/2017 – 15:00-15:30

BLACKFRIARS COURT

www.izziemajor.com

OVERSEASONED

THE DIRTY LAUNDRY CAMPAIGN TWO ABSURD POLITICIANS AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY! WHO GETS YOUR VOTE? FORGET RHETORIC AND ORATORICAL SKILLS. THESE TWO POLITICIANS PRE-FER TO USE SLAPS, DANCE OFFS, AND FIGHTING WITH BUBBLES TO GET THEIR POINTS ACROSS. IF THAT DOESN’T WORK A GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED SMEAR CAM-PAIGN COULD DO THE TRICK.

STANDING ON THEIR SOAPBOX, PRO-CLAIMING THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, AND BRINGING THE AUDIENCE ALONG FOR THE RIDE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE SHENANIGANS; THESE TWO WANT YOUR VOTE. AND THEY PLAN TO GET IT THROUGH AIRING THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY IN A RIDICULOUS DISPLAY OF ONE-UP-MANSHIP, IN SUITS AND TIES.

A BRAND NEW CHINESE INSPIRED, WALKABOUT STREET THEATRE PIECE.

CREATED AND PERFORMED BY RICEFIELD CHINESE ART AND CULTURAL CENTRE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SURGE, INVOLVING GLASGOW’S CHINESE AND MULTI ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, USING ORIGINAL CHAR-ACTER CREATION, MOVEMENT AND IM-PROVISATION AND COSTUME DESIGN.

29/07/2017 – 12:30-13:00 & 14:30-15:0030/07/2017 – 12:30-13:00 & 14:30-15:00

WILSON/HUTCHESON STREET

www.RuxandraCantir.com

29/07/2017 – 15:00-15:30 & 16:30-17:0030/07/2017 – 15:00-15:30 & 16:30-17:00

WALKABOUT FROM ALBION STREET

http://ricefield.org.uk

WEREWOMEN

LOYAL LIARS MAGIC DAVE PRESENTS ‘MAGIC DAVE’S MYSTIFYINGLY MESMERISING MARVEL-LOUS MAGIC SHOW’… ALSO AVERAGE JACK WILL BE THERE.

STARRING MAGIC DAVE - THE SELF-PRO-CLAIMED MOST MARVELLOUS MAGICIAN IN THE WORLD. HE INTENDS TO AS-TOUND YOU THROUGH MAGIC, CHARM, WIT AND DECEPTION, PERFORMING INCREDIBLE ILLUSIONS, SPECTACULAR SPECTACLES, AND MIND-BLOWING MEN-TALISM. HIS APPRENTICE AVERAGE JACK - THE CONSTANT THORN IN THE PAW OF THIS REGAL LION OF MAGIC. WILL DO HIS BEST TO ASSIST MAGIC DAVE BUT WILL INEVITABLY STEAL THE SHOW AND YOUR HEART.

COME BEHOLD THE BRILLIANCE AND BUFFOONERY OF THE LOYAL LIARS AS THEY BLEND FACT AND FICTION BEFORE YOUR VERY MIND.

THREE WOMEN FALL VICTIM TO A TERRI-BLE CURSE! BEWARE THE WEREWOMEN!

THREE WOMEN, THE KIND OF WOMEN WHO DON’T NORMALLY APPEAR AS PRO-TAGONISTS OF STORIES, FALL VICTIM TO A TERRIBLE CURSE. THE AUDIENCE WILL SEE THE METAMORPHOSIS TAKE PLACE, AS THE WOMEN TRANSFORM INTO WERE-WOMEN. THE ALPHA, BETA AND OMEGA WOLF-CLOWN WOMEN WILL PROWL THE CITY STREETS

IN SEARCH OF PREY. THIS SLAP-STICK-FILLED PERFORMANCE WILL TURN THE TRADITIONAL FAIRYTALE ON ITS HEAD. WHAT DOES THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF BRING OUT IN THESE WOM-EN AND WHAT DOES IT BRING OUT IN CLOWNS?V

29/07/2017 – 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:0030/07/2017 – 15:30-16:00 & 16:30-17:00

WILSON/HUTCHESON STREET

www.davidrobertgillan.com

30/07/2017 – 13:00-13:30 & 14:30-15:00

WALKABOUT FROM ALBION STREET

www.surge.scot

WHERE THE FUCK IS DEBENHAMS?

CLOWN CABARET A DELIGHTFULLY DELIRIOUS EVENING WITH SOME OF SCOTLAND’S FINEST CLOWNS. ALLOW THEM TO TEST THEIR FUNNY UPON YOUR FROWN AND LAUNCH YOU INTO THE WORLD OF THEATRE CLOWN! WE HAVE HANDPICKED SOME CLOWN CABARET FAVOURITES ALL LOOKING FOR THE PLACE A CLOWN LOVES BEST, TO BE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE. JOIN US TO MARVEL IN THEIR MAYHEM AND BASK IN THEIR BRILLIANCE.

CLOWN CABARET IS THE LOVECHILD OF PLUTÔT LA VIE, CLOWNSTEPPING AND MELANIE JORDAN.

THE PERILS OF INTERMINABLE SHOP-PING, WITH TONY CAIRNS.

‘WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO SPEND THE DAY HAPPILY WHILING THE HOURS AWAY… SHOPPING.’ - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

I’VE BEEN ON-LINE, GOT MY PRICE CHECK APP, THE TRAIN’S AT SIX AND WE GOT HERE LATE. LET’S GO! SERIOUSLY THOUGH, WHERE THE F**K IS DEBEN-HAMS?

29/07/2017 – 20:00-22:00

DRYGATE BREWING CO.85 DRYGATE

TICKETS £5

www.davidrobertgillan.com

29/07/2017 – 13:30-14:30 & 16:00-17:0030/07/2017 – 15:00-15:30 & 16:00-17:00

WALKABOUT FROM ALBION STREET

www.surge.scot

PITCH AT SURGE

with thanks to our friends and sponsors

© surge festival 2017

AN ASTOUNDING LINE UP OF ESTAB-LISHED AND OVER-EXCITABLE PERFORM-ERS SHOWCASING INNOVATIVE PHYSICAL THEATRE, COMEDY, DANCE, DRAG AND HIGH DRAMA.A NIGHT LIKE NO OTHER, SURGE INVITE YOU TO PITCH CABARET AT DRYGATE. WITH AN INTERNATIONAL AND AS-TOUNDING LINE UP OF ESTABLISHED AND OVER-EXCITABLE PERFORMERS SHOWCASING INNOVATIVE PHYSICAL THEATRE, COMEDY, DANCE, DRAG AND HIGH DRAMA. FEATURING THE ONLY GINGZILLA, COCOLOCO, CHRISSIE ARDILL, JOSH GLANC, MELE BROOMES, STEVE VERTIGO AND THE FLOWERPOT WOMEN.

HOSTED BY SWAMP LAKE, TWO REPTILES WITHOUT A CAUSE.

ALSO A POP-UP BARBER SHOP WITH BARBER GABRIEL ON SITE AT DRYGATE BREWERY.

28/07/2017 – 20:00-22:00

DRYGATE BREWING CO.85 DRYGATE

TICKETS £5

www.surge.scot