Date: Saturday 22nd April (Earth Day)
Time: 2pm performance | 3.15pm Workshop
Place: Oak Room, The Rockfield Centre
Age: Open to all, best suited 5-12 years
Cost: £12 Standard
£10 Concession
£7.50 Child
£30 Family of 4
Booking is essential for this event
Live theatre | Workshop
Celebrate Earth Day [https://www.earthday.org/] with Two in a Barrel [http://www.ruxandracantir.com/two-in-a-barrel], a clown-inspired, physical theatre performance for young audiences about the waste we create, the destructive consequences of our habits, and co-existing in an environment with limited resources.
Two lively quirky best friends - Riri and Moku - are confined to a barrel sitting on top of an island of rubbish. They love finding treasures in the vast waste that surrounds them and making up their own world of adventure and imagination. Every little discarded thing can be transformed into a magical trinket that starts a fun game. But being in tight quarters means they face new challenges, like having to ration their food and learning to coexist. Danger arises when the waste around them continues to pile higher and threatens to cover them altogether.
By looking at mass consumerism and the destructive effects (non bio-degradable) waste has on our environment, this Beckett-meets-Pixar show poses questions about the trash we produce and invokes awareness and environmental activism.
Immediately following the performance, Riri and Moku will host a workshop for the audience on how to create props and other fun toys and games from waste.
This workshop is part of our Earth Week series of events and workshops.
Creative Team and Cast
Created and performed by Ruxandra Cantir and Sarah Rose Graber
Directed by Tim Licata
Set and Costume design by Fergus Dunnet
Sound Design by Susan Bear
Supported by Creative Scotland, SURGE, Platform, Plutôt La Vie, and Imaginate.
Two in a Barrel premiered online at Edinburgh Science Festival 2021 and will be touring rural Scotland in Spring 2022 as part of Puppet Animation Scotland’s Puppet Animation Festival 2022! Two in a Barrel is also part of The Touring Network’s Supported Programme.
