| Title |
Sputnik: A Project of Possibilities |
| Information |
Fittings join forces with Glasgow based Russian kinetic sculpture specialists Sharmanka and performer Claire Cunningham to create a fusion of human and machine, a new installation called “Sputnik”.
Commissioned by the Without Walls Consortium SPUTNIK will be available for performances from May 2009.
Taking its name from the early USSR space satellites Sputnik – Russian for Co-Traveller - the installation is inspired by a curious marriage of Gogol’s classic “The Overcoat”, William Gibson’s seminal cyberpunk novel “Neuromancer” and Antoine de Saint Exupery’s The Little Prince!”.
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| Artform |
Combined Arts |
| Strand |
Tour Ready |
| Key Personnel |
Garry Robson: Director
Deborah Wintle: Administrative Director
Sharmanka: Sculpture
Mish Weaver: Choreographer
Leigh Stirling:Composer
Kevin Pollard: Costume
Claire Composer: Performer
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| Production Information |
Suitable for all ages
No text used in performance
Does not require a clear understanding of English or another language
Live and recorded music used
Has audio description, BSL not applicable
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| Touring Information |
No. of performers: 1
No. of people on tour: 4
Suitable for out-door sites, can also be placed in doors with appropriate access and dimensions
Appropriate setting: Outdoor, large indoor space
Suitable for rural touring
Available for touring from May 2009 - 2010/11
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| Outreach and Educational Work |
None currently
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| Company History |
Fittings began making work in the late 1990’s and have since grown from a small two artist operation to becoming an Arts Council England Regularly Funded Organisation making a variety of traditional venue based work and unusual work in site specific locations.
Fittings established an administrative base in Liverpool in early 2005 and continues to operate there, in early 2008 being invited to move in and become part of the create hub at the Bluecoat.
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| Recent Productions / Tours |
Heelz on Wheels 2007 – Edinburgh Festival– a play with songs by Noel Greig about a drag act in wheelchairs
Welcome to the Institute 2007 – Residency tour. A medical musical showdown from an original concept album
Welcome to the Institute 2008 – Oral History project and installation (audio visual and artwork)
Danny Diva 2008 – Music Theatre inspired by life of deaf drag queen
Tour Raspberry – co-production with Sounds of Progress Glasgow inspired by life of Ian Dury
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| Reviews |
SPUTNIK:
“… there’s a real sense of collective imagination taking flight. And when Sputnik takes wing - like some gorgeous, industrial insect - the onlooker’s heart soars. “
Glasgow Herald April 2009
Raspberry
“the show is driven along by half a dozen wild and cracking songs, superbly sung … Robson has struck a rich seam of theatrical energy, with talent to burn”
The Scotsman November 2008
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