PRESS RELEASE
The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey
Thursday 14 February 2013 – Saturday 9 March 2013
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Press View: Friday 15 February 2013
The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey, a highly original take on Homer’s epic tale, is returning to BAC
following a successful nationwide tour across 19 venues. Intricate, hand-illustrated puppets are
manipulated in real time and projected onto the sail of Odysseus’ boat to create a unique silent
movie. The performance is accompanied by an original live score performed on a musical saw,
violin, bubblewrap, guitars, assorted keys, drums, electronics, thundersheet and a power drill, in
the company’s most ambitious and large scale work to date.
The Paper Cinema’s interpretation of the classic myth about a man on a ten year journey to return
to his home shares its cinematic secrets with the watching audience through the specially
designed, nautical themed staging, which is bigger, grander and more spectacular than ever
before. The manual animation mixes the ancient with the modern and brings the trials of Odysseus
to a whole new audience through music and image in the atmospheric setting of Battersea Arts
Centre’s Council Chamber.
This powerful depiction of the archetypal love story opens on February 14th, providing a unique
Valentine’s Day alternative for those who are lucky and lost in love alike. The production will be
complemented by a range of thematic accompaniments including Trojan horses and Greek food in
BAC’s Café/Bar.
Founded in 2004 by Nicholas Rawling, with Imogen Charleston and Christopher Reed, The Paper
Cinema tour bespoke pieces around Britain and internationally. The company’s previous work has
included critically acclaimed, Total Theatre Award nominated Night Flyer & King Pest, staged at
BAC in 2008, and The Rock Charmer, an extraordinary work projected on to the cliffs above
Winspit as part of Inside Out Dorset Festival.
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The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey
Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN
Thursday 14 February – Saturday 9 March 2013
7.30pm, 2.30pm matinees (75min Runtime)
£15 (£10 concs)
http://www.bac.org.uk/whats-on/paper-cinemas-odyssey/
www.bac.org.uk / 02072232223
For more Information please contact Miranda Marcus on [email protected] | 02073268259
BAC: Inventing The Future of Theatre
020 7326 8241
BAC Lavender Hill London SW11 5TN
www.bac.org.uk | Box Office 020 7223 2223
EDITORIAL NOTES
Battersea Arts Centre
Housed in a Grade II* listed old town hall, BAC is a place where artists, audience, participants and staff
can play a role in inventing the future of theatre.
‘Britain’s most influential theatre’ The Guardian
‘a dream factory generating the theatre of tomorrow’ The Times
‘Without BAC, established venues like the National would quickly atrophy’ Nick Hytner, National Theatre
Mission & Vision – To Invent the Future of Theatre
Our vision is of a better future for everyone by putting creativity and invention at the heart of
everything we do; of a community that explores its history and looks to its periphery for inspiration; and
a theatre where our collective imagination is a catalyst to change the world.
Scratch – An inclusive process of developing work that involves the audience from the onset.
Developed by BAC twelve years ago, Scratch is a process of testing ideas that embraces
experimentation and learning, principals which lie at the heart of our core values. In a practical sense
this means artists sharing in-development-work with an audience, who then help enrich the work
through their immediate response, feedback and sometimes direct involvement. BAC’s role is that of a
producer, mediating the collaboration between artist and audience.
Programme Model
Cook Up – Creating new work by supporting artists and enabling audiences to get creative
There are three to four Cook Up seasons a year, which combine the most exciting finished work with
Scratched sharings of work in development by artists in the building. Each week within a season there
is an average of five artists or companies in residence working with BAC. We provide complete support
from rehearsal space to funding in order to develop new productions. From Thursday to Saturday each
week audiences are invited to BAC to get stuck into a creative dialogue with the artists, with the aim of
inventing the Future of Theatre though involvement and collaboration.
Tuck In – Regular playground projects where artists and audiences create theatre across our building
Periodically throughout the year, BAC explores the creative possibilities of its building with major
productions. Cooked Up with audiences through BAC Scratch Nights, these productions are an
opportunity for thousands of people to Tuck In to the very best of BAC. Previous Tuck In productions
include Kneehigh’s The Red Shoes and two ONE-ON-ONE Festivals.
Take Out – BAC co-productions presented across London, nationally and internationally
Co-Productions that develop through BAC’s Scratch Nights can go on to become part of our emerging
touring programme. We want audiences far beyond our home in Battersea to share in our discovery of
tomorrow’s theatre. The touring programme launched in August 2011 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
where an exciting new theatre programme was presented in partnership with Summerhall. Since then
we have Taken Out work to festivals such as Latitude, and toured productions of The Great Escape and
Paper Cinema’s The Odyssey.
BAC: Inventing The Future of Theatre
020 7326 8241
BAC Lavender Hill London SW11 5TN
www.bac.org.uk | Box Office 020 7223 2223