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Emirates and Ukraine, including seasons at festivals including Avignon Festival, New Zealand Festival and Chekhov Festival Moscow. In 2012, 1927 collaborated with Komische Opera Berlin to create an acclaimed reimagining of The Magic Flute. Following its premiere in Berlin in November 2012, the show continued in rep there while three new productions were mounted at LA Opera, Deutsche Oper am Reihn and Minnesota Opera between November 2013 and April 201. The show won two Opera World Awards in 2013, and plans are in development for further presentation over the coming three years.
This year, 1927 has premiered a new short film by Paul Barritt, White Morning, at Sundance and London Short Film Festivals. In London it was nominated for Best British Short Film. In May, 1927 will return to the National Theatre, London, to present The Animals and Children took to the Streets for a third season. In August 1927 will premiere its new theater production Golem at the Salzburg Festival, Austria and in October will premiere a new music and animation collaboration with Ensemble MusicFabrik in Cologne, Germany . 1927 is based in London and is an associate company of the Young Vic Theatre. More at www.19-27.co.uk.
Suzanne Andrade
Director She is the founder, with animator Paul Barritt, of the multiple awardwinning theater company 1927, which specializes in synchronizing performance and live music with animation and film to create magical theater. She has written and directed two theater productions for 1927 including a new production, Golem, to be premiered later this year. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe and has been presented in 13 countries on four continents, including two sell-out London seasons. The Animals and Children took to the Streets premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2010 and has been presented in 79 venues across 27 countries on five continents, including two seasons at the National Theatre. Last year, 1927 collaborated on The Magic Flute with Komische Oper Berlin. She is currently developing new work for 1927. More at www.-.co.uk. Animation Design An illustrator and animator, he has been published in Time Out and won an award at the Darklight Film Festival for his short film Shed. He recently finished a commission for a four-screen film project shown at the ica. Before creating the multiple award-winning theater company 1927 with Suzanne Andrade, they worked on various projects together, including a show taken to the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe as a part of a literary cabaret. He has also made several stand alone short films based upon Ms. Andrade’s writing, seen at film festivals throughout the United Kingdom and Europe and recently presented his new short film White Morning at Sundance and London Short Film festivals. He designed all of the animations and films for the 1927 shows Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and The Animals and Children took to the Streets, and he is currently developing new work for 1927 including a new production Golem to be premiered later this year. He is an associate lecturer in animation at Middlesex University. More at www.PaulBarritt.com
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