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Jo Bannon with some of her sound effect equipment. Photo: Carl Newland
“It is something we are really excited about,” enthuses Theresa: “We are very fortunate to have them coming here.” It was another chance encounter which led Theresa to invite artist Jo Bannon to the New Vic to develop a work in progress which caught her eye at last year’s First Bite Festival in Birmingham. At completely the opposite end of the scale to NoFit State, Foley will take over the New Vic studio on 20 and 21 July.
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Part performance demonstration, part thriller, the show begins with a fascination with foley, the handmade technique of making sound effects for film.
Why should exciting developments happening in theatre just be for the big cities?
Working in partnership with Newcastleunder-Lyme Borough Council, the New Vic and NoFit State Circus are taking over Lyme Valley Parkway on 19 May for a performance of Barricade. An open-air structure designed by Dan Potra, the brains behind the Delhi 2010
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Commonwealth Games opening and closing ceremonies and Sydney 2000 Olympics opening ceremony, sets the scene – a spectacular aerial playground, with tyres, ladders, a labyrinth of rigging and two lorries acting as the toys for acrobats, tightrope walkers and aerialists.
It’s a fascination which Theresa shares: “It’s an adventure in sound!” she laughs: “It is one of those things we don’t get to do very often, working on a small scale like the fringe theatre events when we did plays in the car park and at tables in the bar. “I have done quite a lot of writing for radio and I am always interested in the work of foley artists. “Jo’s piece of theatre creates really vivid sounds and lets you into the secret of how it’s all done.” With adventures outlined, the New Vic’s 50th anniversary summer is looking bright in spite of the current dreary weather.
“These adventures are all great for the New Vic in what is such a special anniversary year,” concludes Theresa: “Why should exciting developments happening in theatre just be for the big cities? “Theatre is moving forward and we want to be moving forward in the same direction.”
Peter Pan, 2010 Photo: Andrew Billington