ORNITHOLOGY
In a remote tropical place a travelling salesman stumbles across an abandoned estate with a sole untamed inhabitant. His enthusiasm quickly upsets her delicate balance of memory, ritual and hard liquor. Unknown to them, the encounter is being observed, scrutinised, analysed, until the natural order is truly disrupted.
An encounter of absurd comedy, acrobatics, Chinese Pole, Aerial Hoop and ill-fated gardening.
The show uses silent disco technology.
After our successful showing of work-in-progress on 12th & 13th of March 2011 at Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Edinburgh, Ornithology has been awarded Creative Scotland funding for touring and further development, so we are proud to announce that Ornithology will go on tour in Scotland in Summer 2012.
Ornithology is played by Lucy Deacon, Moritz Linkmann and Patricia Kavanagh,
written by Laura Bridgeman. directed by Ben Harrison and produced by Iron-Oxide.
Soundtrack by Dave Boyd
Lighting design by Alberto Santos Bellido
Costumes and Set design by Christine Banks and Mark Hill
Tour dates
| Date | Time | Venue | Tickets |
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| 29th June 2012 | 19:30 | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh |
0131 665 2240 |
| 5th July 2012 | 19:30 | The Arches, Glasgow |
0141 656 1000 |
| 28th July 2012 | 19:00 | Fire – an excerpt from Ornithology Circostrada, the Briggait, Glasgow |
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| 29th July 2012 | 19:00 | Fire – an excerpt from Ornithology Merchant City Festival, the Briggait, Glasgow |
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| 2nd August 2012 | 20:00 | Strathpeffer Pavilion, Strathpeffer |
01997 420 124 |
| 9th August 2012 | 19:30 | Mull Theatre, Druimfin, Tobermory |
01688 302 828 |
| 14th August 2012 | 19:30 | Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye |
01471 844 207 |
| 17th August 2012 | 19:30 | The Byre Theatre, St.Andrews |
01334 475 000 |
| 24th August 2012 | 19:30 | The Palace, Kilmarnock |
01563 554 900 |
| 8th September 2012 | 19:45 | Cumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld |
01236 732 887 |
| 29th September 2012 | 19:00 | The Maltings Theatre, Berwick-upon-Tweed |
01289 330 999 |
| 3rd November 2012 | tba | Jackson's Lane, London |
020 8341 4421 |
Hilary Westlake acted as Strange Bird’s “outside eye” for the showing of work-in-progress.
Ornithology has received support from Creative Scotland, Wired Aerial Theatre, North Edinburgh Arts Centre, Cumbernauld Theatre, The Palace, Kilmarnock and Lochgelly Centre..