In Transit

Showcases the LANWest touring project, now in its third year, which tours a package of emergent work around the region to both key venues and HE/FE colleges, developing new audiences and new outlets for the artforms.

2009’s tour includes work by Krissi Musiol, Chris Fitzsimmons and Leentje van de Cruys - touring to Nuffield Theatre Lancaster (2 feb); Source Cafe, Carlisle (3 feb); Leeds Met Gallery and Studio Theatre (4 feb), Alsager Arts Centre (10 feb) and Cornerstone, Liverpool Hope Univeristy (18 feb).  For info contact: info@lanwest.org

Krissi Musiol

Making A Big Deal

Having devised and performed with Escape Theatre, Krissi Musiol is stepping onto the big stage alone in an attempt to explore solo performance and her identity as a performer. Krissi’s [more…]

Making A Big Deal

Chris Fitzsimmons

Past Indefinite

At emergency 07 Chris performed a work-in-progress solo piece exploring the links between camp, the self and the nature of nostagia. Past Indefinite by Chris Fitzsimmons A work-in-progress solo venture written and [more…]

Past Indefinite

Levantes Dance Theatre

Gin & Satsumas

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small scale, Black box/dance space
  • Available to tour: From January 2008

“Bethanie and Eleni submerge us in a world which glorifies normality and sends the imagination loopy. Gin & Satsumas is the story of gin and a lot of satsumas.” Artistic Director: [more…]

Gin & Satsumas

Leentje Van de Cruys

The Best Party Ever

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small - audience capacity 30, interactive performance
  • Available to tour: From April 2008

“Hi. I’m Anita. I’m new in this country. Well, not that new any more. I came here exactly one year ago today. That deserves a party, but I didn’t really [more…]

The Best Party Ever
  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, black box
  • Available to tour: From now

It’s Not As Bad As It Looks is a piece of work based on Greg Foster’s experience of working as a door-to-door salesman in the North West in the summer [more…]

It’s Not As Bad As It Looks

Sophia di Martino

Finding Audrey Cole

  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, one-to-one installation
  • Available to tour: Contact artist due to TV commitments

Audrey Cole began as a femme fatale; sitting at the back of a funeral with a smile on her painted lips. She grew into a real life story of a [more…]

Finding Audrey Cole
  • Type of work/venue/location: Small, black box
  • Available to tour: From October 2007

We’re here to tell you a story. Emma wants it to be a fairy tale. Chris wants it to be a gangster movie. This is the story of two people who [more…]

lost & found [or the friend we never knew]