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Posted 18/01/07
After another busy year we are back, rested and ready for 2007! Christmas was fun and saw metro-boulot-dodo creating a winter factory at The Ark in Leicester. ‘Sparkle’ was a Creative Partnerships project and was made in collaboration with Sparkenhoe School and Steve Friendship (LARGESCALE). With the help of set designer Kate Unwin, performance poets Rob Gee and Lorna Meehan, MBD built a strange and fabulous grotto where the children of Sparkenhoe had to help pack snow, wake the sleeping winter queen and try their best not to break wind! Fun was had by all and the whole experience proved to be a very rewarding festive project.
FIB is returning once again this year. If you haven’t seen this performance installation then do not miss the chance to experience it at Lincoln Drill Hall from the 20th to the 24th of Feb. A favourite of audiences and critics alike, FIB, is an intimidating, funny and downright strange meditation on lying. Due to demand it keeps resurfacing every year and remains one of those shows you HAVE to see. Interested? Check out the FIB link under CURRENT PROJECTS. Box office for Lincoln Drill Hall is 01522 873894 or follow the link:
boxoffice@lincolndrillhall.com
Posted 28/09/06
Autumn has arrived. The exhibition and the season. If you want to check out the exhibition its on at the City Gallery (Granby Street, Leicester) until the 27th October (if you want to check out the season …… just look out your window). Also, if you’re somebody who walks past the city gallery every day, keep an eye on the front window as that part of the exhibition will evolve over time.
If you enjoy the exhibition and want to know more you will be able to pick our brains at “In Conversation with METRO-BOULOT-DODO”. This event is completely free and takes place at the gallery on the 5th of October at 2.30pm till 3.30pm.
If you want to get an even deeper insight into our working process we are holding three evening workshops on the 12th, 19th and 26th of October. The workshops are 7 till 9 and the cost is £30 (£27 conc.) for all three. We will be exploring ways of making installation work using narrative, sound, moving image and YOUR creativity. Hopefully we’ll make some art and have some fun.
Booking is essential for both events. To book or to find out more ring the gallery on 01116 223 2065.
Posted 24/07/06
Still headlong into creating autumn. We've so far aquired an iron bath, a bed frame with no mattress, a car with no engine and a sofa with cushions which don't match. Music is being made, sculptures are being crafted. All in a days work here at MBD HQ. Look out for the Autumn launch in September at City Gallery, Leicester.
Posted 30/06/06
METRO-BOULOT-DODO are presently in the early stages of creating AUTUMN, so far this has involved interviewing various people who of course have fiercely denied any connection to being in the 'autumn of their life', wandering around reclamation yards and making a whole lots of lists. Autumn will open at The City Gallery, Leicester in September just as long as we stop watching the world cup and manage to stop celebrating birthdays. By the way Happy 30th Dave !
Hidden Tracks launch Sold Out 04/ 06/06
Hidden Tracks is the latest project by the Watch This Space team and involves a 3 mile walk through the beautiful countryside between Fermynwoods Gallery and Lyveden New Bield. So why not put on your wellies and take a stroll in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside with an MP3 player in hand listening to the historical secrets of a forgotten landscape.
To do the tour you can either download the map and the sound files from the hidden tracks website, or alternatively, pick up a map and hire an MP3 player from Fermynwoods Gallery or Lyvden New Bield Visitor Centre. Alternatively watch out for Hidden Tracks Event Days that will provide a chance to experience the tour in a group environment with performers, picnics and a bus back to Fermynwoods Gallery. For more info please visit the hidden tracks web site using the link below.
Posted 15/5/06
For the next two weeks METRO-BOULOT-DODO are off filming with Richard Foreman and Sophie Haviland on a unique international art project. Foreman and Haviland are visiting universities around the world where they will conduct a two-week film and theater workshop to generate material for a theater production and visual art installation directed by Foreman in New York in 2007. Luckily for MBD the English University chosen was Loughborough. I'm sure there will be many an anecdote to share when we return. However due to this project, MBD will be out of the office for a while, if you need to contact the company urgently please call the company mobile.
Also to mention.....
Just to let all the teachers and lecturers out there know that METRO-BOULOT-DODO will be offering week long residencies and short terms workshops for AUTUMN 2006. This is a great opportunity for students to meet the company and get an insight into the techniques that METRO-BOULOT-DODO use to create their own work. MBD workshops are great fun and a fantastic way to kick start an academic year.If you would like to know more please contact Esther who will be happy to discuss the possibilities or click on this link to find out more
Current education workshop info & prices....
Posted 25/04/06
Well – the updated Spring has been out for the first time this year! Yes – we spent the weekend just gone in Derby Market Place. Its safe to say that it was a hit. It was especially nice to see the very young members of the public enjoying the new touchy/feely elements of Spring, such as the Squeezy Peas, The Bluebells and The Valley Of The Lost Dolls. This bank holiday weekend Spring is appearing in Nottingham (29th April, 30th April, 1st May) just by the Castle so why not pop along. It’s new and improved and completely FREE (thanks to the lovely folks at Three Cities). See you there! Posted 04/04/06
Last week of FIB in sunny Leicester. Very few tickets left but box office is 0870 330 3131 if you want to check availability. At this point we would normally tell you how great it is but this time the newspapers have done it for us. Check out new reviews on the press page.
Apologies to those who have also booked SPRING for later in the season but not been put on the online diary. I haven't got past May yet I'm afraid. Watch out for new Spring dates to be posted up for August.
Posted 20/03/06
MBD in new web site shocker.
Have a look around and we promise to try and keep things more up to date in future. There is still work to be done but we are trying to keep it all happening for you dedicated metro followers.
Keep on the lookout for FIB show dates until the 8th of April (see press page for latest review) and outings for SPRING can be found in the MBD diary.
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