Productions
Commissions
PRODUCTIONS
A CONVERSATION WITH CARMEL
A Conversation With Carmel is inspired by the forthright chat Barrowland ballet’s Artistic Director Natasha Gilmore had with her grandmother, a conversation which spanned life, death, family and love from the perspective of one who has lived and has wisdom to impart. This heartfelt and celebratory show explores the dynamics and interactions of the modern extended family, with its laughter, bickering and very embarrassing photos, and questions the roles we all play in it, from newborns to young lovers to old age.
Fusing dance, theatre, music and film, this joyful inter-generational show invites the audience to attend Carmel’s 80th birthday party. A Conversation with Carmel fuses the talents of some of the UK's most exciting artists - choreographer Natasha Gilmore; performers Diana Payne-Myers; Matthew Hawkins; Jade Adamson and Vince Virr; Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison from award-winning Vox Motus; composer Quee McArthur (Shooglenifty) and film-maker Rachel Davies plus an ensemble cast from across the local community.A Conversation with Carmel from Oak's Bark on Vimeo.
TOUR SCHEDULE
Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
Wed 19th October, 7.30pm
Tickets and information 01592 611101
£10/£8
Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley
Sat 22nd October, 7.30pm
Tickets and information 0141 887 1010
£10/£6
Macrobert, Stirling
Wed 26th October 7.30pm
Tickets and information: 01786 466 666
£9.50 friends / £12 full / £9 conc / £7 U18 & students
Ann Lanntair, Stornoway
Wed 2nd November, 8pm
Tickets and information: 01851 703307
£10/£9 members/ £8 conc
City Moves, Aberdeen
Saturday 5th November 7.30pm
Tickets and information: 01224 641122
£9/£7
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ONE UP ONE DOWN
Women under pressure from our high-achieving, must-have consumer culture.
Characters clash as, caught up in their quest for perfection, they sway between reluctant adoration and bitter condemnation of one another. Comic dance theatre, poetry and song deliver this poignant commentary.
Gilmore reunites with Scottish composer, Quee MacArthur of the band Shooglenifty, and introduces the work of Zimbabwean performance poet Tawona Sitholé alongside dance artists Jade Adamson, Tara Hodgson and Vicki Manderson and Michael Sherin.
WATCH THE ONE UP ONE DOWN TRAILER - Click play to view!
Press Reviews
“The dancers are enormously eloquent performers” The List
“accessible, comic-tinged dance-theatre that engages with contemporary issues” The List
“The choreography is stunning” The List
“the treatment it receives…. is marked by a wild-eyed intelligence that gradually coheres into an impressive and consistent vision” The Times
“Attractive dance…Witty observations and good comedy too” The Herald
“It is an impressive marriage of talents which results in a commanding performance” Broadway Baby
“The dancers are enormously eloquent performers……unafraid to take risks with their bodywork” The List
“wonderfully skilled dancers” FestMag
“the show’s dancing is free, raw, and at times hilarious” FestMag
“They are fearless in their performances” FestMag
“They sing and recite poetry by Zimbabwean writer Tawona Sithole, whose poignant words and forceful rhythmic quality complement the dancing.” FestMag
Spring tour dates 2010
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Sat 20 February 7.30pm |
Catstrand, New Galloway |
01644 420374 |
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Wed 24 February 7.30pm |
Platform, Glasgow |
0141 276 9696 |
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Thurs 25 February 7.30pm |
FTH, Falkirk |
01324 506850 |
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Sat 27 February 7.30pm |
Woodend Barn, Banchory |
01330 825431 |
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Thurs 4 March 7.30pm |
ARC, Stockton on Tees |
01642 525199 |
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Sat 6 March 7.30pm |
Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh |
0131 665 2240 |
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Fri 12 March 7.30pm |
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead |
01628 788997 |
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Sat 13 March 8.00pm |
Prema, Gloucestershire |
01453 860703 |
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Fri 19 March 7.30pm |
Macphail Theatre, Ullapool |
01854 613336 |
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Sat 20 March 7.30pm |
Universal Hall, Findhorn |
01309 690110 |
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Thurs 25 March 7.30pm |
Rich Mix, London |
020 7613 7498 |
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Thurs 15 April 7.30pm |
Eastwood Park Theatre, Giffnock |
0141 577 4970 |
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Saturday 17 April 7.30pm |
Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles |
01721 725 777 |
Cast & Creative Team
Choreographer: Natasha Gilmore
Performers: Jade Adamson, Tara Hodgson, Vicki Manderson, Michael Sherin
Composer / Music Director: Quee MacArthur
Lighting Designer: Sergey Jakovsky
Costume: Jennie Lööf
My Home? – Refugee Week
During National Refugee week Gilmore Productions premiered a new work with Maryhill Integration Network, My Home? their fourth collaboration. The piece was created and performed by a combination of professional dancers and musicians alongside an international cast of asylum seekers and refugees, primary children and local residents from Glasgow. Using songs, music, original poetry and dance they explored the question of when and if your second home becomes your first. Performed at The Tron on Thursday 18 June it will also be appearing as part of a double bill with One Up One Down at the Centre of Contemporary Art during Black History Month.
THE BLANK ALBUM
Live Music, comedy and dance that literally rocks - The Blank Album. Dancers who sing standing on their heads, cellos that dance, and sketch-show guitars, hysterical yet strikingly poetic.
"Packed with catchy tunes and quirky choreography" THE SCOTSMAN
"ALL-SINGING, all dancing - and flamboyantly rock'n'roll with it - The Blank Album is like a mini-music-fest without the mud...but with the kind of swaggering hi-octane choreography that Jagger in his heyday would have lept at." THE HERALD
"Alive. Funny. Passionate. I loved every minute. P.S. I've never enjoyed a dance show IN MY LIFE!" Audience member The Arches
Performed by:
Jade Adamson, Stuart Bowden, Laura Durrent, Simon Jaymes, Ruth Mills.
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Track 1 |
Ice by Quee MacArthur |
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Track 2 |
Love Me by Quee MacArthur |
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Track 3 |
My Mind by Quee MacArthur |
Previous Productions
Songs of Home Songs of Hope - Refugee Week
During National Refugee Week Gilmore Productions premièred a new work with Maryhill Integration Network – 'Songs of Home Songs of Hope', their third collaboration. Professional dance artist, musicians and poets along with an international cast, including asylum seekers and refugees and primary school children from Maryhill, used songs, poems and dance to explore the joys and sorrows of a life in exile. The work was performed alongside The Blank Album at Gilmorehill G12, and also at the launch of refugee week at the Tron.
Bunty and Doris - June 2007
This comical and surreal duet is a series of tea parties with Bunty and Doris as they journey through childhood imaginary tea parties to the confrontation of old age isolation and death. Performed by two dancers of different generations - Liz Rankin, formerly of DV8 and the Movement Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Rosalind Masson - a recent graduate of The Place, the work explores the journey through life.
Performed at: Gilmorehill G12 (Glasgow).
Mother, May I? - June 2007
Professional dance artists and musicians, together with an international cast including asylum seekers and refugees, perform using dance, drama, music and song to relive childhood memories in this passionate tale of cultural identity. Mother, May I? refers to a children’s game and raises issues of safety, parental permission and freedom. The many voices of this international and inter-generational cast find a shared language through games, songs and dance. This was created for Refugee Week, it integrates the refugee community with local residents from the North Glasgow area.
Performed at: Gilmorehill G12 (Glasgow), Theatre Royal (Glasgow) and St. Bride's (Edinburgh).
Madame Bazié - October 2006
Natasha Gilmore's funny and touching autobiographical solo performance was inspired by her work with asylum seekers looking at what brought them to Glasgow. Using dance and humour, Natasha reflects on her own cultural heritage, relationships, serial monogamy and how becoming a footballer’s wife took her from her native North London to Glasgow.
Performed at: Gilmorehill G12 (Glasgow), The Place (London), Southill Park (Bracknell), St. Bride's (Edinburgh), Maryhill Community Central Halls (Glasgow) and Dance Base (Edinburgh).
To Glasgow...with love - October 2006
Glasgow based asylum seekers share their stories of what brought them to Glasgow and what keeps them here. Professional dance artists, with a cast from fifteen different countries spanning North, East and South Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, South American and the Middle East, use the language of dance 0to unite disparate voices. In collaboration with musicians Anne Chaurand and Tiff Griffin, this piece uses dance and music to communicate some of the issues faced by the asylum seeking community in Glasgow.
Performed at: Gilmorehill G12 (Glasgow), St. Bride's (Edinburgh), Maryhill Community Central Halls (Glasgow) and Murdoch Festival- Murdoch National Park.
COMMISSIONS
The company undertakes commissions with both professional and community performers working to a specific remit.
Examples of commissions include:
Thank you and Goodnight - November 2007
A commission from Dancexchange to create a touring piece for a young audience in the West Midlands, performed by their DAIR To… company of dance artists. Choreographed and directed by Natasha Gilmore, the piece follows five characters thrown together to form a band in a reality TV show. The work is feisty and funny dance that explores the themes of belonging and confidence. From the highs and lows of the knockout auditions, we follow the band through rehearsals and performances and watch as the cracks begin to appear.
Performed by Maria Blundell, Emma Burns, Hayly Duffield, Rose Gordon, Hayley Rose with music composed by Quee McArthur.
Performed at: Solihull Arts Complex, Hadley Learning Centre, Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, Stourbridge Town Hall and Birmingham Hippodrome.
On Your Marks – October 2007
This piece was commissioned by Glasgow City Council’s Culture and Sport for its tenth annual Inspiration Festival. Gilmore Productions worked with year P6 + 7 pupils from Balornock and Notre Dame primary schools to create a dance piece set at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Using the physical athleticism of sports movements, and exploring the themes of winning and losing and the dance and musical heritage of those various commonwealth countries, the piece was performed throughout Kelvin Hall Sports Centre, Glasgow – one of the venues for the eventual Games.
Performed at: Site-Specific at Kelvin Hall Sports Centre and Theatre Royal (Glasgow).
Generation X Y Z - August 2007
A commission by East London Dance for their Leap of Faith - over 60s dance company. Inspired by youth sub-cultures from past decades, the disco divas and b-boys came together in this site-specific performance for The Capital Age Festival on the South Bank.
The Capital Age Festival has a varied programme of music, song, dance and workshops featuring older performers representing London's diverse communities. Generation X Y Z has subsequently been performed at various events and festivals across London including Dalston's 'I Love Dance' Festival in September 2007.
In My Day
Integenerational commission by Glasgow City Council (in conjunction with Dance House Glasgow).
To be performed at Platform - The Bridge Easterhouse on 26th March 2008
This project brings together two groups - children from Balornock Primary School and women over 60 from the Germiston Community Centre. Traversing barriers, and sharing experiences, Gilmore Productions explores the commonalities and differences between these groups. The company will create an engaging and original dance piece, using theatre and comedy, based on the work from both groups.
The Welcome Gait
This commission came from a Curriculum for Excellence Project, jointly funded by the Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow City Council’s Education and Social Work Services. The piece was created with pupils from St Mungo's Academy and performed as part of the Curriculum for Excellence Event at The Arches in February 2008. The dance was inspired by The Dalton Fountain at The People's Palace on Glasgow Green and celebrates welcoming visitors to Glasgow.
