The new and exciting season of cutting-edge comedy, straight from The Edinburgh Fringe to Chelmsford’s Cramphorn Studio’s stage, continues this month and into November, as the Un Civic Arts season picks up steam.
Un Civic Arts rips up the theatre rule book with edgy, exciting and ultra-contemporary performances, and a new way for audiences to pay for the show! In a bold move Un Civic Arts will let the audience pay what they think the show was worth, after seeing each performance.
‘The Redux Project’ is artist Richard DeDomenici, who travels the world remaking scenes from blockbuster films such as Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and The Matrix, but on a much smaller budget, using amateur actors and affordable props. The films hilariously subvert the Hollywood conventions in his lo-fi homages to the celluloid originals. DeDomenici will be discussing his work on Thursday 18 October, when he will also be showing previously unseen footage from his films, and he will reveal his secret plans to bring The Redux Project to Chelmsford.
Chris Dobrowolski returns to Un Civic Arts after the success of his ‘All Roads Lead To Rome’ show in September. Chris will be bringing his ‘Antarctica’ show to the stage on Thursday 8 November. In 2009 Chris was selected by the British Antarctic Survey’s Artist’s and Writer’s program to spent three and a half months in the Antarctic. How does an artist spend that time there when he is surrounded by heroes? Well, he could make a sledge out of gold picture frames. But how you do create artwork when you are trying to survive in the most inhospitable location on Earth? Find out how direct from Chris himself!
‘How (Not) To Live In Suburbia’ is a hilarious, brutal and poignant portrayal of when single-mother, artist and proud Londoner, Annie Siddons, found herself living in suburbia by accident. The work is a confessional piece by an artist who calls herself ‘The Walrus of Loneliness’ and mixes live performance with projected films. The show premiered at The Edinburgh Festival and has had two sold-out runs at the Soho Theatre, London. Catch it at the Cramphorn Studio on Friday 16 November.
Closing the Un Civic Arts session for 2018 will be ‘Bi-Curious George’ on Thursday 22 November. A collaboration between a father and a daughter that examines the tension between the two. Professor ‘The Amazing’ Addrian is a Punch and Judy man extraordinaire and his artist daughter, Lucy Hutson, helped him out as a child as a money collector and even dressing up as the monkey Curious George. The two now re-create those childhood magic tricks and reflect on what it means to choose the life of an artist.
All Un Civic Arts shows start at 8pm. For full details and to book tickets visit www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres or call the Box Office – Tel No: 01245 606505.
