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TRAVELLER
FULLY IMMERSED
THE GREAT SPAVALDOS
UNTIL 28 APRIL
Following on from the success of their
clown-led, experiential theatre
And The Birds
Fell FromThe Sky
, Il Pixel Rosso’s next show
casts the audience as circus performers
during the Roundhouse’s CircusFest.
roundhouse.org.uk
BABEL
8-20 MAY
Part of theWorld Stages collaboration with
eight major theatre companies, this “truly
epic”production will have a nightly cast of
500 and is being staged outdoors in a north
London park.
worldstageslondon.com
YOU ME BUM BUM TRAIN
21 JUNE TO 26 AUGUST
Beg, borrow or steal a ticket for this,
the cultural must-do of the summer. If you
can’t get your hands on one (you’re more
likely to get into the Olympic 100m final),
consider volunteering and help create the
experience instead.
Email youmebumbumtraincast@gmail.com
PUNCHDRUNK
SEPTEMBER (TBC)
The doyens of the format are rumoured to
be returning for their first big London show
in three years. Details are as yet closely
guarded, but hearsay suggests it will be
twice as big as anything they’ve done before.
punchdrunk.org.uk
Fancy a night to remember?
Be prepared for anything at
one of these hot tickets
Clockwise from
above
, the punters
get some zzz’s in
Duckie’s
Lullaby
at
the Barbican in
2011; thrown into
the role of prison
visitor while riding
theYouMe Bum
BumTrain; the
eccentric stylings of
Punchdrunk in their
Broadway hit
Sleep
NoMore
; Trinculo
(ArunWelandawe-
Prematilleke) in
RETZ’s
OBrave New
World
gets cosy
with the audience;
TheWonder Club’s
production of Don’t
Stray FromThe
Path at theVault
Festival in the Old
Vic Tunnels in
February 2012