Event

THE GIFT DOUBLE BILL

30th April 2016, 7.30pm, Caedmon Hall, Gateshead

GIFT is back in 2016 with a double bill of performance works new to audiences in the North East.

First up is Massive Owl with their new show Castle Rock, a distortion of the film Stand by Me. This will then be followed by eggs collective who will present EGGS COLLECTIVE GET A ROUND

Read on...

Castle Rock
A distortion of the film Stand By Me

As flashing neon lights descend upon the tracks, a boxing gloved boy with a death wish comes head to head with a white suited locomotive and a deer in black patent stilettos.

Castle Rock is a new story inspired by three of the voiceless characters in Stephen King's novella The Body, most famously adapted by Rob Reiner into the 1986 cult film, Stand By Me.

Expect looped voice, rhythmic physicality and projected words, as Massive Owl twist the film's soundtrack and contort the book's characters into a re-imagined story about friendship, loss and the things we fail to tell each other.
Welcome to Castle Rock!

FOLLOWED BY

eggs collective present EGGS COLLECTIVE GET A ROUND

You know what we always say, better out than in...

Pinned on the arse-end of a night out, Eggs Collective Get A Round is a show with lipstick on its teeth and Wotsits on its face. A wayward exploration of friendship, kindness and belonging that spills out towards its audience.

In a world that tells us we're not rich, thin or successful enough, Eggs Collective wonder if the basic principles of a good night out might just make the world a better place.

Smart and energetic, entertaining and political, this is a piece of theatre that warms hearts and reeks of Blossom Hill.

Created in collaboration with Olivier Award-winning director Mark Whitelaw.