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Kneehigh Asylum 2019 Trailer

Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire image gallery

"Who is Ubu? In our story, he is a vulgar, greedy, sadistic, grotesque, cowardly and very, very stupid army deserter who has been living in the ‘sewers of life’ with his manipulative and ambitious wife. They have run out of money and have come to ..."

Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire – Interview with Katy Owen

"Why did you want to make Ubu? Well, I’d read Alfred Jarry’s play, Ubu Roi, back in college and loved it. It was clearly a very unique play. Very anarchic, nonsensical and disgusting. It broke rules. It went wherever it pleased. I loved the cartoo ..."

Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire – Interview with Carl Grose

"Kneehigh’s Ubu was first performed at The Kneehigh Asylum in 2018. The Kneehigh Asylum is a pop-up theatre venue in a large dome tent. Below is a photo of the model box, created by Designer Michael Vale. And this is what it looked like in th ..."

Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire – The Design

"Jeremy Wardle, the host Emcee and political commentator of Lovelyville. President Nick Dallas President of Lovelyville and Father of Bobbi Dallas. Bobbi Dallas Daughter of the president. Activist and Expressive Dancer. Captain Shittabrique Head of Se ..."

Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire – Character Summaries

"Act 1: The Rise of Ubu Scene 1: Welcome to Lovelyville Scene 2: Ubu’s First Move Scene 3: Bobbi’s Bad Dream Act 2: The Reign of Ubu Scene 4: The Cruel Sports Day Scene 5: Prize Giving and Fleecing Scene 6: Yoo Hoo in the Boo Hoo Zoo Scene 7: Bung ..."

Breakdown of Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire

"I have long dreamed of a show where the audience would truly fulfil their side of the contract; rather than simply sit in rapt gratitude/boredom/bafflement as it plays out in front of them, they could take their fulsome part in actually generating th ..."

Ubu! A Singalong Satire – a note from Charles Hazlewood, Music Director.

"Kneehigh’s Ubu is about responding to the challenge of keeping theatre alive. We do theatre because it’s live but how do we keep it alive? I’ve always liked sport. I like being physical, playing in a team, getting sweaty, being in a heightened ..."

Ubu! A Singalong Satire – a note from Mike Shepherd

Storytelling Through Light | The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Set Design for The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

My inspiration for the design of the set for Flying Lovers formed around ideas of deconstruction, chaos and imbalance, to attempt to reflect the times in which Bella and Marc Chagall lived, full of change and turmoil. I thought about how Cubism deconstructed the way in which we look at the world and how Chagall …

"The message is no less relevant today, as we see the rise of the Right in Europe ..."