Mischief La-Bas’ – Painful Creatures
In 2003 Mischief La-Bas was the only UK Company to receive a grant from the Pan-European producers group ‘In-situ’ for the international development of outdoor performance. The £75,000 they received went towards developing their ground-breaking project Painful Creatures, also supported by other organisations.
Devised by Artistic Director Ian Smith Painful Creatures consists of a startling ‘walk through the woods’ featuring work by a wide range of arts practitioners that would never normally find themselves in a public situation. Grimy 'Carnies' invite the audience to take the trail through Snake-haired Gorgons, Punctured Saints, Military Checkpoints, Dangling Tree Spirits, Shipwrecked Galleons and pig-eating Robots.
The ‘unfairground’ of Painful Creatures offers many curious attractions: performances, soundtracks, installations, paintings, sculpture, living tableaux, dance, puppetry and a magnificent articulated fire sculpture.
Painful Creatures was performed totally free and accessible to all members of the public at the following events;
- ‘Big in Falkirk’ –1 and 2 May 2004
- Brighton Festival –6 and 7 May 2004
- Bradford International Festival – 18 June 2004
- ‘Vive La Cite’ – Sotteville, France –25 and 26 June 2004
- ‘La Strada’ – Graz, Austria – 31 July and 1 August 2004
Visit the Mischief La Bas website for more images of the production and further information.
- Alex Rigg (Fire Sculptor) Scotland
- Transfigured (Dance & Puppets) Scotland/Argentina
- Diane Torr (Gender Manipulator) New York
- Guyan Porter (Installation Sculptor) Scotland
- Ronnie Heeps (Painter and Designer) Scotland
- Empress Stah (Piercing Freak) Australia
- La Chunky (Soundtrack Composers) Scotland / Ireland
- Lisa Watts (Performance Artist) England
- Bruno Gallagher (Cartoonist) Scotland
- Marc Hamandjian (Robot Sculptor) France
- GRAM (Performance Artists / Sculptors/ Musicians) Austria
- Mischief La-Bas core performers Scotland
- Local Performing Artists France/ Austria/Scotland/England
Supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council.
This event has benefited from the support of IN SITU, a European platform for the production of Street Arts.
This project has been founded with support from the European Commission. |