THE BAND
“Stunning movement and aerial acrobatics”
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THE BAND is a quirky and humorous contemporary circus theatre production with a rousing soundtrack.
It’s their final gig. Sandy and Bruno met in the seventies to form a band. She was fame hungry; he was doomed to follow her. As one hit wonders, this is a story of their big come-back. With Sandy’s determination and Bruno’s blissful dedication to her, they are here; not by popular demand, but by sheer defiance.
The performers bring their unique physicality and instinctive onstage chemistry to this quirky love story in which blind devotion meets desperate ambition.
As an optional extra to booking the show, Levantes offers a chance for up to three local people (18+) to join the performance as groupies of THE BAND, with a three- hour* engagement package that includes costumes and makeup. *online and in- person engagement package *excluding shows. All costumes and make up provided.
CREATIVE TEAM
Artistic Direction: Eleni Edipidi
Devising & Performing: Eleni Edipidi & Nathan Johnston
For the role of Sandy: Eleni Edipidi
For the role of Bruno: Nathan Johnston/ Jamie Higgins
Circus Consultant & Artistic Advisor: Tina Koch/ Ockham’s Razor
Visuals: Gopan Iyadurai
Dramaturg: Lisa-Marie Bowler
Lighting Designer: Lucy Hansom
Touring Lighting Designer: Penny Cunningham
Sound: Rob Spaull & Garry Scott James
Costume & Props Design: Levantes Dance Theatre
Costume & Props Assistant: Stella-Jane Odoemelam
Production Stage Manager: Kleoniki Edipidi
Touring Stage Manager: Penny Cunningham
THE BAND represented UK Circus at Auch Fest, France (Crying Out Loud, Spotlight UK)
Funded by Arts Council England.
Developed with the support of Greenwich & Lewisham Young People’s Theatre, as part of Progression (an Arts Council England funded project).
Supported by Greenwich Dance and Jacksons Lane.
Supported by Circus Around and About 2 (Take Art, Crying Out Loud and Extraordinary Bodies)
Thank you: Jess Allen, Adam Davies, Maria Edipidi, Rachel Freeman (EVERYBODY DANCE), Gigi Giannella, Abigail Yeates and Paul J Cockle (Centre de creation / Les Joncailles), Yvonne Kalter, Martina Serra, Stefano di Renzo and Wired Aerial Theatre.
THE BAND INDOORS TRAILER
THE BAND OUTDOORS TRAILER
TOUR DATES 2024
27th September, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cymru
10th October Chyan Cultural Centre, Halvasso, Penryn
11th October Strike a Light, Guildhall
12th October Beaford Arts, North Devon
21st November, 19:30, The Atkinson, Southport BOOK TICKETS HERE
12th March Queens Hall, Hexham
PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED
2022
5th February 2022, artsdepot, London
8th February 2022, Lawrence Batley, Huddersfield
11th February 2022, The Dukes, Lancaster
12th February 2022, The Civic, Barnsley
16th February 2022, Corn Exchange, Newbury
2021
The Venue, Milton Keynes, UK
2019
Salford University, Salford, UK
Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
Akropoditi Festival, Syros, Greece
International Theatre Festival, Trabzon, Turkey
2018
International Theatre Festival, Antalya, Turkey
Proteus Centre, Basingstoke, UK
2017
Jacksons Lane, London, UK
ARC, Stockton Arts Centre, Stockton on Tees, UK
Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset, UK
UCLAN, Preston, UK
The Albany, London, UK
Physical fest, Liverpool, UK
Artsfest, Wolverhampton,UK
Mimos Festival, Perigueux, France
REVIEWS
Seeing Dance
British Theatre Guide
The Circus Diaries
Everything Theatre
Made in Salford
“super physical theatre that sends you home with a warm feeling inside” Seeing Dance
“I can’t recall the last time I saw anything as intensively inventive as The Band, the story of a couple of 1970s one-hit wonders struggling to cope with their decline and dreaming of a comeback, a doomed fantasy brought to life in a mesmerising onehour mash-up of dance, theatre, mime, acrobatics, cabaret, clowning, music, film and aerial skills. The very best of eyebrow music entertainment soundtrack ranged from George Ezra’s ridiculously chirpy Cassy O to Connie Francis’s heartbreaking version of I’m Sorry I Made You Cry by way of a breathless take on Teach Me Tiger by April Stevens. THE BAND The show at the Albany was devised and performed by Laban-trained Eleni succeeded in being at once funny, sad, Edipidi and Nathan Johnston of the exuberant, reflective, celebratory and Levantes Dance Theatre and triumphantly elegiac in equal measure. The terrific But it was the breakneck performances of Edipidi and Johnston – who incidentally has the most expressive eyebrows I’ve ever seen - that made this show so fantastic and created a multi-faceted, multi-sensory, multi-disciplinary melange of magic through their remarkable artistry and vision.” Miles Hedley - Greenwich Visitor