rotate phone now.... for A SHORT REEL ABOUT HOW I WORK... Fellini said 'our duty as storytellers is to bring people to the station, there each person will choose his or her own train… but we must at least take them to the station… to a point of departure’ and Reza Abdoh said ‘theatre is a gift… you must permit and encourage the audience to have a shifted perception… so that they don’t quite experience the world the same way after seeing a performance’
#sitespecifictheatre #collaborativetheatre #participatorytheatre
@hooligan_art_community
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Syncretic Beltane in Andalucía
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“The most dramatic and most widely documented of Beltane’s fire traditions was the driving of cattle between two fires — a practice recorded in Irish annals, in Scottish Highland accounts, in Welsh sources, and in the observations of early modern travelers who witnessed surviving versions of the custom in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Two great bonfires were built close enough together that it was possible — just possible — for cattle to be driven through the gap between them. The smoke that filled that gap was the purifying agent: it moved over and around the animals, carrying away disease, driving off the parasites and spirits of misfortune that had accumulated through the winter months, preparing the herd for the summer pastures where their health and productivity would determine the community’s survival through the following winter.
People followed the cattle. The passage between the fires was not reserved for livestock — humans moved through as well, bending low into the smoke, walking deliberately through the gap, submitting themselves to the same purification that the animals had received. Children were carried through. The elderly were supported through. Those who were sick or who had experienced particular difficulty in the preceding year were brought through with special attention. The fire did not distinguish. Everything that needed the new season to be different from the old one walked between the flames.”
Revisiting our iconic performances of Bunker Cabaret at @theladder_rr in 2023, (ph. by @stevetanner ) when we played in a tiny derelict chapel in Redruth. Audiences squeezed together on the cold floor and @chilly223 Natalka Perchyshena lit the room with fairy lights, torches, projector and a couple of standing lamps. "A magical space for the imagination.“ - John Farndon, Off West End Theatre Awards. Performed by @simeon7kyslyi@twisttwisttwistttwist@danylo_shramenko directed by @petecant #sitespecifictheatre #livesofperformers #ukrainiantheatre #cornishtheatre #bunkercabaret
We’re writing this on the train to Cornwall. It’s sunny! Bring your bodies and souls this weekend. Let’s watch the film, let’s chat, let’s hug.
On Friday is the film screening and panel discussion of ‘The Hooligan Project’ @castcornwall (dress code: curiosity) The film is by @fuckfuckerfuckingfuck
And on Saturday @petecant leads a workshop 11-2pm at Helston Old Chapel @trevowhelston - open to everyone, it’s a chance to explore playful ways of opening up your creativity, freely and passionately. Go to the link in our bio for all info.
We’re on our way! Can’t wait to see you!
(Photos from our legendary production of ‘The Hooligan Project’ created with Producing Partner @theladder_rr for #HarbourFestival in September 2024, ph. by @fuckfuckerfuckingfuck )
Guys, we’re fucking happy that we can finally meet in a real place with real people to share our short documentary film and talk about it over a drink at the bar at @arthousen8 in Crouch End on Feb 26 Starts: 7pm. It’s free, bring your friends! All details and link for registration in bio.
The Hooligan Project (24min) Dir: Liubov Sliusareva
Screening: ArtHouse Crouch End
Feb 26 19:00
The film follows Hooligan Art Community as they work with young artists in Cornwall to create a new show at Redruth’s @theladder_rr for #HarbourFestival
Featuring our amazing team who created and performed 4 performances:
Phe Crawford @phecrawfordd
Berenice Cruse @berry.cruse
Jake Harvey @jakeh1845
Hannah Jacobs @h.j.dance
Lea Judge @bitofgirl.bitofgeezer
Arion Kaspar @arion_kaspar
Scamp Niemz @scamp4u
Eggy Ray @99eggy
Hooligan Art Community’s Creative Team:
Director and Writer: Peter Cant @petecant
Musical Director and Composer: Jessie Maryon-Davies @jmaryondavies
Performer and Writer: Simeon ‘Sam’ Kyslyi @simeon7kyslyi
Choreographer and dramaturge: Mathis Kleinschnittger
Percussionist: Riccardo Castellani @rickycastellani
Lighting and Sound Designer: Ciaran Clarke @ciaranclarke88
Producer: Peter Cant @petecant
Project co-producer: Catherine Lake @cat_lake_954
Created with our Producing Partner @theladder_rr for #HarbourFestival in collaboration with @the.pearl.exchange
Editing/ Camera / Colour grade @fuckfuckerfuckingfuck@hooligan_art_community production
We are delighted to announce the line-up of speakers for our participation in Mahogany Opera’s Virtual Open House event - *Meet Me @ Mahogany: Participation On The Move*
Facilitator:
@omar_shahryar
Speakers:
@freddiewakewalker (Artistic Director, Mahogany Opera)
@petecant (Artistic Director, Hooligan Art Community)
@jmaryondavies (Composer & Music Director)
@fuckfuckerfuckingfuck (Filmmaker)
Join us via Zoom at 6pm (GMT) on Monday 17th February as we discuss our shared experience and passion for producing touring work that engages local participants. @hooligan_art_community will be talking about The Hooligan Project: collaborative new music-theatre created by @hooligan_art_community and local artists, piloted last year in communities in Cornwall and Scotland. See the link in our bio for booking info! ☝
Join us for an evening of songs, film, stories and discussion.
Monday 24 February will mark three years since the full invasion began (11 years of war in Ukraine). On this occasion the artists of Hooligan Art Community will tenderly open a conversation with their memories, revisiting the company’s work in stories, films, songs and discussion, to reflect on what they have created together and to nurture what still might be.
The event takes place at Somerset House, London and is free. Reservation is required - see link in bio or visit our website
Thank you to Somerset House Exchange for hosting us. With the support of @counterpointsarts
Participating artists are:
@fuckfuckerfuckingfuck@simeon7kyslyi@danylo_shramenko@petecant@jmaryondavies
#MathisKleinschnittger
@jointhedinmusic
Q&A moderated by #JennaOmeltschenko
Founded in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2019, Hooligan Art Community are a group of artists from Ukraine, UK and Germany that began developing collaborative, co-authored performance in empty factories and abandoned city spaces, drawing on practices in theatre, dance, opera, music and film. The company’s Ukrainian artists became displaced in 2022 when ruzzia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
