Organisers Hail Physical Fest 2015 A Giant Success
AFTER a sensational 9 days of
performances, workshops and street theatre, Physical Fest is over for another
year. With a massive presence and a buzz of excitement across the City on the
build up to and throughout the festival, organisers Tmesis Theatre are
reflecting on what has been the most successful year to date.
Taking place from 22 May to 30 May 2015, the festival presented a huge programme and brought
together the very best and most established artists from all corners of the
globe, with companies from Italy and Spain joining the UK performers which
offered a truly international Physical Fest.
Wendy Houston proved hugely popular and was the perfect opening for the festival
with her one woman performance of Pact with Pointlessness; a frank demonstration
of how it feels to be knocked sideways by death, renegotiate and carry on.
Following the success of his hilarious clown show at last year's festival,
audiences could not get enough of Jamie Wood who returned with a new version of
his show Oh No!
Other stand out performances included self proclaimed
'show man' Faruchio Peru
is 'Extraordinare' and international showcase 'Fest Live' which both sold out, as
well as Honky Tonk Hideaway from Tmesis Theatre Graduate Company with 3
performances every evening before each Unity show, all of which sold out.
This year's workshops and classes also proved to be an incredible triumph; the
sell out programme saw eager participants take over 'The Bluecoat'
every day,
taking advantage of the opportunity to gain experience from world class
performers and practitioners.
Elinor Randle of Tmesis Theatre said of the overwhelming success of this year's
festival:- "Physical Fest has been a 'giant' success. It was a year
of the animals; from giant giraffes at the opening, the amazing 'man with the
chicken head', Animal Religion from Spain, to giant bees buzzing around the City doing the 'Waggledance'.
I thought the ten year anniversary would be difficult to top, but this year was
even better, packed audiences at every performance- with the Unity as you've
never seen it before. People came to take part from all over the world and
brilliant projects involving young people. The streets were alive with
activity!"
As one of the key events in Liverpool's 'Cultural Programme' the festival brings
the world's best local, national and international movement and physical theatre
artists to Liverpool.
The astounding response to this year's festival is a true reflection on the
quality of the programming and the hard work and commitment from all involved,
who manage to make the festival bigger and better year after year. It will be
hard pushed to imagine what organisers will come back with next year, but are
already excited for
Physical
Fest
2016.
