Archive: Artists in the Programme 2021

We were delighted to spotlight some of the brilliant artists who were sadly unable to perform their work live at Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF), due to SIRF’s cancellation this year.

XTRAX showcases the UK outdoor arts sector to the world and help artists build important relationships with festival programmers at home and overseas. Our showcasing events such as this are a gateway into the UK sector; we encourage those looking to grow their international programmes to explore the artist profiles below and urge you to get in touch and make contacts vital to their work.

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Artists Programmed at SIRF 2021

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A group of children sit on wooden animal sculptures on a carousel outdoors, while a woman with a headscarf stands nearby holding a large basket. Trees and people are in the background under sunny weather.

A Bird in the Hand Theatre

A Puppet and mask theatre company based in West Yorkshire creating beautiful work for family audiences. 1. the Bewonderment Machine – an…
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Two women with short dreadlocks, wearing black tops, stand in a green field with arms raised and hands dramatically posed, looking upward against a clear sky.

Alleyne Dance

Alleyne Dance is a UK based company with an international reach. Founded in 2014 by award- winning dancers Kristina and Sadé Alleyne,…
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A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat, round goggles, and a face completely wrapped in white bandages, with a blue light glowing from beneath the bandages, against a dark background.

The Invisible Man

Introducing The Invisible Man, brought to you by Altered States industries. Come face to face with the man who isn’t there! A…
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A group of four men in quirky costumes and hats play brass instruments outdoors at a festival, with a Ferris wheel and crowd visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

Baghdaddies

The Baghdaddies pump out an eclectic fusion of rhythms and melodies plucked from around the world that are guaranteed to raise your spirits!
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A man in a yellow and black outfit poses with one leg raised while holding a hammer and standing behind an old-fashioned camera on a tripod in front of a colorful set designed to look like a French cafe.

Bash Street Theatre

Bash Street Theatre is a small independent touring company founded 30 years ago by partners Simon Pullum and JoJo Pickering. Based in…
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Three faceless mannequins display avant-garde fashion with organic, nature-inspired elements, such as flowers, leaves, shells, and textured fabrics, set against a black background.

Beady Eye Theatre

Total Theatre & Arches Brick Award winners, Beady Eye creates visually epic performance for indoors and outdoors spaces. We are movement theatre…
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Bombay Baja Brass Band

A much sought after Indian Brass Band performing popular Bollywood, bhangra and Punjabi tunes, as well as Indian wedding songs.
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Two people leaping mid-air in front of a mural of a face with curly hair, positioned so that their bodies form symmetrical arches on either side of the face on the garage door behind them.

DAMAEDANCE | Alice Bonazzi and Sara Marques

DamaeDance is a platform created in 2018 by Manchester-based dance artists Alice Bonazzi and Sara Marques to collaborate, produce and share their…
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The image shows the word XTRAX in teal, uppercase letters with a modern, minimalist font on a white background. The X letters have disconnected lines, giving a stylized appearance.

Desperate Men

Versatile and inventive, Desperate Men’s mischievous,playful and warm hearted work invites audiences to ask serious questions about the world.
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A woman in a gold dress juggles clubs in a graffiti-covered skate bowl while two skateboarders ride on either side under a partly cloudy sky.

DULCE DUCA

DULCE DUCA is a way of living.
Beginning with the person and creates a relationship between body – mind – object – emotions
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Two people in whimsical costumes with large, backpack-like props adorned with flowers and fabric, holding hands. The costumes have earthy tones, and the background is a plain white studio.

The Flying Buttresses

An enchanting interactive puppetry walkabout featuring an elderly couple of miniature proportions, with huge personalities and a not-so-firm grip on modern life
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A woman with red hair smiles and looks excited while playing with two children outdoors. They hold a large yellow and white cloth, with colorful, block-like shapes and a brick wall in the background.

Fully Booked Theatre

Founded by choreographer and performer Jennifer Essex and poet Harry Man, Fully Booked Theatre joyfully blends the worlds of dance and poetry…
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A person with a painted white face and red lips smiles through a circular hole in a large, white, cloud-shaped cutout against a blue sky with wispy clouds.

Gobbledegook Theatre

Gobbledegook make innovative, cross-artform work for unusual places. With theatre at its core, our live performance, music, and installation work is frequently…
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Gorilla Circus

Gorilla Circus produces large scale outdoor flying trapeze and circus shows.
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Granny Turismo

A UK based company producing walkabout street entertainment based on Segways.
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A woman with short, wavy dark hair smiles slightly, looking at the camera. She is wearing a black top with a white strap showing on her shoulder, set against a plain white background.

Jeanefer Jean-Charles

Artistic Director and Choreographer Jeanefer Jean-Charles is a globally respected creative artist.
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Two women in playful outfits perform joyfully in front of a colorful cart decorated with bunting and fruit images, entertaining a small audience of children. Various props and toys are scattered around them.

Just More Productions

Just More Productions is a new community engagement company using food history and performance to educate and entertain. Just More is a…
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Kapow – Dance Circus Theatre

Kapow is a female led company, creating vibrant and imaginative productions for people and planet. We use dance, circus and theatre to…
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Kate Flatt Projects

Contemporary folk-inspired dance and music performance in urban outdoor contexts with strong narrative and ritual themes
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A performer with colorful hair stands behind a small puppet theater, holding vegetable puppets—a leek and a carrot—on their hands, speaking into a microphone in front of a green curtain.

Madame Zucchini’s Vegetable Entertainment

Vegetable entertainment shows specialising in vegetable theatre, vegetable creature making sessions and courgette-costumed walkabout
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pa-BOOM

pa-BOOM – produces outdoor work using light, fire and pyrotechnics. Creates site-specific works and events adaptable to different locations.
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Two performers juggle red clubs while standing on opposite ends of a large pivoting seesaw, entertaining a crowd outdoors in a park, with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

PanGottic

We makes shows and contraptions. Then we take them around the world.
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At night, a person stands inside a brightly lit glass-walled building. The interior is visible; several light fixtures illuminate the rooms, casting warm yellow light. The person appears to be moving or dancing.

Requardt & Rosenberg

Requardt & Rosenberg is the partnership of performance maker and Shunt co-founder, David Rosenberg, and choreographer, Frauke Requardt. Their current production, Future…
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Dan Fox – Sound Intervention

Installations, sound art, film, soundtracks, performance and music. Bespoke creative ideas realised. Aural and visual.
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Soznak

Soznak are from Newcastle upon tyne UK and guarantee to get you dancing to their NCUMBA-a high energy fusion of Congolese rumba northern Brass and other world influences.
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A smiling street performer in red lifts two men on a pole while a large, diverse crowd of adults and children watches and applauds at an outdoor event decorated with colorful bunting.

Strong Lady Productions

With a playful combination of astounding strength, surprising elegance & skilful comedy Strong Lady Productions creates work that brings people together to…
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A crowd watches as people operate a display of miniature buildings with artificial snow falling on them during an outdoor event. Some operators wear uniforms, and the area is lively and festive.

Whalley Range All Stars

“Sly, funny and surreal performances … the ever-excellent Whalley Range All Stars.” The Guardian WRAS is recognised nationally and internationally as one…