Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

CREATED BY 1927, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SUZANNE ANDRADE
FILM, ANIMATION & DESIGN BY PAUL BARRITT

Friday 5th December 2008 – Saturday 3rd January 2009

PRESS NIGHT: MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER AT 7.30pm

WINNER: TOTAL THEATRE AWARD, FRINGE FIRST AWARD, HERALD ANGEL AWARD (EDINBURGH FRINGE ’07)
NOMINATED: TWO NEW YORK DRAMA DESK AWARDS 2008, EMPTY SPACE/EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARD 2008

One of the most talked about productions at the Edinburgh Fringe 2007, this stunning sell out debut by multi-disciplinary company 1927 uses live music, animation, cabaret, silent film and music hall-style song to tell a strangely beautiful blend of fractured fairytale stories. Compared to the stories of Edward Gorey, children’s folk tales such as Shockheaded Peter, the films of Tim Burton with a twist of Weimar cabaret, 1927’s highly crafted world is a sensual delight: wholly original and hugely enjoyable.

Inspired by fairytale stories, 1927 have experienced fairytale success. After developing the production at cabaret clubs, summer festivals and BAC, 1927’s Edinburgh triumph soon attracted international attention and over the last 12 months, a world tour has taken the company to Sri Lanka, Singapore, New York, Australia and across Europe. This new BAC run is the culmination of an extensive UK tour, and will see 1927 present an extra special season of the show, as they collaborate with the very brilliant Insect Circus and London’s finest Flappers The Bees Knees for a charming and delightful alternative night of performance this festive season.

Audiences will be invited to join 1927, and take a step through the ‘Devil’s Mouth’ into a splendid commissioned space created by the BAFTA Award winning design team behind the Insect Circus, who have earned a reputation with festival goers across the UK for their intricately designed Insect Circus Museum, and who were recently included in Time Out’s 1000 Things to Do in Britain.

The show will also feature a new film by 1927’s Paul Barritt and a very special performance by The Bees Knees, who kick the nineteen-twenties into the naughties with their high-energy Charleston dance, full of humour, style and skill. Described as ‘Ginger Rogers on Acid’ these chic show-girls, who have performed in La Clique, and at the ICA, Roundhouse and across Europe, exude the quirky exoticism of an era when knees were VERY exciting.

This BAC season will be the last chance to see Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea in London before the company begin work their next show, The Fugue of Pazzy Villycar, which will open in 2010.

'Talent spotters take note: there’s a frighteningly gifted new British theatre company on the scene.' The Times

Running Time: 70 minutes / Recommended age: 14+ / Further information: www.19-27.co.uk or www.bac.org.uk

Company
Directed and Written by: Suzanne Andrade
Film, Animation and Design by: Paul Barritt
Music by: Lillian Henley
Costume by: Esme Appleton
Performed by: Suzanne Andrade, Esme Appleton and Lillian Henley

Tour funded by Arts Council England and supported by BAC