PILOT 13

12/12/07

Curated by PILOT Nights PILOT 13 saw Half Wit bring their highly physical mask work to Birmingham with their tragicomic interpretation of Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. Lost Spectacles’ clowns attempted a bit of acting. Livestock united two strangers for the first time, to tell the tale of their failed love affair. The Other Way Works’ call girls took the audience’s instructions whilst Frenzic’s ladies invited the audience to bring them a gift of little or no importance. Finally HamFisted’s sensory retelling of The Farmer and the Mermaid lead us out of the door and into the bar via a giant potato…

PILOT 12

13/09/07

Curated by Co-PILOTs Jane Packman and The Other Way Works PILOT 12 included a foray into the world of the musical with the passionate and explosive Little Miss Mousy. Rough Memory reported from the front line as war breaks loose between red and grey squirrels, and The Licensees invited the audience to meet the man behind the moustache in their anarchic cabaret of micro-skits. Ambitus Theatre brought together an international company to explore displacement, nostalgia and a craving for the way coffee is brewed at home. Finally the audience witnessed the debut performance of new Birmingham based company Fearless Theatre.