Three performers from Nepal ask questions about life, love, poverty and greed. Using spoken word, movement, circus and ceremony, they tell the story of how against all odds they survived their childhood and created their own destiny. An inspiring, authentic, raw and heart warming performance about life and circus, entertainment and reflexion.
Produced through an International partnership between artistic directors from nofitstate ( Wales) and Cirkus Xanti (Norway). As a Tiger in the Jungle will be a unique theatrical circus experience!
Supported by NoFit State, Pontio, Baerum Kulturhus, Porsgrunn International Theater Festival, Black-E, ChoraChori Nepal
Age Guidance: 8+
dates
UK Tour 2019
Touring Wales and England in spring/summer 2019
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13 February
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Dieselverkstaden |
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4 April |
Sheffield University, Octagon Centre, Clarkson Street, Sheffield, |
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16 April |
Park Street, Llanelli, |
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17 – 18 April |
Portland Square, St Paul’s, Bristol, |
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2 – 3 May |
The Friday performance will be BSL and audio description.
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King’s Way, Newport, |
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9 May |
Free School Lane, Lincoln, |
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12 May |
Penglais Campus, University of Aberystwyth |
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17 - 18 May |
Stratford Circus Arts Centre, Theatre Square, Stratford, London, |
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22 - 25 May |
Brighton Open Air Theatre, Park Dyke Road, Hove, |
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29 May |
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University of Warwick, Coventry, |
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31 May |
Hanson Street, Barnsley, |
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6 June |
Salisbury Playhouse, |
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8 – 9 June |
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Canal Wharf, Brecon, |
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15 June |
Doc Victoria, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, |
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20 – 22 June |
Bath House Road, Cardigan |
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26 – 30 June |
Worthy Farm, Worthy Lane, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, |
credits
Cast: Renu Ghalan Tamang (Nepal), Aman Tamang (Nepal) & Loan TP Hoang (Vietnam/Norway)
Writer/Director: Sverre Waage (Norway)
Creative Producer: Ali Williams (Wales)
Music: Per Zanussi (Norway/Italy)
Musicians in studio: Halpreet Bansal (India/Norway), Sanskriti Shrestha (Nepal) & Per Zanussi (Norway)
Set - & Costume Design: Rhi Matthews (Wales)
Set - & Circus Rig Design: Tarn Aitken (England)
Light design: Leif LePage (France/Wales)
Assist choreography and circus skills: Hanna Filomen Mjåvatn (Philippines/Norway) & Mish Weaver (England)
contact
Ali Williams aliwilliamscircus@gmail.com
background
A strong and heart-warming performance about rescued child slaves from Indian traditional circus.
This performance is inspired by the lives and destiny of our performers Renu and Aman experiences as child circus slaves in India. It also highlights the story of other Nepalese children being trafficked into slavery in Indian traditional circus. From 2002, when this was discovered, over 700 children have been discovered and rescued or released.
In 2013 producer Ali Williams spent a year working as the Creative Director of Circus Kathmandu. Circus Kathmandu was a group of 13 young men and women who all were rescued from Indian circuses, including our performers, Renu and Aman.
Ali Williams invited director Sverre Waage to come to Kathmandu to meet the newly formed circus company. That was the start of a collaboration between Ali and Sverre, with the aim to build bridges between the developing circus environment in Kathmandu and the International community of performing art producers and programmers in UK, Norway and Europe.
The first achievement is the production and touring of As a Tiger in The Jungle, representing the international partnership of prize-winning director and play-writer Sverre Waage (Norway) and Ali Williams (Wales), co-founder and former artistic director of NofitState.
Ali and Sverre have been working with the two Nepalese circus artists, Renu and Aman, over the last three years and for this project have integrated Loan TP Hoang a Vietnamese refugee with her own story of a lost childhood. As a Tiger in The Jungle is a unique fusion of Asian and European performance, circus and music. Original music score composed by Per Zanussi.