THE DEVOURED

Following the success of last years production of The Factory Badac is pleased to announce that they will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival in August 2009 with their new show The Devoured.

The piece is a physically intense one-man show that, as with all of Badac's previous work, is created with the intention of exploring what human rights abuses are, what they actually mean to the individual. The show focuses on an anonymous man, who, at the moment of his liberation tells the story of his family's humiliation, degradation and ultimate destruction at the hands of the Nazi's.

The show will be performed at The Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33) during the festival. The dates and times for performances are as follows.

The Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)

Over The Road 3

August 5th - August 31st (not 17th or 24th)

Daily at 13.45 (1 hour)

The Pleasance Theatre Box Office

0131 556 6550

Escalator East to Edinburgh

The company are extremely pleased to be part of, for the second year running, the Arts Councils 'Escalator East to Edinburgh' scheme and would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in the running of the scheme. Especially the guys at The Junction Theatre in Cambridge for all their help and advice during the last year.

Badac would also like to thank The Nightingale Theatre in Brighton and Y Touring Theatre Company for their help with the producing and rehearsal of The Devoured.

Please follow the links below to visit some of our partners on this project. The Escalator East to Edinburgh website will give information on all of the company's taking part in this years scheme.

The links
Escalator East to Edinburgh

AL NAKBA
PALESTINIAN PROJECT.
In May 2009 Steve Lambert and the Palestinian poet/writer Ghazi Hussein spent 10 days in Israel and Palestine as part of the research stage of Badac's new project 'Al Nakba'. The trip was designed to make artistic contacts within Palestine and also to discuss initial thoughts and ideas for a new piece of theatre, to be created in the future by both Badac and a Palestinian theatre company/group, which will focus on the daily life and struggles of the Palestinian people. The trip was extremely successful, and deeply moving, with the company making various contacts and learning an incredible amount about both the daily lives of ordinary Palestinian people and also the difficulties faced by arts organisations within Palestine.

Steve Lambert and Ghazi Hussein would like to especially thank Jamal Ghosheh of The Palestinian National Theatre for his amazing help in introducing us to artists and theatre company's within Palestine and for also guiding us around during our stay.

The project is ongoing and both Steve Lambert and Ghazi Hussein will be returning to Israel and Palestine later in the year. During the next visit Steve and Ghazi will attempt to develop their ideas in workshops with Palestinian actors.

Details of the next visit and the progress of the project will be listed on this website as the project develops.

THE FACTORY

New Badac show The Factory at The Pleasance Courtyard Undergrand sells out during its run at the Edinburgh Festival 2008.

The company's site specific piece "The Factory" which focused on the last hour of a Jewish transports existance within the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz/Birkenau has completed a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

REVIEWS FOR THE PIECE INCLUDED:

THE SCOTSMAN ****
THE SUDAY HERALD****
THE LIST****
THREE WEEKS****
THE METRO****
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE*****

QUOTES INCLUDED:

"Visceral and brave work" - Sunday Herald

"An unforgettable 50 minutes" - The Scotsman

"An important play to experience" - Three Weeks

"An intensity rarely achieved in theatre" - The List

"Everyone should experience it" - British Theatre Guide

"An almost unbearable spectacle of horror, like 10,000 hammers crashing into your stomach."

The Metro

PICK OF THE DAY

THE GUARDIAN
THE METRO

MUST SEE SHOW

THE STAGE

TOTAL THEATRE AWARD NOMINATION
(we lost out to "Once and For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen" which although we didn't see everyone who did says it was top so many congratulations to them.)

The company would like to thank all the audience members who came and experienced the piece during the festival. Your support was much appreciated by all the artists involved in the project. That does include those audience members who didn't like the show as well as those who did. We do hope you will all visit our future work.

The artistic contacts made during the festival were one of the many highlights for the company. We are constantly looking to form new artistic partnerships and the success of The Factory during the Festival has allowed that process to develop on an unprecedented level. We are already in discussions with venues across the UK concerning both new projects and the performing of our previous work during the whole of 2009

We will of course keep you updated on all future projects and performances via this website.

The company would also like to take this opportunity to thanks all the staff at The Pleasance for their help and support during the festival. Special thanks goes to Damo and the boys in the Undergrand - "cheers lads you were wicked!" and also to Anthony Alderson for all the effort he put into getting the venue in the first place and also for his support during the festival. Cheers dude!

*****

ASHES TO ASHES

Recently completed national tour of Theatre's, Arts Centre's and schools.

If you are interested in booking Ashes to Ashes or require further information on the show please contact Steve Lambert at:

badac@mac.com

During Badac's visit to the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005 with "CAGE", a piece that focused on domestic violence, the company were nominated for, and received, the following awards and press reviews.

Nominated - The Stage Award for Best Ensemble
Winner - The Stage Award for Best Actress