MARCH 2011CROSSING PATHS
Badac - ITC - Taastrup
During March Badac, ITC Teatro and Taastrup Theatre completed the second artistic collaboration of the Crossing Paths Project. Artists from Badac and The ITC Teatro Bologna visited Copenhagen for one week to run workshops with the young actors who will be involved in the creation of Taastrup's piece of theatre for the festival in May. The group of young actors was made up of Danish children from various ethnic bckgrounds, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey, who participated in workshops run by both ITC and Badac aimed at giving the young people an insight into the work being undertaken by both company's as they develop their specific ideas in relation to the objectives of the project.
The week was a great success for all involved and moved the project forward on all levels. Many thanks to our fantastic hosts in beautiful Copenhagen.
The company's will now focus all their energies on producing their individual pieces of theatre for the festival in Bologna in May where all three peices will be premiered.
The company will continue to update news on the project as it progresses. Please follow the links below to both view the work of our partners and also to follow the progress of the project as it develops.
The links:
Crossing Paths Webpage
ITC Teatro di San Lazzaro di Savena
Taastrup Teater
JANUARY 2011CROSSING PATHS
Badac - ITC - Taastrup
During Janaury Badac, ITC Teatro and Taastrup Theatre completed the first artistic collaboration of the Crossing Paths Project. Artists from The ITC Teatro Bologna and Taastrup Teater Copenhagen visited London for one week to run workshops with actors from Badac Theatre Company. One workshop was run by Mogens Holm from Taastrup and one by Micaela Casalboni from ITC. Both workshops were held at The Pleasance Theatre London and proved to invaluable in exchanging artistic ideas. The week was a great success for all involved and moved the project forward on all levels. The next stage of the project is a visit, by Badac and ITC, to Copenhagen in March 2011.
The company will continue to update news on the project as it progresses. Please follow the links below to both view the work of our partners and also to follow the progress of the project as it develops.
The links:
Crossing Paths Webpage
ITC Teatro di San Lazzaro di Savena
Taastrup Teater
MAY 2010CROSSING PATHS
Badac - ITC - Taastrup
The company are pleased to announce their participation in a new european project 'Crossing Paths'. The project, which lasts 18 months and is funded by the European Union, aims to highlight social injustice and multicultural issues through the creation of new theatre, and will involve young people up to the age of eighteen. Three company's will participate within the project, Badac, The ITC Teatro from Bologna Italy and Taastrup Teater from Copenhagen Denmark. Each company will create its own piece of work with a group of young actors that will be shown at a theatre festival, in Bologna, during May 2011. Directors and actors from each company will also work with the young actors from each of the other countries involved during the build up to the festival.
The company will update news on the project as it progresses. Please follow the links below to view the work of our partners in the project.
The links:
ITC Teatro di San Lazzaro di Savena
Taastrup Teater
FEBRUARY 2010THE CRY
Escalator East to Edinburgh 2010
Following the success of last years production of The Devoured Badac is pleased to announce that they will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival in August 2010 with their new show The Cry.
The show will be a site specific examination detailing the true story of the brutal torture and imprisonment of poet Ghazi Hussein, and the various governments who attempted to crush both his spirit and his artistic freedom. An intense, moving and violent retelling of human suffering, created around the poems written by Ghazi whilst in prison, and in defiance of the very torture that was designed to stifle them. The company hopes that the piece will highlight the persecution suffered by artists across the world.
The show will be performed in an underground car park at The Pleasance Dome (Venue 23) during the festival. The dates and times for performances are as follows.
The links:
The Pleasance Theatre
JANUARY 2010THE CRY
Escalator East to Edinburgh 2010
Badac is pleased to announce that the company are to be part of, for the third year running, the Arts Councils 'Escalator East to Edinburgh' scheme at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in the running of the scheme and especially the guys at The Junction Theatre in Cambridge (again!) for all their help and advice during the past year.
The links:
The Junction
SEPTEMBER 2009
AL NAKBA
PALESTINIAN PROJECT
During September Badac returned to Jerusalem to work with The Palestinian National Theatre. They spent one week workshopping ideas for their new project 'Al Nakba'. The company would like to thank the Palestinian actors Reem Talhami, Atta Naser and Firas Farrah for all their hard work during the week and also to Jamal Ghosheh for helping to organise the workshop. During the week the actors worked with Steve Lambert and Ghazi Hussein and through that work began the development of a script based around the problems faced by Palestinian people on a daily basis. The project will focus specifically on the emotional and psychological struggles faced by a Palestinian woman as she strives to protect her family from the conflict afflicting their everyday lives.
The project is ongoing and will be further developed during 2010. Badac would once again like to thank everyone at The Palestinian National Theatre for their work on the project and also to Arts Council England Eastern Region for their support during the research and development of the project.
LINKS
Palestinian National Theatre
Arts Council England
THE DEVOURED ED FEST 2009
Badac's new piece The Devoured opened at this years Edinburgh Festival. In true Badac style the piece received some stunning and some not so stunning reviews from both the press and audience members alike. However, overall the response was incredible with actors, directors, promoters, producers, reviewers and members of the public making a point of either staying after the performances, e-mailing or approaching company members to express their feelings about the piece. These responses where much appreciated by the company and play an integral part in the future development of our work.
PLEASE CLICK ON LINK FOR REVIEWS
The Devoured reviews
The company would like to thank the following for their support during the festival:
The Junction Theatre
The Pleasance Theatre
Steve Forster (Press and drinking partner)
Arts Council England Easter Region
Escalator East 2 Edinburgh
LINKS
The Junction Cambridge
The Pleasance Theatre
Steve Forster
Escalator East to Edinburgh
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JUNE 2009
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 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 all the company's taking part in this years scheme.
LINKS
Escalator East to Edinburgh
The Junction Cambridge
The Nightingale Theatre
The Pleasance Theatre
MAY 2009 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.
SEPTEMBER 2008
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!
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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
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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 |
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