• Sacred Fires
    Walk the Plank / Kadam Dance
    Inspired by the simple geometry incorporated in an ancient mystical diagram, Sacred Fires was originally created for Manchester Diwali Dashera Mela | Photo: Walk the Plank
  • Transfigured
    Oceanallover
    Alex Rigg has been making live events since 1982, with a strong need to push boundaries around, to set foot on unknown soil and generally to play with our concepts of art outside its accepted form. Pic: Surge Festival 2019.
  • Baba Yaga's House
    DizzyO'Dare
    Baba Yaga‘s House is a ramshackle old cottage, which roams the land on chicken legs, while Baba flies across the landscape. Though she may seem scary, she might tell your fortune, in exchange for a year of your life, or then again she might just eat you.
  • WILD
    Motionhouse / (Without Walls commission)
    Motionhouse's show asks us as urban humans: how do we relate to a way of being that we no longer understand? Is the wild still shaping our behaviour?
  • Ye Gods
    Whalley Range All Stars
    Ye Gods features a model town where three god-like figures tower over the proceedings. They gradually bring this miniature town to life with a witty use of objects and puppetry, but events are headed to a chaotic finale. Pic: Merchant City Festival, Glasgow.
  • OAUK Conference
    OutdoorArtsUK / Imagineer Productions
    Panel on the making of 'Bridge' by Imagineer Productions, at One Small Step: A Day of Outdoor Arts in Coventry. OAUK's conference 2019. Photo: Andy Moore
  • The Colour of Time
    Cie Artonik / Derby Festé
    Seen here at Derby Festé, this rainbow eruption of powder and dance is a stunning reinvention of the traditional Indian Holi festival; created by the much-missed Alain Beauchet | Photo: Derby Festé
  • OAUK Conference 2019
    OutdoorArtsUK / Puppets with Guts
    Puppets with Guts at One Small Step: A Day of Outdoor Arts in Coventry, OutdoorArtsUK Conference 2019. Photo: Andy Moore
  • My House
    Apocalyptic Circus
    “My House” is a circus theatre experience for little people and their families. This exciting, magical, quirky structure, which can be put up almost anywhere, invites people to come close and become part of the performance.
  • As the World Tipped
    Wired Aerial Theatre / XTRAX
    An ambitious and extraordinary piece outdoor theatre combining dramatic film and visuals with breathtaking aerial performance to tell a powerful tale of an ecological crisis | Photo: SIRF
  • The Sultan's Elephant
    Royal de Luxe / Artichoke
    When this elephant and his companion brought London to a standstill, it opened many people's eyes to the possibilities of outdoor arts | Photo: Matthew Andrews
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