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SIR GIDEON VEIN & ELENA VAN GOTHA

performing “Vaudeville Creepers”

Sir Gideon Vein is England’s greatest living actor, renowned for his Shakesperean roles as Hamlet, Mephistopholes, and Bottom. In his self-proclaimed 169 years, Sir Gideon Vein has perfected an on-stage persona that goes way beyond an act.

Intellectually and emotionally, Sir Gideon and the audience can unanimously find themselves tangled in knots, as accents, morals and perspectives are twisted in all manner of directions.

His performances are hilarious, cathartic, disturbing and intensely addictive.

Pénte Ensemble

performing Harrison Birtwistle’s “Five Distances”

The Pénte Ensemble is a wind quintet based in London, formed by scholarship-receiving postgraduate students at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Pénte enjoys performing and promoting more obscure works for wind quintet, in conjunction with traditional, more familiar pieces.

Flute - Jade Bultitude

Oboe - Joe Harper

Clarinet - Dean Wood

Bassoon - Natalie Bernard

DOROTHY FALE

Dorothy is a queer feminist, a gender fluid fictional creature, a silent loud mouth comedian. Her roots are equally in contemporary performance and stand-up comedy. The stage acts and one woman shows are a mixture of traditional clown gimmicks, stand-up, object comedy, improvisation and verbatim theatre. Combining big, often political, themes with audience interaction and recorded real life testimonies the clown searches for the truth behind modern existence.

DESPERATE MEN

performing “Slapstick & Slaughter”

One of the UK’s most versatile and inventive outdoor arts companies, Desperate Men’s mischievous, warm hearted work invites audiences to ask serious questions about the world.