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Andrea Salustri
MATERIA

Nola-Rae
Nola Rae
WORKSHOP
19 - 22 Jan

Jacksons Lane

Thu 19 - Sun 22 Jan
Thu - Sat 7.30pm
Sat & Sun mats 3pm

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Runs: 55 mins/no interval
Age Guidance: 6+
£18/£16 + booking fees. No fee for in person at the box office
Tel: 020 8340 5226
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After-show discussion:
Fri 20 Jan (BSL interpreted)
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"Exquisitely beautiful, strangely moving hour of object theatre"

Three Weeks, Edinburgh

We use it every day without a second thought, the most common form of plastic - polystyrene.

In this remarkable piece of visual theatre, Andrea Salustri explores its possibilities to the point it becomes alive and protagonist of the events on stage. As an almost unseen animator he shows how we engage with objects, allowing them their own performing artistry, creating magic in front of our eyes. No narrative or weighty metaphors here, just extraordinary sensory evocations. You have to see it to believe.

Now based in Berlin, Italian born Andrea Salustri trained as a juggler in Rome before studying dance and choreography in Berlin. A Laureate of the circusnext European Circus Label, Materia was a hit at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

'All the polystyrene used during the performances of MATERIA will be collected and transported back to Berlin, where the company is based, to be composted by worms called Zophobas Morio. These worms possess bacterial enzymes in their gut that biodegrade polystyrene, making them able to digest it’ Andrea Salustri

Materia on tour 2023:
The Lowry, Salford Tue 24 Jan
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“Humankind’s dance with plastics will define our existence on this planet, and Salustri’s thoughtful object-choreography captures this tension with creativity and grace”

Scotsman

“As much as it can be said that objects can perform, these objects perform majestically. Coming out of the era where digital spaces and the internet were the only way to enjoy theatre, Materia reminds us how some sights and sounds need to be experienced in the flesh to work their magic”

Puppet Animation Scotland
 


Andrea Salustri

andreasalustri.com/ (Italy/Germany)

Creation & performance Andrea Salustri
Light design & technical direction Michele Piazzi
Technical team Andrea Parolin, Andreas Harder
Sound design Federico Coderoni
Creative advisors Kalle Nio, Roman Müller, Darragh McLoughlin, Alex Lempert, Benjamin Richter, Matthias Buhrow, Mariagiulia Serantoni
Diffusion Carolina Ortega – Aurora Nova international theatre booking agency
Co-production PERPLX
Residencies Espace Périphérique – La Villette, La Maison des Jonglages, Cirqu’Aarau, Katapult, Zirkusquartier Zürich, La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne, kunstencentrum BUDA, PERPLX
Further support
circusnext European Platform co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Chamäleon Productions, Cirqu’Aarau, circus re:searched, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, TelepART programme of the Finnish institute in Germany.