ADAM
MCGUIGAN
Theatre & Film Maker
AFRONAUTS
Lusaka World Premiere
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'Afronauts' is a cosmic clash of circus, theatre, music, hip hop dance and space exploration.
In the 1960’s, with the space race in full swing, the quest for interplanetary exploration between the Earth’s superpowers gained a new contender…. Zambia.
The plan was to use an aluminium rocket, and send a girl, two cats and a missionary to the moon. A moving tale of hope, audacity and how to sustain your dreams when the world may laugh at you.
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Afronauts is based on true events which happening just as Zambia became independent. The creative team are passionate to tell how this story symbolises the hope, aspiration and humanity so central to Zambia’s independence and how that same story of Zambian values continues to inspire the future hopes and dreams of a country and its people.
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Written and Directed by Gift Chansa and Adam McGuigan
Design: Richard Chombu
Sound Design: Luke Thomas
Choreography: Jophael Banda
Escape from Fort Lagoon
Mildenhall, Barrow-in-Furness
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‘Think the Crystal Maze, meets Squid Games in Jurassic Park… with Swimming’.
Escape from Fort Lagoon is a live action, immersive theatre game where players become prisoners and you must work together to try and escape the Lagoon...Before the runaways become the refreshments.
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Escape from Fort Lagoon imagines a world where water sources have tipped over the PH level safe for human consumption. Water is now a coveted resource fiercely guarded by the few and (as humans are 60% water)...supplied by the many…THAT’S YOU!
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​This is a water based adventure so you will need your swimming gear and a towel! ​
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When water companies are pumping the UK rivers with sewage, Escape From Fort Lagoon asks who owns the water, how does it connect to our humanity and what would happen if we lose it?
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'Escape from Fort Lagoon' is Arts Council England funded and co-commissioned by Marketplace and Barrowfull Creative People and Places programmes, with support from Frank and Cindy Franklin.
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Creative Producer: Jude Jagger
Writer/ Director: Adam McGuigan
Co-creators: Izzie Major, Dora Colquhoun
Sound/ Music: Luke Thomas
Choir Music Creation: Beth Allen
Design: Toni Childs
Production/ Stage Manager: Jodie Jasmine Hicks
FLOOD
Theatre Témoin - national tour
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FLOOD is a new, interactive outdoor spectacle, highlighting the health of the world’s ocean through the eyes of Britain’s coastal communities.
Utilising circus, music and acrobatics, FLOOD takes you on an epic adventure to understand how our coastline and communities have become ‘seasick’. Standing under your own personalised sound umbrella, FLOOD will take you far beyond your front door and into the eye of the storm.
Flood is an outdoor water show bringing a conversation with the ocean directly to your high street. Watch out for the splash.
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FLOOD was developed at 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space, Out There Arts (Great Yarmouth) and Wild Rumpus, supported by Without Walls, SeaChange Arts, 1 Degree East.
FLOOD is a carbon-neutral show.
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Written and Directed: Adam McGuigan
Musical Direction and Creation: Luke Thomas
Performers: Sam Perez Duran, Joel Hatfield, Ciaran O' Brien
Sound Design: Luke Thomas
Design: Abby Clarke
Additional Design: Mia Harris
Production Management: Jodie Jasmine Hicks
Water Consultant: Bill Palmer
Movement Direction: Gavin Vincent (early Movement by Elinor Randal)
BSL Interpreter: Amy Astley
Stage Management: Holly Glenn, Fay Franklyn, Liam Cunningham