NoFit State Circus
WESTIVAL 2008
NoFit State Circus
Sat 12th July 2008 - Sat 26th July 2008
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Last year the award-winning NoFit State Circus wowed the people of Taunton when they presented Immortal as part of the Brewhouse’s insideout programme. Now, Westival is delighted to welcome the UK’s leading contemporary circus company back to Taunton with their brand new show - tabú.
tabú is a new journey and exploration into the darker side of being. It isn’t a freak show, it isn’t voyeurism. It is the tissue we are made of and which like death itself, we cannot fully grasp, let alone explain.
Combining cutting edge circus, performance, live music, and video the audience enter the giant silver spaceship big top and become immersed in a promenade circus event taking place above around and amongst the audience in an explosion of furious fun and choreographed mayhem. Leave your circus preconceptions behind and join us for a turbo charged, ninety-minute, life changing roller coaster ride.
tabú poses the question: why is it that humans choose the dark side? Or is it the dark side that chooses us?
“Cirque Du Soleil without the Disney and the disinfectant… this is the future of British Circus.”
THE GUARDIAN
“A vividly entertaining and tumultuous new promenade production.”
THE TIMES
NEW!
Click here to see video footage of tabú.
Click here to read feedback on the Westival website for this year's show tabú.
Find out what Taunton audiences are saying about tabú and last year's show ImMortal - click here to visit our Feedback Forum.
Standing and Promenade only.
Whilst not specifically designed as a children’s show, we think children will love it.
Venue: Somerset College Playing Fields, Wellington Road, Taunton TA1 5AX
Parking is accessed via Heron Drive (off Silk Mills Road).
Click here for a location map
Start Time: 8pm
Sat Mats 2pm, Sun Mats 3pm & 5pm
Running Time: 2hrs
Tickets: F £17 all tickets / 4 for £64 (this deal is not available online - please contact the Box Office on 01823 283244).
Performance Schedule
| Sat 12 July | 8pm |
| Sun 13 July | 3pm & 8pm |
| Mon 14 July | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Tues 15 July | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Wed 16 July | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Thurs 17 July | 8pm |
| Fri 18 July | 8pm |
| Sat 19 July | 2pm & 8pm |
| Sun 20 July | 5pm |
| Mon 21 July | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Tues 22 July | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Wed 23 July | NO PERFORMANCE |
| Thurs 24 July | 8pm |
| Fri 25 July | 8pm |
| Sat 26 July | 2pm & 8pm |
Winner of 4 Major Awards
Welsh Theatre Awards 2004
Edinburgh Fringe Tap Water Awards 2005
The Jury Award Tarrega Festival, Spain 2005
Guardian Unlimited three weeks award 2005
tabú is funded by Arts Council England, The Arts Council of Wales and the PRS Foundation
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