Slava returns to the Lowry with his stunning masterpiece
PRESS RELEASE | BILL ELMS ASSOCIATES on behalf of THE LOWRY
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Mark Goucher, Matthew Gale and Jenny King by arrangement with Slava and Gwenael Allan present
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW
Created and staged by SLAVA
SLAVA returns to The Lowry with his stunning visual masterpiece - Tickets are now on sale!
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SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW returns to the UK this autumn touring for the first time in three years, taking in The Lowry, Salford for a strictly limited period from 26 – 30 October. It ends its UK tour playing a Christmas season at the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre.
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW is the internationally acclaimed winner of the Time Out, Olivier and Drama Desk awards for most unique theatrical experience. It is a visual masterpiece loved by children and adults alike. A combination of theatrical clowning and stunning spectacle, SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW is performed by a highly renowned company of clowns led by Slava Polunin. The show creates a dream-like world where one extraordinary image melts into another culminating in a stunning finale leaving the audience literally knee-deep in snow.
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW premiered in the UK in 1994 and has since toured the country, delighting audiences of all ages and winning an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment during its run at the Old Vic in 1998. The Tony Award nominated show has won accolades the world over receiving the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Unique Theatrical Experience in 2005 and The Stanislavski Award in SLAVA’s native Russia in 2001. The show’s popularity overseas has seen it performed in 120 cities in 30 countries to more than 3 million spectators in over 4000 performances.
“Simply thrilling… unmissable comedy masterpiece.”
The Independent
“DAZZLING! Guaranteed to make even the glum thaw into happiness”
The Observer
“All I can say is that it’s a true white winter wonderland, bringing back the magic of childhood – an experience not to be missed.”
British Theatre Guide
More information on Slava’s Snowshow can be found on www.slavasnowshow.co.uk
LISTING INFORMATION
SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW
The Lowry
Wed 26 – Sun 30 October 2011
Times: Wed – Sun 7.30pm, Thu - Sun 2pm
Tickets: £15 - £27
How to Book: In person from The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ, call 0843 2086005 or go online www.thelowry.com
Running time: 2hrs (Approx)
Recommended for everyone aged 8 and over.
-ENDS-
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Notes to Editors
For more information, interview and competition requests or review tickets, please contact Bill Elms at Bill Elms Associates on 0151 245 0135 | 07930 454376 | bill@billelms.com
Press Performance: Wed 26 October - 7.30pm
Image Gallery
For images, please go to The Lowry’s image library www.thelowryimages.com. New users need to register by clicking on ‘register’ on the left hand side of the page, fill in the required information (which includes creating your own password) and click ‘create account’. You will then have access to images via the log-in page by clicking on All Albums >Theatre>Christmas Shows>Slava’s Snowshow
THE CREATOR
Slava Polunin
Slava was born in a very small town in Russia, far from all the big cities. His childhood was spent in forests, fields, and by a river. He lived in the world of fantasies, and liked to invent new things and make up stories. He would build 4-storey tree houses and snow towns, and Organise funny parties for his friends. Through TV and cinema he fell in love with the great clowns and mimes. To be a clown became his biggest dream. He was so passionate about this that he could not wait until he graduated. At the age of 17, he went to Leningrad with the intention of studying engineering. Instead, he joined a mime studio and so began his long-term quest to reclaim and re-establish the art and craft of the true clown. Influenced by great artists such as Chaplin, Marcel Marceau, Engibarov, and building on his innate talents, Slava and his theatre company founded in 1979, took clowning out of the circus onto the streets, and from there into the major theatres of the world.
Slava's reputation grew rapidly and people travelled miles to learn his unique mix of alternative clowning and visual theatre. Former students of Slava have now progressed to form their own companies and many have been cast in productions of the Cirque du Soleil, or enjoyed successful independent careers.
Slava first brought his theatre to England in 1988. His three performances at the Hackney Empire were enough to establish his name overnight. Five years later he gathered together the highlights of his repertoire and the resulting show, SNOWSHOW (formerly called Yellow), was hailed as a triumph, winning him a Time Out Award.
Following this London success, he toured North America with Cirque du Soleil’s production of Alegría, which continues to feature excerpts from SNOWSHOW. He won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment during a sold-out run at the Old Vic, London in 1997. SNOWSHOW is now touring the world and has been performed in over 30 countries, 120 cities and to more than 3 million spectators in over 4000 performances.
In 1989, Slava led a group of 150 clowns on a six-month tour of major capitals of Eastern and Western Europe in a procession called The Mir (Peace) Caravan. Up to 50 local companies joined them at each stop, boosting the huge troupe even further!
He still acts as President of the Academy of Fools, which he founded, and which has produced more than 30 productions including:
The first Russian Mime-Parade (pantomime) theatre festival (1982)
The 1st international Mime and Clowns Festival in Russia (1985)
Licei, the first Russian street festival (1987)
Congress of Fools, the first theatre clown festival (1988 & 2008)
Mir Caravan (1989)
The Wall (1991)
Three Nights, the 1st carnival in St Petersburg since 1917 (1992)
Crazy Women, the world’s first international female clown festival (1993)
Dram cimphony
Ship of Fools
Parad of Carnivals
Clowns of XXth century
Three carnivals (2001)
SNOWSHOW, like all of Slava’s work, is best described as a “work in progress”, constantly changing and comprising new inventions, new inspirations and new ideas. Slava’s creative aspiration is to lead Theatrical Clowning into the 21st Century while entrancing family audiences around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Polunin
THE LOWRY
The Lowry celebrated its 10th anniversary on 28 April 2010 and has spent 11 years delighting, engaging and challenging both local and national audiences with the very best in visual art and performance. The Lowry Centre Trust is a not-for-profit charitable organisation and registered charity (no. 1053962). All income supports our world-class Theatres and Galleries programme, the care and display of the LS Lowry Collection and our life-changing Community and Education work. The Lowry’s Chief Executive, Julia Fawcett was awarded an OBE for services to the Arts in the Queen’s 2010 New Year Honours list.
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Bill
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