Piazza del Popolo 05/09/2014

Piazza del Poppolo at De Vondelbunker
by Theatre Collective “Quelli di Astaroth”

De Vondelbunker is a Hard Mistress . . .

The first weekend of Free Fringe was amazing and overwhelming. De Vondelbunker is a hard mistress and so the crew are bunged up with what has become known as 'bunker crud'.We will update the blog soon with the best of the images and footage harvested from many of the shows and performances. But for now we are still digesting it all ! And if you weren't there - well, tough you missed it! There is more free fun to come - check for details at the Festival website http://freefringefestivalamsterdam.com/

SPOILERS ! Snaps from this week's rehearsals of Jarry Unchained

Ubu's Conscience gets out of the suitcase

Mark Christoph Klee as Alfred Jarry

Ma & Pa Ubu menace Professor Achras

Don't know what this is -
you'll have to see the show to find out September 12-14 at De Vondelbunker, Vondelpark 8a, Amsterdam

Must see production : Jarry Unchained at Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam

MEET THE DANCERS

INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR

TON HAAS ON PATAPHYSICS

Set in his Paris garret on the last day of his life, Jarry Unchained is a play by Sin Sin Collective about the life, work and significance of Alfred Jarry (1873 -1907). A key figure in fin de siècle Paris, Jarry was a Bohemian author, self-destructive hedonist and seminal influence in the development of Absurdism, Dada and The Surreal. This precocious artist, and rigorous eccentric was constructing cardboard costumes and having his characters exclaim ‘Shite’ on the Paris stage of the 1890s. ‘After us the savage God’ wrote Yeats having attended the infamous opening night riot of Ubu Roi. In the words of Jarry himself, ‘Screw good taste’.

Known for their pan-media Theatre shows, Sin Sin Collective’s new play is a pan-genre exploration of their subject. The result is a kaleidoscope of Theatrical and Musical styles blending Modern Theatre Dance, Improvisation, Comedy, Animation, Mask, live music and spectacular stage effects into a single narrative.

In Jarry Unchained, Alfred Jarry is visited on his deathbed by many of the characters from his distinctive cannon. The play deals with the artist’s dilemma of using his own life and even misfortunes as creative fuel. The play celebrates the glory of Jarry’s creative tour de force, and is seamlessly interwoven with still fresh and hilarious characters and scenes adapted from his plays Ubu Roi, Ubu Cuckolded and Ubu Enchained.

The academic, Professor Achras, leads us into Jarry’s life and significance via Jarry’s Time Machine and the power of Pataphysics Jarry’s baffling ‘science of imaginary solutions’.

Supported by gorgeous music & visuals, virtuoso dance performances and an accomplished cast this is the must see production.

(100 minutes)

JARRY UNCHAINED
by Sin Sin Collective
at De Vondelbunker
Vondelpark 8a, Amsterdam
Friday 12^th September 20:00
Saturday 13^th September 20:00
Sunday 14^th September 15:00

Cast & Credits

Mark Christoph Klee -  Alfred Jarry/Choreography
Dorothy Heady-Carroll - La Fée Verte/Ruby
Ton Haas - Professor Achras
Roberto Bacchilega - Pa Ubu
Sam Heady - Ma Ubu/Babette/Demon
Daniel Rakish – Palcontent/Pablo Picasso
Erik van Wees - The Conscience
Lorna Buckley – Demon
Silvia Terribili – Demon
Claudio Sanzana – Lighting
Martin Millband – Max Jacob/Guitar/Sound Engineer
Martin Carroll – Ukulele/Visuals/Music Composer
David Rothschild – Euphonium/Trombone
Gino Calenda – Design
Set Design – Tatteljee
Directed by Sam Heady
Written by - Sin Sin

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Floating Gounds Mini-Festival Preview

These photographs, taken by our good friend and amazing photographer Tatjana Todorovik, capture some of the magic that was in the air at Floating Grounds Mini Festival on Midsummer's Night. 

Many thanks to the artists who previewed their work and to all who came along to see the show and enjoy the beautiful open air location under the stars. 

See you for more fun 4 - 14 September at Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam 2014.

 With hammer, 2 ukuleles and a slab of beer we're all set for a day in the country 

The roustabouts plying their trade

Sin Sin Acoustic opened the show

Silvia Terribili in Moonflower

Ton Haas greets the guest of honour

Astarotheatro's Piazza del Popolo

Daniel Rakish shortly after nearly burning down the tent

In-Players presented a double bill of Pinter shorts, Precisely, pictured here . . . 

. . . and the resonant Mountain Language about a people forbidden to speak their own language

James (Ghsts n Guitars) put the Summer Solstice sun to bed . . . 

 . . . and we were all onder de indruk

Gogol's Diary of A Madman performed by Francis Cox

Fay Heady presented a preview  premiere of her new animation Flashback

Anamorphic Dance Theatre with the visually stunning Owl Service 

Theatropo and NORTHKOREOGRAPHIES

Ton Haas and Joost van der Knaap brought the house down with an excerpt from the comedy Jarry Unchained

On Midsummer’s Night join us at FLOATING GROUNDS Mini Festival celebrating the flourishing artistic and cultural freedom still to be found here in Amsterdam with exclusive previews from the forthcoming
FREE FRINGE FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 2014

Be part of the Midsummer magic and drink a toast to freedom. Guests are welcome to camp overnight in the festival tents or to bring their own floating ground rules here. Floating Grounds is a wonderful opportunity for the artists to meet and exchange ideas for the Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam and to generate publicity for the events. Future Vision Amsterdam will be recording interviews and other footage for inclusion in the arts and underground culture programme which goes out on SALTO 1 (UPC Channel 32) Wednesdays 18:00 - 19:00.

The programme of short theatre, music, AV performances, dance, animation & film will run from 20:00 and on into Midsummer's Night, staged in beautiful podium tents supplied by Tatteljee. 

Come and find out what  the Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam is all about.
email samheady@hotmail.com for directions to our secret location 20 minutes by bike from Amsterdam Centrum

Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam is not your usual shovel load of shite. Now in its 3rd year, Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam is a genuinely diverse multidisciplinary arts festival showcasing Amsterdam's REAL Fringe scene. The best of independent, cutting edge art and performance and all for FREE - Are they CRAZY?

Join the fun 4 – 14 September 2014 at De Vondelbunker and other city-wide locations.

Check the website in the coming weeks for updates, archive and press coverage
freefringefestivalamsterdam.com

Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam 2014 is now open for proposals!

Last year, this wonderful little festival featured a wealth of theatre, music, dance, improvisation, film, animation, games, exhibitions, comics and all sorts of music and weird goings-on for 10 exhilarating days at Amsterdam's historic Vondelbunker, nestling in the bosom of the beautiful Vondel Park and other city-wide locations. 

In 2014 it is our mission once again to present a genuinely diverse programme of art and performance celebrating the thriving artistic community in Amsterdam and beyond, all for FREE.

GET ON BOARD FREE FRINGE FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 2014

Proposals are open to artists of all disciplines

The Deadline for proposals is 30 June 2014

We offer technical support and an environment where creative freedom and respect for the artists’ vision is central.

No costs are incurred by participating artists for hire of the venues.

The Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam will take place 4 - 14 September 2014.

Artists may also have the possibility to present their work in a preview for press and invited guests at Floating Grounds, a small open air festival on Midsummer's Day on an organic farm just outside Amsterdam and on Future Vision Amsterdam, Underground Arts & Culture Television Programme on SALTO 1.

The festival is in the hands of the artists and is not controlled by the objectives of any corporate sponsors.

Venues who would like to host or programme their own event under the umbrella of Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam in September 2014 are also invited to apply.

To get onboard Free Fringe Festival Amsterdam 2014 contact us
c/o samheady@hotmail.com

Visit www.freefringefestivalamsterdam.com

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