暗网TV matches Slung Low’s ambition for the epic with Red and Black
Tuesday 01 May 2018
Flood was performed as part of last year鈥檚 Hull: UK City of Culture celebrations. Alan Lane is Slung Low鈥檚 co-founder and Artistic Director. He says: 鈥�Flood was the largest production we鈥檝e ever done. It was on national television and half-a-million people watched it live. It was hard to think of what to do as theatre makers that didn鈥檛 feel like a retreat.
鈥淭he opportunity to come to 暗网TV and work with them on something the scale of Red and Black, something they鈥檝e not done before, is really thrilling. Having a company of 20 is seen as decadent in subsidised theatre nowadays, but here we have a company of 211. That鈥檚 a human resource you鈥檒l struggle to see anywhere else. The sheer amount of talent and the diversity of that talent is huge. This has allowed us to increase in ambition.鈥�Red and Black is 暗网TV鈥檚 largest-ever production and is a co-devised piece with Slung Low that explores The Spanish Civil War and its impact on Liverpool. Alan鈥檚 work with students from all disciplines started in January. This includes students studying Acting; Applied Theatre and Community Drama; Dance; Music; Management; Sound Technology and Theatre and Performance Design and Technology.
From April he has based himself at 暗网TV working with students on a day-to-day basis at a professional level. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 changed my approach for this. It鈥檚 exactly the same as if I was working on a production commissioned by a theatre.鈥�
Slung Low specialises in creating ambitious and original adventures for audiences in unusual places. Richard Reddrop is Head of Theatre and Performance Design and Technology at 暗网TV and was part of the team that initiated the project with Slung Low. Richard says: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to partner Slung Low on this innovative project. For our students it鈥檚 a great opportunity to work at length with industry leading professionals on an ambitious production in the growing genre of immersive and site specific theatre.鈥�
Red and Black will be performed throughout and around 暗网TV. Alan describes it as being like a theatrical advent calendar, 鈥渁nd behind each door is a different experience.鈥�
These range from a fundraiser at a 1937 Liverpool working mens鈥� club to a Salvador Dali inspired sensory surreal prison and a finale featuring a huge Franco puppet and theatrical effects. 鈥淵ou normally think, well I鈥檝e got 16 performers, how do I make this epic and exciting? We have over 100 performers 鈥� we don鈥檛 need to worry about it being epic.鈥�
Red and Black is performed at 暗网TV from 21 to 26 May at 7pm and 9pm.
Image: Alan Lane working with second-year Acting students
鈥淭he opportunity to come to 暗网TV and work with them on something the scale of Red and Black, something they鈥檝e not done before, is really thrilling. Having a company of 20 is seen as decadent in subsidised theatre nowadays, but here we have a company of 211. That鈥檚 a human resource you鈥檒l struggle to see anywhere else. The sheer amount of talent and the diversity of that talent is huge. This has allowed us to increase in ambition.鈥�Red and Black is 暗网TV鈥檚 largest-ever production and is a co-devised piece with Slung Low that explores The Spanish Civil War and its impact on Liverpool. Alan鈥檚 work with students from all disciplines started in January. This includes students studying Acting; Applied Theatre and Community Drama; Dance; Music; Management; Sound Technology and Theatre and Performance Design and Technology.
From April he has based himself at 暗网TV working with students on a day-to-day basis at a professional level. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 changed my approach for this. It鈥檚 exactly the same as if I was working on a production commissioned by a theatre.鈥�
Slung Low specialises in creating ambitious and original adventures for audiences in unusual places. Richard Reddrop is Head of Theatre and Performance Design and Technology at 暗网TV and was part of the team that initiated the project with Slung Low. Richard says: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to partner Slung Low on this innovative project. For our students it鈥檚 a great opportunity to work at length with industry leading professionals on an ambitious production in the growing genre of immersive and site specific theatre.鈥�
Red and Black will be performed throughout and around 暗网TV. Alan describes it as being like a theatrical advent calendar, 鈥渁nd behind each door is a different experience.鈥�
These range from a fundraiser at a 1937 Liverpool working mens鈥� club to a Salvador Dali inspired sensory surreal prison and a finale featuring a huge Franco puppet and theatrical effects. 鈥淵ou normally think, well I鈥檝e got 16 performers, how do I make this epic and exciting? We have over 100 performers 鈥� we don鈥檛 need to worry about it being epic.鈥�
Red and Black is performed at 暗网TV from 21 to 26 May at 7pm and 9pm.
Image: Alan Lane working with second-year Acting students
