★★★★
”…Authentically charming and humorous…”
”…tremendous physical storytelling…”
- Corr Blimey Review
TWO IN A BARREL
(Indoor show; ages 5+)
Two in a Barrel is a clown-inspired, physical theatre performance for young audiences about the waste we create, the destructive consequences of our habits, and co-existing in an environment with limited resources.
Two lively quirky best friends - Riri and Moku - are confined to a barrel sitting on top of an island of rubbish. They love finding treasures in the vast waste that surrounds them and making up their own world of adventure and imagination. Every little discarded thing can be transformed into a magical trinket that starts a fun game. But being in tight quarters means they face new challenges, like having to ration their food and learning to coexist. Danger arises when the waste around them continues to pile higher and threatens to cover them altogether.
By looking at mass consumerism and the destructive effects (non bio-degradable) waste has on our environment, this Beckett-meets-Pixar show poses questions about the trash we produce and invokes awareness and environmental activism.
Created and performed by Ruxandra Cantir and Sarah Rose Graber
Directed by Tim Licata
Set and Costume design by Fergus Dunnet
Sound Design by Susan Bear
Lighting Design by Laura Hawkins
Originally produced by Stephanie Katie Hunter for Scissor Kick
Supported by Creative Scotland, SURGE, Platform, Plutôt La Vie, and Imaginate.
We’re headed to Chicago on 1 and 2 June! Two in a Barrel is the keynote performance at the Winifred Ward Theatre Symposium at Northwestern University on 1 June, 2024. Tickets HERE.
Our 2 June performance is public and you can find tickets HERE.
Most recently, Two in a Barrel completed a tour across Scotland in Spring 2023 through Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund (https://scissorkick.co.uk/projects/two-in-a-barrel). Before that, the show toured in Spring 2022 through Puppet Animation Festival 2022 (now Manipulate Arts) and The Touring Network’s Supported Programme (info here). The show premiered online at the Edinburgh Science Festival 2021.
Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic
MORE PHOTOS HERE
Since 2021, we performed Two in a Barrel at:
Edinburgh Science Festival, National Museum of Scotland
Reconnect Regal Theatre, Bathgate
The Rockfield Centre, Oban
Mull Theatre, Tobermory
Craignish Village Hall, Lochgilphead
Quarrymen’s Arts Centre, Newton Stewart
Melrose Corn Exchange, Melrose
Cromarty Arts Trust, Cromarty
Eden Court, Inverness
Dunbeath Heritage Museum, Dunbeath
Reay Village Hall, Thurso
Gable End Theatre, Hoy
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
Shetland Arts, Mareel, Shetland
Platform, Glasgow
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
Universal Hall, Findhorn
Lyth Arts Centre, Wick
Byre Theatre, St Andrew’s
Rutherglen Town Hall, Glasgow
Moat Brae, Dumfries
Applecross Village Hall, Applecross
Wigtown Book Festival, Print Room, Wigtown
Wonder Hoose, Aberdeen
Strachur Village Hall, Cairndow
Three Villages Hall, Arrochar
Birnam Arts, Dunkeld
Over the years, we received financial/development support from:
Surge - Established Artist Residency (2019)
Imaginate - Scratch That (2019)
Edinburgh Science Festival (2021 and 2023)
Creative Scotland (Open Fund x2 and Touring Fund 2023)
Manipulate Arts (previously Puppet Animation Scotland, through their 2022 Puppet Animation Festival)
The Touring Network (Supported Programme 2022)
Special thanks to Platform and SURGE for rehearsal space, residency and support, Tim Licata our director, and genius man Fergus Dunnet for barrel design and making.
