Tangled Feet

Tangled Feet are an ensemble of theatre practitioners committed to making original work. The company has developed a trademark style of experimental performance, which always begins from a process of physical improvisation and play. Find out more about us.

Tangled Feet News

Tangled Feet take to 2013

We hit the ground running as we start 2013 with two projects laying the foundation for the year. First off we have a one week residency at ARC in Stockton as we develop some new site specific work and a return to inside spaces with the possibility of some national touring in 2014.

The second of our projects see us collaborating with Rainbow SIBS, a support group for children who have a brother or sister with autism. Over 6 weeks we will join Rainbow SIBS to create a Therapeutic Theatre Group. Working within a drama therapy setting the group will work towards creating a performance together.

We are thrilled to have received a grant to support our core costs from The Foyle Foundation to support our 2013 work. This is an exciting development and our first core grant. Thank you Foyle Foundation! We would also like to thank Arts Council England for recent funding towards our Artistic and Organisational development in early 2013.

Now Booking

We are taking bookings for Inflation, our political comedy, for this Summer.

Inflation

A bouncy castle sits in a public space. On it Tangled Feet try to solve the recession, understand currency trading and keep the darn thing up! Every attempt at order and structure is undermined by the shifting financial landscape and the actions of others. Using an evocative soundtrack, physicality and slapstick comedy Tangled Feet explore the uncertain ground our world is standing on.

Audience Feedback

“Absolutely fantastic. It was the most original event show I’ve seen in a very long time. Very sophisticated too.”

“Funny, clever, thought provoking”

“Fantastic fun idea with serious political content”

“Inflation should be mandatory viewing for everyone”

New Projects

We are currently developing some new projects and surprises that will create our 2013 summer season as well as possible projects in the Autumn and beyond so keep your eyes peeled and follow us on twitter or facebook

Tangled Feet Took To The Streets

Summer 2012 was Tangled Feet’s busiest ever as we mounted our first ever season of free outdoor work – Tangled Feet Take To The Streets.

Tangled Feet grew to its biggest ever size – 30 artists, 115 participants, 6 interns and over 18,000 audience came together over four politically-provocative pieces of free performance.

We had a wonderful time touring 4 productions to some amazing festivals, including The National Theatre’s Watch This Space Festival, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, Lyric Hammersmith’s Theatre in the Square, Imagine Watford, Latitude Festival, FUSE Festival, Games Time Animation, Birmingham Hippodrome’s Six Summer Saturdays, Angel Canal Festival and Disco Loco.

As part of the season, a company of young theatre-makers came together in a programme of intensive workshops to learn about making outdoor work. You can read about their experiences here

Over at our dedicated ‘Take To The Streets’ website, www.tangledstreets.com, audience, participants and artists shared responses to the season, uploading blogs, comments and photos to create a digital archive.

Miraculously, despite the worst summer England has seen for decades, we only lost one performance out of more than 40. The weather gods must have ben smiling on us.

THE SHOWS:

Our new show, Inflation, attempted to solve the financial crisis on a bouncy castle, bringing the tricky quadrillion dollar question of derivatives trading onto the high street with a blend of clowning, bouncing and David Cameron.

“Inflation should be mandatory viewing for everyone” Audience member, Watford

(We now think we are perhaps the only theatre company in the UK that comes with its own inflatable fortress).

More about Inflation here

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air grew bigger and more spectacular. We were joined by a flashmob of 50 volunteer performers for our finale at the National Theatre.

More about All That Is Solid here

The Hide refined its special brand of people-watching with our ‘expert on humans’ Robin (and survived a zombie attack and an under-5s invasion in the process)

More about The Hide here

Rantbox took verbatim opinions on climate change – from local people and world leaders alike – and turned them into pop-up performance. Ever wondered what Barack Obama would look like dancing to Europe’s The Finale Countdown?

More about Rantbox here

Alongside the productions we created a dedicated online space to document and discuss the work. Have a look at www.tangledstreets.com for a combination of blogs, audience comments, photos and feedback.

Thank you to all the people who became part of Tangled Feet this summer and helped make the season such a success. We hope to see you again for the next part of the journey.

Tangled Feet’s Summer of participation

As an integral part of our Take To The Streets season, Tangled Feet were joined by 10 young theatre-makers who came together for 12 days of intensive workshops and a 360 degree introduction to making devised/outdoor work. The young company visited five of the major outdoor festivals at which Tangled Feet were performing, seeing an incredible range of outdoor work as well as getting a good picture of behind-the-scenes touring.

Workshops included directing and devising with Artistic Director Nathan Curry, taking risks in performance lead by ensemble member Mario, a physical theatre workshop lead by ensemble members Leon and Suzy,

creating and maintaining rhythm in performance lead by ensemble member Tunji, an introduction to Meisner with ensemble member Fiona, verbatim techniques with Artistic Director Kat Joyce, dramatherapy techniques with Partipation manager Alex, and a workshop on finding and applying for funding lead by our Development Manager and ensemble member Jonathan Ellicott.

The young company facilitated free Tangled Feet methodology workshops at The National Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith and Watford Palace, and were instrumental in developing, teaching and supporting the flash mob of performers who joined Tangled Feet for the finale ofAll That Is Solid Melts Into Air at the National Theatre.

“I loved doing morning workshops and then going festivals. It was really nice going to festivals that I hadn’t heard of and encountering types of street performance that I didn’t know much about previously.”

“(I enjoyed most) the sense of equality-no one is better or worse than anyone else, everyone learning from each other.” “Meeting new people, a friendly familiar safe and supportive environment.”

“My lasting memory will be performing at the National, gaining life-long skills and confidence in my teaching ability, and experiencing so many different types of workshops. And meeting some brilliant people and reconnecting with Tangled Feet!”

“Being part of the ensemble of All that is Solid….That was a highlight not only of working with Tangled Feet but the summer!”

Tangled Feet Internship Opportunities

We support recent graduates in the first steps of their career with specially-tailored internships in an area or areas of theatre production which they are particularly keen to get expertise in. Our (paid) interns are an absolutely vital part of the Tangled Feet production team.

“To be able to sit in and have my opinions heard in a devising and rehearsal process was beyond amazing! If I’m honest, I assumed (incorrectly) that an ‘internship’ meant I would be making tea and stuffing envelopes for three months. But in fact I was asked to help with stage management aspects and even put in charge of running the tech for one of the Inflation shows at the Lyric Hammersmith, which was beyond brilliant (if a little scary)!.”

“The opportunity to teach the extended ensemble the end routine for ATISMIA was really exciting, and nice to feel trusted with what felt like a huge task in the absence of the actors. (The most valuable part for me was) simply the opportunity to explore more aspects of theatre production in an effort to try and decide what I eventually wanted to do. Remembering that I actually really do enjoy performing and creating. Being made to feel very welcome, never ‘just’ an intern”

If you are interested in future interning opportunities with Tangled Feet, please send a CV and a covering letter explaining your interest in the company to participation@tangledfeet.com.

Tangled Feet are supported by the Foyle Foundation

Tangled Feet are delighted to announce that The Foyle Foundation have offered us a grant to help support our core costs. This is a very exciting development and we are looking for other charitable trusts and foundations to match this gift.

If you are an individual or organisation that is interested in finding out how you can support Tangled Feet, please contact our Development Manager Jonathan Ellicot on development@tangledfeet.com

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