PRESS RELEASE
13th January 2014
Cirquit Productions presents:
Square Peg Contemporary Circus’
Rime
National Theatre co-commissioned mix of circus, dance and theatre based on Coleridge’s The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Directed by Tim Lenkiewicz
*WINNER* Herald Angel Award 2012
NATIONAL TOUR 5th March to 27th September 2014
Co-commissioned by the National Theatre, this devised work by Roundhouse and Jackson’s Lane
associate artists Square Peg Contemporary Circus combines circus, theatre and dance in an adaptation
of Coleridge’s Epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Using the poem to elicit the emotional journey
of the groom-to-be in the run up to his wedding, the performance is a combination of group acrobatics, human
towers, Chinese pole, ropes and flips, drawn together by one of the UK’s freshest new circus companies.
First premiered to a sold out audience at Roundhouse in April 2012, Rime has been performed at Edinburgh
Fringe Festival 2012 (Herald Angel Award winner), at the National Theatre’s Watch This Space festival, and
Camp Bestival. This is the first large scale tour of the show.
The company first found its feet in 2009 as The Roundhouse Circus Company, a Roundhouse studios project
working with young people under the age of 26. Since then they have thrived, changing their name to Square
Peg and producing four shows with fifty public performances that have been seen by over 40,000 people. Their
adaptation of Ovid’s Echo and Narcissus was performed to sold-out audiences in 2010 as part of the
Roundhouse Circus Festival. Members of the company have performed in host of high profile contexts
spanning both live performance and film, with credits including the Olympic Opening Ceremony, English
National Ballet, Theatre Royal Haymarket, the Cairo Opera Ballet Company, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and
box-office hit Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Artistic director Tim Lenkiewicz began his career in the circus over 15 years ago, and has since travelled
across the globe as a performer, teacher, director and project leader. Having trained at both London’s Circus
Space and the Kiev State College for Circus and Variety Arts, his work combines circus with dance, theatre
and technology with the aim of creating beautiful, innovative story telling.
Square Peg are associate artists at the Roundhouse and Jacksons Lane. Rime is co-commissioned by the National Theatre.
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Running Time: 60 mins | Suitable for all ages
Company Information
Performed by
Antonio Harris, Hege Eriksdätter, Isabelle Schuster, Jean-Daniel Broussé, Nikki Rummer, Rosamond Martin, Tomos James
Directed & produced by Tim Lenkiewicz
Producer Flora Herberich
Designed by Lise Marker
Choreographed by Martin Corri
Sound Design Tim Lenkiewicz
Production/Stage Manager Will Measham
Costume Supervisor Sophie B Hansen
Prop Supervisor Kasper Hansen
Electroacoustic and production consultancy Jonathan Impett Audio and Technical Consultancy Stephen Bennet
Press Contact: Dan at Mobius 020 7269 9929 or dan@mobiusindustries.com
Listings Information
5 Mar
StAnza International Poetry Festival
The Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Abbey Street, St Andrews KY16 9LA
7.30pm | £9 (£7 concs)
www.stanzapoetry.org | box office
22 Mar
The Black-E, Liverpool
1 Great George St, Liverpool L1 5EW
Times and prices TBC
www.theblack-e.co.uk/ | 0151 709 5109
12 & 13 Apr
The Lowry, Salford
Pier 8, The Quays, Salford, Manchester, Greater Manchester M50 3AZ
7pm, Sat matinee 2pm | £16-£12
www.thelowry.com | 0843 208 6000
30 Apr
Cambridge Junction
Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX
7pm | £12 (£8 concs)
www.junction.co.uk | 01223 511511
16 & 17 May
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Civic Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2AS
7.45pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm | £15-£5
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk | 01473 295 900
24 - 25 May
Lakeside Theatre, Nottingham
University Of Nottingham, University Blvd, Nottingham, NG7 2RD
6pm | prices TBC
www.lakesidearts.org.uk | 0115 846 7777
14 June
The Point, Eastleigh
Leigh Rd, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9DE
Times and prices TBC
www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk | 023 8065 2333
25 July (TBC)
Bristol Harbour Festival
Details TBC
8 – 10 Aug
Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
Marine Parade Worthing, West Sussex BN11 3PX
7.30pm, Sat and Sun matinees 2.30pm | £12.50 (£9.50 concs, £8.50 Friends)
www.worthingtheatres.co.uk | 01903 206 206
16 Aug
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DE
7:30pm | prices TBC
www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/ | 01970 62 32 32
22 – 25 Aug
Greenbelt Festival, London
1b Snow Hill Court, London, EC1A 2EJ
Times and prices TBC
www.greenbelt.org.uk | 020 7329 0039
29 & 30 Aug
Harlow Playhouse
Playhouse Square, Town Centre CM20 1LS
Times and prices TBC
www.playhouseharlow.com | 01279 431945
Press Contact: Dan at Mobius 020 3195 6269 or dan@mobiusindustries.com
13 & 14 Sept (TBC)
Up in the Air Festival, Dorset
Details TBC
22 – 27 Sept (TBC)
Stratford Circus, London
Theatre Square, London E15 1BX
Times and prices TBC
www.stratford-circus.com | 0844 357 2625
Rime is produced by Cirquit Productions Limited with support from the Arts Council England, IdeasTap, Roundhouse, Jacksons Lane, the
National Theatre, The Hangar Arts Trust, University of East Anglia, Kiln Ideas ltd. and Throughline.
Press Contact: Dan at Mobius 020 3195 6269 or dan@mobiusindustries.com