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Here’s our e-flyer for A Western at BAC. Come along and see us. Its free! We’re also performing a new BAC Scratch Commission, How to Disappear- it’ll be the first time we’ve performed the finished piece. Its limited capacity so you’ll need to book.

Those of you who didn’t catch ‘A Western’ last year at Arnolfini in Bristol have a chance to catch it at Tobacco Factory in May as part of Mayfest.

We’re performing it on the 12th May at 9:15pm (after the 8pm show) and its £5 to get in or free with a ticket for Drunken Chorus.

The Metro called the show “Brilliant” and “immensely clever” so come and see what they mean!

Book tickets through Tobacco Factory on 01179 020344

See you there xx

you might remember that we were commissioned by BAC last year to make a performance that existed within the confines of Punchdrunk’s Masque of the Red Death. Well Punchdrunk’s run has been extended and we’ve been asked back to perform it again.

We’ll be there next week on monday, tuesday and wednesday (31st, 1st, 2nd) in a tiny hidden space so if you happen to be going to see the show on one of those days come and seek us out!

We’ll also be spending the week at BAC working on development of ‘How to Disappear’ to be performed at this years Burst festival in May.

We’re starting work on a new piece of work and will be showing very early ideas at Residence from 8pm on 29th March. Tom Marshman will also be performing on the night as well.

Residence is at The Old Horfield Police Station,

6 Sommerville road, Bishopston, Bristol.

Turn right after Ocean estate agents on Gloucester road and its the red door number 6.

They’ll be booze and chat afterwards.

See you there xx

Well the tour is over and we had a great time. A fitting finale in Alsager arts centre with a big lively crowd who shot our hero down like no others before!

If you missed us then not to worry however because ‘A Western’ is not dead yet. We’ll be performing it again as part of the Burst festival at BAC in London on the 23rd and 24th of May. Also that week on the 19th, 20th and 21st we’ll be showing the finished version of ‘How to Disappear’ for the first time so if you’re in London there is an Action Hero feast awaiting you in May. Also at BAC we’re hoping to revive the short 5 minute piece we did inside Punchdrunk’s Masque of the Red Death’ but dates are yet to be confirmed…..

Also in May ‘A Western’ will be showing in our hometown Bristol, which we’ll have more details about very soon so keep your eyes peeled.

Until then we’re getting busy starting work on a new show…..

look out for more details coming soon……

We’re now half way through the tour with dates at Leeds Met Studio, Warwick Arts Centre, and Exeter Phoenix behind us, and next up is Contact Theatre in Manchester. We’re really looking forward to this one as it promises to be a good night. As you may or may not know, ‘A Western’ is performed in the bar and on our previous visits to Contact we’ve enjoyed the vibe there and reckon its going to be a good’n. So far we’ve enjoyed the dirty intimacy of our cellar bar performance in Exeter, the immense vastness of Warwick Arts Centre and the cinematic serenity of the cafe in Leeds. We’ve used 9 bottles of ketchup, drunk 3 shots of whisky, and confused lots of security staff.

 Friday 7:30pm in the Contact Theatre bar and its FREE. If you can make it then there is no excuse to miss it!

Ring 0161 274 0600 to book tickets

Be there or be square

www.contact-theatre.org

After beginning our tour at Leeds Met on 5th and 6th, here are the rest of the dates for 2008. Hope to see you there!!

17th January 08 at Warwick Arts Centre - www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

22nd January 08 at Exeter Phoenix - www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

1st February 2008 at Contact Theatre,Manchester - www.contact-theatre.org

8th February 08 at Tramway Glasgow as part of NRLA - www.newmoves.co.uk

12th February 08 at Alsager Arts Centre - www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk
Happy New Year,

love gemma and james xx

Come and see A Western at Leeds Met! Its sold out on Wednesday 5th Dec but you can still get tickets for the 6th Dec at 7:30pm.

Metro have called it ‘resolutely off kilter but entirely accessible’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘immensely clever’ which is very nice of them…….

ring 0113 812 5998 to book tickets.

Here’s some dates to put in your diary if you want to catch us performing ‘A Western’.

5th-6th December 07 at Leeds Met studio - www.leedsmet.ac.uk/arts

17th January 08 at Warwick Arts Centre - www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

22nd January 08 at Exeter Phoenix - www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

8th February 08 at Tramway Glasgow as part of NRLA - www.newmoves.co.uk

12th February 08 at Alsager Arts Centre - www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk

Hope to see you there xx

Thought it was about time we updated you on our History project. We have now received 224 responses which we think is pretty good going. We know that the Met police was established by John Peel in 1829, the baggies won the FA cup in 1968, man invented the wheel in 92,430 BC and Rache was born in 1986. We still need to learn 199, 776 years worth of History but we have time……..

If you didn’t see the show but you still want to help us learn all of history you can e-mail us (info@actionhero.org.uk) and we’ll send you a stamped addressed postcard with a year on it. Find out what happened in that year, write it on the postcard and send it back.