Ghost Ship: A pagent for Portsmouth, this weekend…

Portsmouth Festivities, the city’s annual arts festival, will this year celebrate the 500th Anniversary of King Henry VIII’s coronation and the commissioning of his favourite warship, the Mary Rose.

Walk the Plank have been commissioned to create a free celebration which will engage local schools in a daytime procession and culminate in a twilight fire spectacle on Portsmouth’s Castle Field…

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Article posted on: Tue 23rd June, 2009

Walk the Plank prepare to collaborate with Denis Tricot

French artist Denis Tricot, transforms landscapes with his unique and graceful wooden sculpture installations, one of which will feature at Fuse Festival in Rochester Castle Gardens, Kent. In ‘Duo de Feu’ Walk the Plank will be assisting in setting the scene, working with Denis to transform the land into a temporary art gallery.

Add a soundtrack, vocals and cello by Vania Dombrovszky and this show promises to be a beautiful work of art, produced by ArtsAgenda.

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Article posted on: Tue 9th June, 2009

Walk the Plank at Manchester’s FEAST festival

This Friday 5th June, Heavens Above: An astronomical mobile, will visit Manchester’s Platt Fields Park as part of FEAST, a weekend celebration of street arts and outdoor performance in association with MIA and Xtrax. This mobile of astonishing proportions was originally commissioned for both Oxford and Middlesbrough’s Winter Light Festivals.

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Article posted on: Tue 5th May, 2009

Walk the Plank in Brighton and Luton THIS WEEKEND

It’s a hive of activity here at Walk the Plank as we prepare for two very special shows taking place this weekend.

Fire, Smoke and Mirrors has been commissioned by Brighton Festival and will take place in the city’s Queen’s Park. In Fire, Smoke and Mirrors, Walk the Plank experiment with perception, creating an evening of illusion and experience…

The long anticipated Opening of the brand new UK Centre for Carnival Arts will take place in Luton this Sunday. Walk the Plank will be collaborating with other international artists, to produce a finale show which will reflect the many faces of carnival…

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Article posted on: Wed 29th April, 2009

Walk the Plank are co-commissioned by Manchester International Festival

MIF Creative, (Manchester International Festival’s creative learning programme), the Museum of Science and Industry and the Centre for Urban Education have co-commissioned a brand new show from Walk the Plank and Thingumajig Theatre.

First premièring in July at Manchester International Festival’s The Great Indoors, The Difference Engine will then be reinvented for the Museum of Science & Industry for autumn 2009.

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Article posted on: Fri 20th March, 2009

Liverpool’s Transition event features as part of BBC 2’s “Rocket Science”

This Friday 20th March sees the final installment of Diverse TV’s three-part series “Rocket Science” air on BBC 2 at 9pm. The series has followed the experiences and adventures of 8XS at Woodchurch High, a class who were less than interested in science before physics teacher Andy Smith set out to teach them everything safe there is to know about fireworks.

This Friday, the class’ journey will culminate, as they work with the Walk the Plank production team on creating Liverpool’s Capital of Culture Transition fireworks. You can also catch the first two episodes on BBC iPlayer.

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Article posted on: Thu 19th March, 2009

Walk the Plank in Luton, Brighton and Stockton

Walk the Plank have announced three upcoming gigs for this spring. The trio of events, taking place in May, are all new pieces of work and will see Walk the Plank presenting work in Luton, Brighton and Stockton…

Fire, Smoke and Mirrors

Commissioned for Brighton Festival
2nd and 3rd May

The opening of the UK Centre for Carnival Arts

A celebratory event in Luton
3rd May

The opening of the Infinity Bridge

Walk the Plank open Stockton’s iconic new bridge
14th May

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Article posted on: Mon 23rd February, 2009