Soapbox

SOAPBOX is Chester Performs’ regular programme of contemporary performance and film, presented in non-theatre spaces around the city.

Summer Programme

Thursday 11th June 2009
A Western by Action Hero
8pm, £8 (£7concs), Alexander's, Rufus Court
Enter the worlds of an imaginary Western…a celebration of generic heroes, cowboy characters and the failure of the all –American idol.
A Western is a live art production, where the audience will form part of the narrative.

Thursday 25th June 2009
Soapbox Film: Blind Husbands
8pm, £7 (£6 concs), Bishop Lloyd’s Palace, Watergate Row South.
Considered to be one of the most impressive directorial debuts of all time, Erich Von Stroheim’s silent movie Blind Husbands tells the story of a lustful army officer, who sets his cap at the dreamy wife of a rich American whilst on holiday in the South Tyrol. The film will be screened in original Tudor building Bishop Lloyd’s Palace, where the audience will be transported back in time.

Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th July
Mind the Gap by Loci Productions
6:45pm and 8:30pm, £7.50 (£6.50 concs)
The Tunnel, Olio & Farina, Bridge St.
The tunnel located at the rear of this high street deli will form the stage for this piece, set on a broken down Tube train.
Midnight. Last tube home. Stuck in a tunnel. Lights go out.
Dawn and Dismas don’t know if they are alone or trapped in the company of strangers. They have nothing but the dark. How can you trust someone when you can’t see their face

Thursday 23rd July 2009
Soapbox Film: Man on Wire (12A)
8pm , £7 (£6 concs), St. Olave's Church, Lower Bridge St.
On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler and street performer, days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, and lying on a wire illegally rigged between the World Trade Centre's twin towers in New York.

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