IMAGINARY FRIENDS

Ten performers and ten life-size puppets lead the audience on a

journey through the twisting and turning streets of group

relationships. Imaginary Friends is a mobile outdoor performance,

combining narrative with group improvisation, singing and theatrical

set-pieces.

The troupe come to life in series of guises, continually remaking

themselves into a gang of drunks, a group of ventriloquists, a dance

troupe, nurses and patients, children and teddy-bears, rescuers and

the rescued, the socially embarrassed and the socially

embarrassing. Imaginary Friends fuses choreography, improvisation

and singing to mould images of tenderness, humour, surprise and

cartoon-style violence into a story of life on the move.

Imaginary Friends is a collaboration between the British company

Whalley Range All Stars and the Dutch company Babok. Both

groups explore a variety of outdoor theatre forms and how these can

interact with the public.

Jacqueline - All of your work, including this piece, is truly amazing.

Best regards - Joe Harrison