{"id":662,"date":"2015-05-06T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/?p=662"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:11:22","slug":"beowulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Beowulf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beowulf-6-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-704\" width=\"768\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beowulf-6-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beowulf-6-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beowulf-6-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beowulf-6.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>FEATURED AT: <br>Sweet Venues, Brighton Fringe<br>Sweet Venues, Edinburgh Fringe<br>Old Joint Stock, Birmingham<br>The Spread Eagle, Croydon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Andy Cresswell<br>Additional puppetry direction by Matt Rudkin<br>Puppets designed and created by Daisy Jordan at Barely Human Puppets<br>Illustrations and shadow puppets by Laura Dumbrell<br>Produced by Mill Goble for Atomic Force Productions Ltd <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A contemporary version of the Anglo-Saxon epic, combining tabletop and shadow puppetry, live music and poetry. A poet performs the tale in verse, bringing the story to life with a memorable cast of puppet characters, each with their own unique voice and style. They debate, dance and battle their way through a story about bravery, fame and humanity. Sold out at Brighton Fringe 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;An\nexcellent, modern, family-friendly tale&#8230; The Saxon storytellers would be\nproud&#8221; (The Argus, 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Tom Dussek\u2019s sonorous\nnarration sweeps us up like the rolling waves that bear Beowulf\u2019s ship across\nthe seas&#8221; (A Younger Theatre, 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This production is a\ndazzling feat of the imagination, and a reminder of the importance of using our\nown.&#8221; (IdeasMag, 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 The Argus, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 A Younger\nTheatre, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEATURED AT: Sweet Venues, Brighton FringeSweet Venues, Edinburgh FringeOld Joint Stock, BirminghamThe Spread Eagle, Croydon Directed by Andy CresswellAdditional puppetry direction by Matt RudkinPuppets designed and created by Daisy Jordan at Barely Human PuppetsIllustrations and shadow puppets by Laura DumbrellProduced by Mill Goble for Atomic Force Productions Ltd A contemporary version of the Anglo-Saxon epic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3870,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/3870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atomicforce.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}