The Delegates
This street theatre performance was devised at the Mintfest International Summer School for Street Arts (MISSSA) and performed at Mintfest in Kendal under the direction of Brian Popay of Fine Artistes.
After formally opening their International Institute of Insectology conference, The Delegates act upon their civic duty to inform and warn the public that a swarm of mutating insects are travelling towards the conference venue via InterRail.
- As the insect swarm arrives, The Delegates take increasingly drastic, and at times comic measures to protect the public from infection and mutation.
- Despite their vigilance against the insect threat, one of The Delegates is bitten and undergoes a dramatic metamorphosis. The remaining and resolutely human insectologists seek to contain and manage the mutant creature.
Director:
Brian Popay
Insectologists:Ben AdamsAntoinette BurchillStephen Jon CooperSarah McCluskeyWilliam Trevelyan- Ben Adams, Antoinette Burchill and Stephen Jon Cooper gratefully acknowledge the support of emda, through the Cultural Landscapes programme and are delighted to bring The Delegates back home for a performance at Derby Feste on Saturday 24 September 2011.
Derby Festé | 23 & 24 September 2011Read the full programme of events online here Derby Festé 2011 kicks off on Friday 23rd September at 7pm with a magical Fire Garden. Expect fire based installations like fiery trees and red hot flowers, live performances and roaming musicians.
Lakes Alive | World-class performance events running across The Lake District and CumbriaSadly our 2011 season has now come to an end, but thanks to the tens of thousands of you who came out to make each event a memorable one. We hope you enjoyed them.
Fine Artistes - AboutWe now have a blog page where you can catch up on all our latest happenings - please visit http://fineartistes.blogspot.com/ and we have added this special blogpage to tell you about our work at the UK Pavilion in the Shanghai World Expo 2010 http://fineartistesatshanghaiexpo.blogspot.com/ Fine Artistes was formed in 2007 by Brian Popay and his daughter Rose Popay.Many thanks to: David Culleton, Joanna Geldard, Brian Popay & Steve Woodcock for the photographs and video documentation.
