At the end of everything else was developed at the national theatre studio and first performed in april 2014 at the unicorn theatre, london. 

The show is available for national/international touring and festival dates


Dates

2014
Unicorn Theatre, London

2015
BIAM International Puppetry festival, Paris
Freedom Festival, Hull
Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
Jabberwocky Market, Darlington
Strike A Light Festival, Gloucester
Looping The Loop Festival, Thanet
Doorstep Arts, Torbay

2016
Battersea Arts Centre
Cambridge Junction
Greenwich Theatre
​Home Theatre, Manchester
De Betrovering Festival, Den Haag, The Netherlands
The Egg, Bath
​Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

​2017
Stratford Circus
Taipei Children's Arts Festival, Taiwan


 
    


 

At The End of Everything Else

illustration by alberta torres


When her best friend, a little yellow bird named Tito, goes missing, Icka puts her inventive mind to the test and sets off on a mission over land and sea to save him. But nothing can prepare her for what she finds - a problem that she is unable to fix alone.

With the use of pedal power, At The End of Everything Else is a uniquely carbon neutral work, full of puppetry, animation and music where all the power required is generated by the collective energy of the team on stage. 

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written, directed and original score.... Mark Arends

Animation and cut outs.......................... John horabin and penny layden for skatedog films

Illustrations............................................... Alberta Torres

Electrical engineering............................. Colin tonks for electric pedals

Costumes....................................................... Jacqueline Bourdin

 

 

original devisors/performers................ Amrita Acharia, Avye leventis, ben whybrow, julia slienger, mark arends and tim lewis

 

Subsequent performers............................... Clémentine Bourdin, Claire Harvey,  Brenton Brown , Mikey Brett, Samantha Arends, 

                                                                  Stephen Spencer, Michael Dixon and Cezanne Tegelberg

 

 

Reviews​

 

​'IT IS THE KIND OF EVENT ABOUT WHICH ITS AUDIENCE WILL BE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE “I WAS THERE”.'★★★★★ -Plays to See

 

'IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOWS THIS SEASON AND SHOULD NOT BE MISSED' ★★★★★ -South London Press

 

​‘Compact, ingenious and vulnerable... A theatrical climax’ ★★★★ -Theatrekrant, Holland 

 

​'A POWERFUL STORY WITH A CREATIVE CONCEPT WONDERFULLY REALISED ON STAGE.' -Curious Mum

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