Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF) 2013 Programme

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Welcome to the 26th SIRF

The first weekend in August is always a great time to be outdoors in Stockton and a chance to discover and rediscover all that is special about the town and the spirit and vibrancy that SIRF brings to Stockton.

SIRF marks its return to the Riverside where we open the Festival with Theater Titanick’s show of metal, fire and music, Furnace Symphony, and end there with our stunning finale Compagnie Off’s Girafes. You could bump into roving Rhinos on the High Street, visit the creche for baby vegetables on Trinity Green and enjoy the passion of fire and tango in Parish Gardens. We’re welcoming back old friends to the Festival; Bad Taste Company, Motionhouse and Pif-Paf, and introducing new artists; Compagnie Retouramont, Emke Idema and Pere Faura. And, of course, we have our Community Carnival filling the High Street with Stories of the World!

Join us for another unstoppable, un-missable and unbelievable weekend of fantastic festival fun – we might be 26 this year but there is no sign of us growing up yet!

The SIRF Team

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FestivAL LAuNCHtheAter titAnick (germAny) FuRnACE SYMPHOnY A uK PREMIEREThe festival launch celebrates a return to the Riverside in a spectacular flame-filled fashion!

Theater Titanick are no strangers to SIRF – last seen re-enacting the sinking of the Titanic, this time they are back with a bang or a blast to be more precise! Furnace Symphony takes inspiration from the drama and alchemy of steel making – a fitting celebration of our rich steel-industry heritage.

This is a symphony with a twist created by an orchestra like no other - the six musicians don’t sit down on comfortable chairs but take their place between three towers of fire. They don’t play the violin or the trumpet but archaic instruments from the Titanick factory and this wouldn’t be Titanick if the wondrous steel constructions didn’t develop a life of their own. Driven by vanity and rivalry, the gifted musicians not only play the musical score with virtuosity, but also play on the entire range of human feelings. Comic scenes are followed by moments of thrilling suspense. The tension rises and one begins to wonder whether all this can ever end well?

The performance culminates in ethereal song, flames and fireworks and in a touchingly poetic way they actually make steel ring out.

WHEN thurs 1st 10pmWHERE riverside


compAgnie retourAmont (FrAnce) GRAvITATIOnAl WAvESA uK PREMIERECompagnie Retouramont takes everyday spaces and transforms them with an exciting combination of video projection, sound and aerial dance. Gravitational Waves will take place in Swallow Yard (former Swallow Hotel Service Yard). This usually hidden space will become a festival venue for the weekend with the uK premiere of this breathtaking show.

A sculptural framework attached to the facade of the building provides the dancers with a unique performance space to explore the interaction between architecture, sound, projected images and movement. Dancers animate the space in multiple dimensions where the movement is not only seen but heard as the sculpture transposes their every move into sound.

Audience numbers will be limited within Swallow Yard so please get there early for a show you don’t want to miss! Access to Swallow Yard is from Tower Street (next to the entrance for Castlegate Car park)

WHEN Fri 2nd & sat 3rd 10pmWHERE swallow Yard

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emke idemA (netherlAnds) STRAnGERA uK PREMIERETrinity Church is one of our favourite venues and will provide an atmospheric setting for “Stranger”, a life sized board game exploring the mechanisms at work when people look at other people and how easily we can form opinions about others based on first impressions. In a playful and inquisitive way, game participants confront their own values, intuition and prejudices by judging others purely on their appearance.

strAnger’s concept is brilliant, with risky edges’ De volkskrant

Free ticketed event

WHEN Fri 2nd 12noon, 4pm & 8pmsat 3rd 12noon, 4pm & 8pm sun 4th 12noon, 3.30pm & 7pm WHERE trinity Church

Advice to parents, this show is not suitable for children under 16.


Flex dAnce compAny (uk) PARKEDA SIRF COMMISSIOnInnovative dance theatre performed by Durham based Flex Dance Company, a group of leading learning disabled artists. Parked is Flex Dance Company’s first piece created specifically for outdoor audiences, building on their reputation for engaging dynamic dance work in traditional theatre spaces.

Blending in with their surroundings, three inanimate objects form the scene: a park bench, a lamp post and a rubbish bin. Eight performers animate the scene through a series of short stories using dynamic movements and the subtlety of ambient sound effects. For each of them the scene is host to a memory, a place that holds significance in their life.

BilBoBAsso (FrAnce) POlARSparks fly (literally) in Parish Gardens as Bilbobasso combine bold fire with the intensity and infinite tenderness of Argentinean tango. When a mysterious young woman and a ruthless gangster meet, their attraction seems destined for tragedy, but can the dance save her?

Descend into a world of dangerous cabaret, where lovers give themselves to desire and the flames of passion light up the night.

WHEN sat 3rd 2pm & 4pm sun 4th 1pm & 4pmWHERE trinity green

WHEN Fri 2nd & sat 3rd 10pmWHERE parish gardens


compAgnie moBil [netherlAnds] SulKY M1An unconventional man unexpectedly appears with his peculiar vehicle, the Sulky M1. no one knows where he is from or where he is going. But he is alone and undoubtedly seeking company. He is even prepared for all eventualities, a tea party or a dinner for two... At first everything seems to be under control, but suddenly a cloud of smoke appears!

Sulky M1 deals with the theme of loneliness in a heart warming way, playing with fire during a fun-filled spectacle full of explosions!

plunge Boom (uk)vEGETABlE nAnnIES AnD THE AllOTMEnTIt has been a while since the vegetable nannies last appeared on the streets of Stockton but it’s time to take up our parenting duties again!

Wheeling an ancient victorian pram laden with a prized collection of vegetables, the nannies are out for the day, showing off their allotment cherubs and telling many a tale, like every proud parent would. Come and get kitted out at the Allotment with gloves and trowels before getting stuck into the domestic duties of feeding, bathing, perambulating and other general T.l.C for the baby vegetables!

WHEN Fri 2nd 1.00pm & 3.30pmsat 3rd 12.45pm & 3.00pm

WHERE High street

WHEN Fri 2nd 12noon, 2pm, 4pm (High street)sat 3rd 1pm, 3pm, 5pm (trinity green)sun 4th 12.30pm, 3pm, 5pm (trinity green)WHERE High street trinity green

WitHout WALLs (uK)SIRF is a founder member of Without Walls, a consortium of leading arts organisations and festivals dedicated to commissioning, presenting and supporting new outdoor work by uK artists and companies. SIRF13 will welcome nine new exciting and diverse shows commissioned by Without Walls:

Funded by Arts Council England

mercuriAl Wrestler MAGnA MYSTERIAMaria Morrelini has disappeared. The last time you saw her you were in the audience watching as she and her sisters performed their act. You watched as she stepped through the mirror on stage and disappeared. She hasn’t been seen since.

Receive your tarot card from the Magna Mysteria Machine to begin your search (available from Rediscover Shop from 30th July). First you find the character on your tarot card and then the world will unravel for you. Magna Mysteria takes place over the course of a day from 3pm-6pm with a finale each night at 8pm - the locations will be disclosed during your search.

Magna Mysteria takes place on your phone via text messages and phone calls, in hidden locations around the town and online via twitter. Keep all methods of communication open and always look in the least obvious places. Oh, and one final piece of advice:

Always keep your arms where you can see them.

Free ticketed event.WHEN Fri 2nd 11.00am, 12 noon, 1.00pm, 3.00pm, 4.00pmsat 3rd 11.00am, 12 noon, 1.00pm, 3.00pm, 4.00pmWHERE High street

WHEN Fri 2nd, sat 3rd and sun 4th, 3pm – 6pm and 8pmWHERE town Centre


inspector sAndsA HIGH STREET ODYSSEYSo you think you know all there is to know about Stockton High Street? Well prepare to be amazed by what histories and mysteries lie behind the shop fronts!

Who was Mr Boot? And Mr Smith? Who is Claire? And when did she get so into accessories? And who is here now? What’s that man doing? And what on earth does that woman have in her bag?

Witty, intimate, strange and epic, A High Street Odyssey will dissect the characters, reveal the secrets, consider the future and stare deep

into the soul of the Great British High Street. It will never look the same again.

A 25-minute promenade audio-tour for 30 intrepid souls from award-winning company Inspector Sands. Free ticketed event.

oxFord contemporAry musicAuDIBlE FORCESAudible Forces is a sight to be seen and heard! Trinity Green will host a collection of wind powered musical installations and these intriguing kinetic, sonic creations produce other-worldly sounds as nature’s unseen force breathes life into them.

This captivating collection is inspired by sound artist Max Eastley’s explorations into Aeolian (wind driven) instruments, from their mythology and curious history, to contemporary explorations of them. Six of the finest sound artists around today (Mark Anderson, Jony

Easterby, Kathy Hinde, Dan Fox, nathaniel Robin Mann and Mike Blow) have joined Max and each created their own instruments that harness the wind.

Their instruments form a unified experience made up of an ever changing sound world that captures the imagination.

Produced by OCM and Oxford Brookes university Sonic Art Research unit.

Co-commissioned by Without Walls and Brighton Festival.

WHEN Fri 2nd, sat 3rd, sun 4th 12noon – 8pm

WHERE trinity green

WHEN sat 3rd 1.30pm, 4.15pm, 8.15pm (Church road)

sun 4th 4.45pm, 7.30pm (High street)WHERE Church road High street

WHEN Fri 2nd 1.30pm, 7.30pmsat 3rd 3.30pm, 7.30pmWHERE High street


motionhouse CAPTIvEBreathtaking, highly energetic and intoxicating: four dancers perform inside a large steel cage. Disorientated and shaken, they use their skill and instinct to survive, creating a dazzling performance at breakneck speed.

Captive is inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem The Panther and considers how a human, like an animal, can be plucked from normal life and plunged into captivity. A dazzling blend of dance and aerial work.

Captive is created with support from Six Summer Saturdays and Swindon Dance.

les enFAnts terriBles IMAGInARY MEnAGERIERoll up, roll up, roll up. The most magnifical, tremendible and fantasticulous travelling circus arrives on Stockton High Street, recalling Stockton’s tradition of welcoming a circus to the town each Winter. The caravan of curiosities has arrived to entertain, amuse and beguile you. Packed with vaudeville, circus, puppets, dance, music and magic, a cast of professional charlatans will regale you with tales of wit, virtue and courage, all loosely based upon Aesop’s fables and rendered with a bizarre theatricality all of their own.

WHEN Fri 2nd 1pm, 4.15pm, 7pmsat 3rd 3.15pm, 7.30pmWHERE Church road

WHEN Fri 2nd sat 3rd 2pm, 8pmWHERE High street


piF-pAF SOMETHInG TO HOlDWith storms on every horizon, three exiled souls collide in a no man’s land, all looking for more, one from our world and two from far away. Pushed to keep moving they adventure through cockeyed and transforming landscapes, getting entangled, propelled and lifted to new heights. But what happens when inner demons come out? Will they pull together or will they pull apart, or will they offer each other Something To Hold?

A fast paced tale spun on a thrilling new aerial sculpture by Pif-Paf, within a transforming mechanical world of action, metal and rope.

rAg And Bone BOnEYARD TAlESFigures spring to life from a wasteland of discarded rubbish on Stockton High Street! This is the Bone Yard – a scrap heap, or your back yard; constantly changing and growing. Rag and Bone dance, delight and despair in a world drowning in junk. But are they alone? Did that rubbish move? And are the ‘Bone Yard Tales’ really a series of myths telling of the destructive power and addictive nature of waste, or just stories spun by Rag to distract Bone from bashing bits of metal all the time?

Bone Yard Tales’ combination of physical theatre, puppetry and live music revels in the delight of transformation.

tilted productionsFRAGIlETwo tight-wire artists, two dancers, a trampoline duo and a dancing clown search for the beautiful in the fragile and the fragile in the seemingly beautiful.

Fragile’s architectural set creates the illusion of the performance being on a rooftop. Imagine a flat concrete roof where someone has put up a garden with a few plants in pots and some grass. The piece will expose the microcosm of human

activity taking place in this garden. It will look at the lives of those who visit the roof terrace and explore what the garden means to them.

While intricate relationships tenderly and brutally entwine, a strange transformation happens to the garden itself enhancing the sense of a warped reality and other worldliness unfolding.

Supported by visualsoft eCommerce

WHEN sat 3rd sun 4th 3pm, 5.30pmWHERE Bath Lane


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A SIRF COMMISSIOnWe are delighted to welcome Bad Taste Company back to SIRF with their re-imagining of Goethe’s “Faust” on Stockton High Street. Drinking, gambling, womanising, and general debauchery make the Speakeasy a perfect place for a man to lose his soul, as we see when Faust is manipulated, to both comic and tragic effect, into a deal with the devil where his very soul hangs in the balance. Told through the intense physical and narrative dance style that Bad Taste Company have become renowned for, ‘Faust’ features a unique fusion of world-class breaking combined with lindy Hop, Charleston, and swinging big band music of the roaring 20’s that taps into the spirit of gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, flappers, and hep cats of the time.

Supported by Dance City and Tees valley Dance.

WHEN Fri 2nd sat 3rd 9pmWHERE High street

stockton community cArnivAl 2013 – stories oF the World!SATuRDAY 3 AuGuST, 12 nOOn Once again the Community Carnival will bring Stockton to life as it arrives in a blaze of colour and sound and makes its way down Stockton High Street on Saturday 3rd August. Hundreds of participants from local school, youth, community, performance groups and sports clubs have been working hard to create fabulous costumes, rehearse fantastic dance routines and learn wonderful carnival rhythms – we hope you will join us!

This year’s theme is Stories of the World and it will explore tales, folklore, traditions and iconic characters of countries across the globe, bringing other cultures to life on the streets of Stockton. The carnival is a reminder of the wonderful and diverse world we live in and we hope you enjoy exploring it with us.

Our whistle stop tour will travel to the farthest corners of the globe, making a special trip to each continent on the way. It will bring to life some amazing stories - some you may know, others will open up a world of wonder, giving an insight into other cultures and

their legends. Our tour will take us from Africa’s Anansi the spider to Russian dolls and firebirds; Chinese horoscope characters to Maori and Inuit gods; from Europe’s Bewoulf to the Trojan horse and much more…

The carnival will take a new route this year and parade from High Street to the Riverside where it will end with a fantastic finale showcasing the talents of local performance groups, based on the Stories of the World theme.

the spirit oF cArnivAl continues…1.30PM – 4.30PM, STOCKTOn RIvERSIDEHelp us spread the carnival atmosphere by staying on the Riverside for our afternoon of family based activity; including music from local bands, performances and workshops – don’t miss it!


SIRF is a founding partner in Gone in 20 Minutes (GI20) a national showcase for emerging uK artists and companies creating outdoor work for the first time. GI20 gives companies the opportunity to try out new shows at three high profile festivals in the uK: SIRF, SO Festival in Skegness and Shoreditch Festival in london.

Companies will be competing for two prizes, one awarded by a panel of judges and the other voted by YOu, the audience. voting information will be added to www.sirf.co.uk so please check back for more information and get voting!

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moxie BrAWl SIT BACKIt’s 1942. london Transport Clippies from the 601 trolleybus service are having lunch between shifts. Their imaginations go on a physical journey exploring and transforming the space and their relationship.

They dance with food, on benches and interact with the audience using language taken from the workers handbook of the 1940s. The piece uses images and film of the female workforce during World War 2 and explores its influence.

street genius THInK OuTSIDE THE BOxThink Outside The Box is a combo of comedy and hip-hop with raw break-dance and circus. It’s a journey through time using hip-hop and rock music, exploring what makes us laugh and what drives us to push our mind and bodies beyond what we think is possible.

WHEN sat 3rd, sun 4th 1.30pm, 3.30pm WHERE trinity green

WHEN sat 3rd1.30pm, 4pm sun 4th 1pm, 3pm WHERE High street

WHEN sat 3rd, 2pm, 4.30pm sun 4th 2pm, 4pm WHERE Wellington square

unA viA lASCIAInspired by the ancient tale of lilith, the first women created by God, lascia is a contemporary circus show featuring trapeze, physical theatre and live music.

In a small-scale off beat way lascia aims to make a statement about power, free speech, imposed rules and the need to understand one another.


pepper-choc FISHES HAvE WISHESPepper-Choc leads the audience on a light hearted and tongue-in-cheek search for well being and happiness.

An aerial circus show featuring two characters, the master and the apprentice. The innocence of the apprentice overwhelms the master, reminding the audience

that ignorance truly can be bliss.

The company will perform on their outdoor rig encompassing aerial silks, swinging trapeze, double trapeze, juggling and acrobatics.

puppets With guts ROvInG RHInOCEROSTwo roving Rhinos are on the loose. Short sighted and bad tempered, they’ve escaped from a nature documentary and into the streets of Stockton.

Two life-sized Rhino puppets, operated by four puppeteers take over public spaces. Charging audiences, chasing each other, investigating gardens, queuing for the toilet and trying to get onto the bus; they’re a fun, interactive experience.

musicAl mechAnicAl MR WIlSOn’S SECOnD lInERSQuintessential new Orleans meets 90’s club classics - a rave funeral without the body. Bursting with colour and sound and rallying impromptu raves on street corners, rousing audiences into a joyful frenzy.

Inspired by traditional marching bands for funerals in new Orleans and those who follow it (called second liners), a rabble of mischievous northerners form their own traditional Second line, paying homage to the days of the Hacienda, 90’s club culture and unlikely hero Tony Wilson.

Acrojou FRAnTICA circus theatre duet exploring our relentless devotion to busyness and the process of finding stillness within it. The show is set on a chair built inside a large wheel and the chair structure is able to roll, spin and bear weight from any direction allowing the performers to translate both German wheel and aerial acrobatics onto it, presenting an exciting choreographic environment from circus, dance and physical theatre.

WHEN sat 3rd 11.30am 2.30pm sun 4th 12.30pm 3.30pmWHERE High street

WHEN sat 3rd, sun 4th 2.30pm 4.30pm WHERE trinity green

WHEN sat 3rd 1pm, 3pmsun 4th 1.30pm, 4.30pm WHERE High street (All other times)riverside (3pm saturday)

WHEN sat 3rd 12.45pm 3.45pm sun 4th 2.30pm 4.45pm WHERE High street


pere FAurA (spAin) RADIO PATIOA uK PREMIEREDuring the festival, Green Dragon Yard will become the playground for Radio Patio, a quirky show created by Faura’s improvised performance

of what he hears on local radio in real time. He could mime to a radio chat show or an insurance advert, score a goal in a football match or spontaneously dance and play air guitar to music. Whatever he does, each show is unique, energetic and great fun.

WHEN Fri 2nd 12.15pm, 3pmsat 3rd 4pm, 6.15pmsun 4th 2.30pm, 5pm

WHERE green dragon Yard

WorldBeAters (uk)SPARK!SPARK! from Worldbeaters Music is a magical live music, movement and lighting spectacular in which seven mysterious characters composed of light and sound transform the landscape around them. The cast take the audience on a colourful dreamlike journey combining high impact drumming, dynamic choreography and beautiful lighting design.

Join SPARK! Sunday night on the High Street for a fantastic and illuminating build up to our finale show!

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WHEN sun 4th 9.30pmWHERE Church roadHigh streetriverside

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SIRF FInAlESIRF13 ends in spectacular style with the welcome intrusion of a herd of 8 metre high red giraffes who will slowly and gracefully process along Stockton High Street finishing on the Riverside to a flourish of pyrotechnics. Tall and slender, the giraffes will glide and flirt with spectators on the way whilst enacting a passionate drama that is too good to miss. The herd is accompanied by a ringmaster, a flamboyant opera singer and

a troupe of circus performers combining elegance and irreverence with original music, circus, theatre, dance and song.

parade route:

The giraffes will start on Church Road at 9.30pm, parade along Stockton High Street, down Tower Street, along Riverside Road arriving at the area adjacent to Riverside car park at around 10.40pm for the final part of the show ending at 11pm.


tHursdAY 1st August TIME CoMpANy SHoW VENUE

10pm Theater Titanick Furnace Symphony Riverside

sirF tiCKets The Festival is all FREE this year but there are three shows that require tickets to be booked in advance because of their limited capacity; Emke Idema Stranger, Inspector Sands A High Street Odyssey and Mercurial Wrestler Magna Mysteria.

Free tickets for these shows will be available to collect from SIRF Central in the Rediscover Stockton shop on the High Street. Your ticket gets you into the show, but if you are not there for the start other people may be given your place.

FridAY 2Nd August TIME CoMpANy SHoW VENUE

11 am Inspector Sands A High Street Odyssey High Street

12pm - 8pm OCM Audible Forces Trinity Green

12 noon Emke Idema Stranger Trinity Church

12 noon Plunge Boom vegetable nannies High Street

12 noon Inspector Sands A High Street Odyssey High Street

12.15pm Pere Faura Radio Patio Green Dragon Yard

1pm Pif-Paf Something to Hold Church Road

1pm Compagnie Mobil Sulky M1 High Street

1pm Inspector Sands A High Street Odyssey High Street

1.30pm les Enfants Terribles The Imaginary Menagerie High Street

2pm Plunge Boom vegetable nannies High Street

2pm Rag & Bone Boneyard Tales High Street

3pm Pere Faura Radio Patio Green Dragon Yard


3.30pm Compagnie Mobil Sulky M1 High Street

3pm - 6pm Mercurial Wrestler Magna Mysteria Town Centre

4pm Plunge Boom vegetable nannies High Street

4pm Emke Idema Stranger Trinity Church


4.15pm Pif-Paf Something to Hold Church Road

7pm Pif-Paf Something to Hold Church Road

7.30pm les Enfants Terribles The Imaginary Menagerie High Street



8pm Mercurial Wrestler Magna Mysteria Town Centre

9pm Bad Taste Co Faust High Street

10pm Bilbobasso Polar Parish Gardens

10pm Cie Retouramont Gravitational Waves Swallow Yard


sAturdAY 3rd August TIME CoMpANy SHoW VENUE

11am Inspector Sands High St Odyssey High Street

11.30am Puppets with Guts Roving Rhinoceros High Street


12 noon Stockton Carnival Parade High Street/ Community Carnival Riverside

12 noon Inspector Sands High St Odyssey High Street

12pm – 8pm OCM Audible Forces Trinity Green

12.45pm Compagnie Mobil Sulky M1 High Street

12.45pm Acrojou Frantic High Street

1pm Plunge Boom The Allotment Trinity Green

1pm Musical Mechanical Mr Wilson’s Second liners High Street

1pm Inspector Sands High St Odyssey High Street

1.30pm Motionhouse Captive Church Road

1.30pm una via lascia Trinity Green

1.30pm Moxie Brawl Sit Back High Street

1.30pm – Stockton Carnival on the Riverside Riverside 4.30 pm Community Carnival


2pm Street Genius Think Outside the Box Wellington Square

2pm Flex Dance Company Parked Trinity Green

2.30pm Pepper-Choc Fishes Have Wishes Trinity Green

2.30pm Puppets with Guts Roving Rhinoceros High Street

3pm Compagnie Mobil Sulky M1 High Street


3pm -6pm Mercurial Wrestler Magna Mysteria Town Centre

3pm Plunge Boom The Allotment Parish Gardens

TIME CoMpANy SHoW VENUE

3pm Tilted Productions Fragile Bath lane

3pm Musical Mechanical Mr Wilson’s Second liners Riverside


3.30pm les Enfants The Imaginary Menagerie High Street Terribles






4pm Moxie Brawl Sit Back High Street




4.30pm Street Genius Think Outside the Box Wellington Square


5.30pm Tilted Productions Fragile Bath lane



7.30pm les Enfants The Imaginary Menagerie High Street Terribles


8pm Rag and Bone Boneyard Tales High Street



9pm Bad Taste Co Faust High Street

10pm Cie Retouramont Gravitational Waves Swallow Yard

10pm Bilbobasso Polar Parish Gardens


FestivAL FACts! Plan what you want to see in advance. This programme has listings of all events & there is a day-by day breakdown to make it easy to plan

Bring a raincoat and sunscreen – the weather can change very quickly. We have been known to experience all seasons in one day!

use SIRF Central on the high street if you need help with anything, you can also buy a limited edition T Shirt or Hoodie while you are in there!

Our team in SIRF T-Shirts are around to help so please do ask them anything you need to know (about SIRF that is!)

If you don’t know Stockton, there is a map in the back of this booklet to help you get around.

For the foodies among you head to Trinity Green to sample some of the best of Stockton’s local independent food retailers …

dine alfresco and keep your energy up between shows.

We’re on Facebook, Twitter & Flickr (under SIRF13) so drop us a line! For Twitter please use the hashtag SIRF13. We’ll be tweeting throughout the festival with updates too.

SIRF Central will be selling waterproof ponchos so if the heavens open you can still enjoy the festival without getting wet!

SIRF is a FREE festival but this year three shows require tickets. Emke Idema - Stranger, Inspector Sands - High St Odyssey and Mercurial Wrestler Magna Mysteria. The Free Tickets are available from SIRF Central.

Public toilets are located at The Shambles on the High Street, at Trinity Green, and on the Riverside.

There are plenty of car parks available for visitors see the website for details.

TIME CoMpANy SHoW VENUE


9.30pm Compagnie Off les Girafes Church Road/High Street /Riverside

suNdAY 4tH August TIME CoMpANy SHoW VENUE


12pm – 8pm OCM Audible Forces Trinity Green

12.30pm Plunge Boom The Allotment Trinity Green





1.30pm Musical Mechanical Mr Wilson’s Second liners High Street






3pm Tilted Productions Fragile Bath lane


3pm -6pm Mercurial Wrestler Magna Mysteria Town Centre

3.30pm Emke Idema Strangers Trinity Church






4.30pm Musical Mechanical Mr Wilson’s Second liners High Street


4.45pm Motionhouse Captive High Street



5.30pm Tilted Productions Fragile Bath lane


7.30pm Motionhouse Captive High Street

8pm Worldbeaters Spark! High Street

sirF central not sure what’s on? not sure where to go? Then head down to SIRF Central where our visitor Experience Team will be able to point you in the right direction! We will be back on the High Street again this year taking over the Rediscover shop and Writer’s Block will be providing their own brand of quirky fun activities for visitors – remember pulling a funny face for SIRF last year?

SIRF Central is also the place to shop during festival weekend so come and browse through our fabulous range of festival merchandise. Get organised with T-shirts and hoodies available to buy in advance from the Rediscover shop from 1st July - have a look at the website for a sneak preview of the designs!

grub on the green With a packed programme of performances, grabbing food on the go is made easy at Trinity Green this year. Take time out of your busy festival day to dine alfresco with SIRF13 (fingers crossed for sunshine!).

A tempting range of delicious treats will be on offer with stalls from a range of local independent

food retailers. So bring your picnic blankets and come find us down at Trinity Green on Saturday and Sunday 12noon-8pm

Accessible sirF Please contact us if you are disabled and have specific needs. For example, we can help with transport or parking and there is information about Shopmobility services in Stockton on the SIRF website.

Please be aware that most of the shows are not seated and some may involve the audience moving around. Strong lights and strobe effects may feature in some of the performances. During SIRF13 there will be some disruption to public transport and car parking in the centre of town – the website will have all the latest info.

For information contact:

General Enquires & SIRF Central: 01642 528130

SIRF Hotline: 07425337201

PR & Media Enquires: 01642 526162

Website: www.sirf.co.uk

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