THE OXFORD SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE TRUST AWARD WINNERS 2008.

The 2008 OSBTT Award Winners, Slung Low, are a new work company based in Yorkshire.

Specialising in theatre installations and site-specific work, Slung Low creates ‘traditional stories’ for total sensory experiences utilising all the techniques available to a 21st century artist and aim to place the audience- one way or another- at the centre of their tales.

In Helium, Bella’s grandfather, Max, keeps sending her parcels. Inside each box is a helium balloon. Tracing Bella’s footsteps into her grandfather’s past Helium takes you through secret doors to times long past, events best forgotten and, in the end, to unfinished business.

A short adventure for one.

A theatre installation combining live and digital performance, birthday parties and cathedrals, a bombadier and a gargoyle, Helium is an investigation of guilt, responsibility and the true meaning of the word release.

4 shorlisted candidates were awarded R and D grants: Claire Coaché for Big Bertha, Brother Tongue (Elly Green) for About Tommy, Slung Low (Alan Lane) for Helium and Coney (Tassos Stevens) for Sangreal..

Helium
The Pit
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London EC2Y 8DS
3rd September – 21st September 2008
www.barbican.org/uk/bite
www.slunglow.org