Vox Motus goes International

It’s an exciting few months ahead for Vox Motus. Having just returned from the Stockholm IETM Plenary we are dusting off our polar bear costumes and preparing to remount The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo for the Societaetstheater in Dresden. Vox Motus is delighted to be closing a festival of work focused on Scottish theatre. If you find yourself in that corner of Germany in late May then come along and see us on the 21^st and 22^nd!

Following Dresden Jamie and Candice are off to the USA to seek inspiration in the illusion shows of Las Vegas and the great city of New York. But not before Jamie has spent two weeks in Quebec observing Robert Lepage’s company Ex Machina develop a future production. Exciting times, indeed.

If Dresden, Las Vegas, New York or Quebec are your regular haunts then please post any tips to getting the most out of our visits on our Facebook page.

Vox Motus does Victorian Séance!

After two and a half months on the road The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo packs up its shed and takes a rest. But as there’s no rest for the wicked Jamie and Candice are straight into developing the next VM show.

We’re exploring Victorian séance parlours – especially the rise and fall of the (in)famous Davenport Brothers who travelled the world performing magical feats by contacting ‘the spirit world’. Jamie’s in his element researching spectacular Victorian illusions. He also gets to gloat a lot as Candice tries to figure out how they’re done.

One of our favourite finds so far has been Derren Brown: Séance. Put aside an hour, dim the lights and prepare for the hairs on the back of your neck to stand upright. That said, we watched it in broad daylight and it still had the desired effect!

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/episode-guide/series-40/episode-1

We’re aiming to stage a Work-in-Progress in January/February 2011 so watch this space…