Ring A Ding Ding

Oily Cart Presents
Ring A Ding Ding

Oily Cart presents Ring A Ding Ding, an interactive, multi sensory adventure for three – six year olds

Unicorn Theatre, Sat 3 – Fri 30 December 2011 & On Tour

Oily Cart invites children to join them for Ring a Ding Ding, an interactive, multi sensory, theatrical journey, as they help a girl called Alice track down her dog, who keeps ahead of the game on a motorbike, boat and hot air balloon. Along the way they meet a host of colourful characters- from a percussionist on an ice-cream tricycle to the mice that live on the moon- and solve problems, overcome obstacles, create music and even sniff out some smelly cheese.

Ring a Ding Ding features a cast of hand crafted puppets, made entirely from recycled materials, by Oily Cart designer Claire de Loon working in collaboration with South African wire worker Mogothi and inspired by traditional African toys. The musical instruments for the show have also been made from recycled materials by Jamie Linwood, who has transformed the chassis of a lorry into an unusual collection of percussion instruments.

The show playfully explores rings in all their forms: from the sounds of bells, to the movement of the specially designed revolving stage and the rotation of the sun, moon and earth overhead.

2011 marks Oily Cart's 30th birthday. The year has seen Artistic Director Tim Webb receiving an MBE, and the company being selected by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as one of just twenty six charities to benefit from their Royal Wedding Fund.

'A show that energetically stimulates its audience…This is the serious pursuit of pleasure, considerably leavened with wit and music. A wonderful introduction to young minds that haven't toyed with theatre before.'
Time Out «««« (on Mole in the Hole)

www.unicorntheatre.com / Running time: 55 mins approx
www.oilycart.org.uk / @ringadingdog

Oily Cart has been creating and touring its unique forms of theatre to children and young people in schools and theatres since 1981. The company challenges accepted definitions of theatre and audience by creating innovative, multi-sensory and highly inter-active productions for the very young and for young people with PMLD and ASD. Transforming everyday environments into colourful and tactile 'wonderlands', Oily Cart invites its audience to join in a world of the imagination. The company has used hydrotherapy pools, trapezes, trampolines, video projections aromatherapy and puppetry together with a vast array of multi-sensory techniques to create highly original and specialised theatre for and with young audiences.

Company
Written and Directed by Tim Webb          
Designed by Claire de Loon
Music Director Max Reinhardt                 
Instruments by Jamie Linwood
Cast Griff Fender, George Panda, Alicia McKenzie, Elayce Ismail, Deanne Jones

Listings Information
Venue:                   Unicorn Theatre
Address:               Various Times (please see website)
Dates:                    Sat 3 – Fri 30 Dec
Prices:                   £11 / £9 (concs) / £32 (Family ticket for 4, 1 of whom must be a child)
Box Office:            www.unicorntheatre.com / 020 7645 0560
Transport:             London Bridge Underground

Tour Dates
10-14 Jan 2012
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold          
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk / 0845 330 3565       

17-21 Jan 2012
macrobert, Stirling
www.macrobert.org / 01786 466666

24-28 Jan 2012
The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
www.marlowetheatre.com / 01227 787787       

31 Jan – 4 Feb 2012
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk / 024 7652 4524

7-11 Feb 2012
Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex
www.cft.org.uk / 01243 781312