6 performers peer over a large puppet bird which has black feathers and its wings are outstretched. The bird is looking at a white feather.

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Paradise

A site-specific production commissioned by the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Germany in 2010.

Installed in the magnificent Mischanlage building, part of the Zollverein Kokerei; a UNESCO World Heritage site, Paradise invited audiences of 60 adults and children to experience an epic journey through 12 chambers, where each step led to a new discovery. 

Paradise was performed as part of the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Germany in 2010. 

Cast

Creative Team

Sue Buckmaster

Director

Two performers jump across water using stepping stones in a room where rain is falling.
“ It is a wonderful fairy-tale; in the end we were all smiling, not only the children. Unfortunately, art cannot always be like this, well life isn’t always like this, but to experience it this way for once makes everything better ”
WAZ
A large room with a mirror for a ceiling. A performer is seen emerging from a large box filled with dry ice and the heads of other performers appear in the reflection of the mirror.
“ A fantastic production. 90 minutes of high tension theatre with the best that a mix of fantasy and dance performance has to offer ”
Neue Ruhr Zeitung

A man on a crate covered by a large net is levered up from a pit by a pulley. Observed by a man wearing a crown who sits on top of a pile of large wooden crates, surrounded by the audience.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

Two performers jump across water using stepping stones in a room where rain is falling.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

an older performer looking anxious sits with a book and pen on his knee. He wears a cape made of fur and there is a large golden crown on his head.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

A large room with a mirror for a ceiling. A performer is seen emerging from a large box filled with dry ice and the heads of other performers appear in the reflection of the mirror.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

a performer in a blue top and black shorts dangles from a rope with one hand. The rope is hanging from the top of a long concrete shute.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

children reach for coloured feathers as they fall from above. A tall cylindrical plastic tube hangs from the ceiling.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

6 performers peer over a large puppet bird which has black feathers and its wings are outstretched. The bird is looking at a white feather.

© Ruhrtriennale 2010: Paradise/Volker Beushausen

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A man on a crate covered by a large net is levered up from a pit by a pulley. Observed by a man wearing a crown who sits on top of a pile of large wooden crates, surrounded by the audience.
Two performers jump across water using stepping stones in a room where rain is falling.
an older performer looking anxious sits with a book and pen on his knee. He wears a cape made of fur and there is a large golden crown on his head.
A large room with a mirror for a ceiling. A performer is seen emerging from a large box filled with dry ice and the heads of other performers appear in the reflection of the mirror.
a performer in a blue top and black shorts dangles from a rope with one hand. The rope is hanging from the top of a long concrete shute.
children reach for coloured feathers as they fall from above. A tall cylindrical plastic tube hangs from the ceiling.
6 performers peer over a large puppet bird which has black feathers and its wings are outstretched. The bird is looking at a white feather.
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