★★★★

”…Authentically charming and humorous…”

”…tremendous physical storytelling…”

- Corr Blimey Review

TWO IN A BARREL

(Indoor show; ages 5+)

Two in a Barrel is a clown-inspired, physical theatre performance for young audiences about the waste we create, the destructive consequences of our habits, and co-existing in an environment with limited resources.

Two lively quirky best friends - Riri and Moku - are confined to a barrel sitting on top of an island of rubbish. They love finding treasures in the vast waste that surrounds them and making up their own world of adventure and imagination. Every little discarded thing can be transformed into a magical trinket that starts a fun game. But being in tight quarters means they face new challenges, like having to ration their food and learning to coexist. Danger arises when the waste around them continues to pile higher and threatens to cover them altogether.

By looking at mass consumerism and the destructive effects (non bio-degradable) waste has on our environment, this Beckett-meets-Pixar show poses questions about the trash we produce and invokes awareness and environmental activism.

Created and performed by Ruxandra Cantir and Sarah Rose Graber
Directed by Tim Licata
Set and Costume design by Fergus Dunnet
Sound Design by Susan Bear
Lighting Design by Laura Hawkins
Originally produced by Stephanie Katie Hunter for Scissor Kick

Supported by Creative Scotland, SURGE, Platform, Plutôt La Vie, and Imaginate.

We’re headed to Chicago on 1 and 2 June! Two in a Barrel is the keynote performance at the Winifred Ward Theatre Symposium at Northwestern University on 1 June, 2024. Tickets HERE.

Our 2 June performance is public and you can find tickets HERE.

Most recently, Two in a Barrel completed a tour across Scotland in Spring 2023 through Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund (https://scissorkick.co.uk/projects/two-in-a-barrel). Before that, the show toured in Spring 2022 through Puppet Animation Festival 2022 (now Manipulate Arts) and The Touring Network’s Supported Programme (info here). The show premiered online at the Edinburgh Science Festival 2021.

MORE PHOTOS HERE

Since 2021, we performed Two in a Barrel at:

1. Edinburgh Science Festival, National Museum of Scotland

2. Reconnect Regal Theatre, Bathgate 

3. The Rockfield Centre, Oban 

4. Mull Theatre, Tobermory 

5. Craignish Village Hall, Lochgilphead 

6. Quarrymen’s Arts Centre, Newton Stewart 

7. Melrose Corn Exchange, Melrose

8. Cromarty Arts Trust, Cromarty

9. Eden Court, Inverness

10. Dunbeath Heritage Museum, Dunbeath

11. Reay Village Hall, Thurso

12. Gable End Theatre, Hoy 

13. The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall

14. Shetland Arts, Mareel, Shetland

15. Platform, Glasgow

16. Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

17. Universal Hall, Findhorn

18. Lyth Arts Centre, Wick

19. Byre Theatre, St Andrew’s

20. Rutherglen Town Hall, Glasgow

21. Moat Brae, Dumfries

22. Applecross Village Hall, Applecross

23. Wigtown Book Festival, Print Room, Wigtown

24. Wonder Hoose, Aberdeen

25. Strachur Village Hall, Cairndow

26. Three Villages Hall, Arrochar

27. Birnam Arts, Dunkeld

Over the years, we received financial/development support from:

• Surge - Established Artist Residency (2019)

• Imaginate - Scratch That (2019)

• Edinburgh Science Festival (2021 and 2023)

• Creative Scotland (Open Fund x2 and Touring Fund 2023)

• Manipulate Arts (previously Puppet Animation Scotland, through their 2022 Puppet Animation Festival)

• The Touring Network (Supported Programme 2022)

Special thanks to Platform and SURGE for rehearsal space, residency and support, Tim Licata our director, and genius man Fergus Dunnet for barrel design and making.