Taking inspiration from the Oberiu, The Mist create and perform absurdist vignettes, with a blend of live music, spoken word and puppetry. Our work is invigorative, experimental and fun.
"OBERIU, sometimes called Russia's last avant-garde, is one of the most intriguing--and little known--movements of the years before World War II. The absurdist poets at its center--Alexander Vvedensky, Daniil Kharms, and Nikolai Zabolotsky--belonged to the first generation of writers to come of age after the October Revolution and hence stand apart from their Futurist predecessors. Less interested in coining neologisms than in destroying the protocols of semantic coherence and linguistic realism, these poets have produced a series of inventive, free-wheeling, and often hilarious poetic texts in a variety of forms and genres." -- Marjorie Perloff
Previous Appearances
Thursday 29th November 2012: Cabaret Salon, Volupte, Chancery Lane, London
Sunday 16th December 2012: Finger in the Pie Cabaret, Madame Jojo's, Soho
Saturday 3rd August 2013: The Den of Iniquity, Nottingham
Thursday 3rd October 2013: Cheese and Crackers, The Battersea Barge, Vauxhall
Sunday 20th October 2013: Bawdsville, The Ram Jam Club, Kingston
Friday 31st October 2014: Bawdsville Dark Carnival, The Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush
'We Are Not Cakes'
Length: 10 - 15 minutes
Technical Requirements: Preset
Fixed Stage Area - ideally at least a 3 metre square
2 microphones
2 microphone stands placed downstage left and right
1 DI box downstage right
1 dining chair placed downstage right
A table placed upstage centre and large / sturdy enough for a suitcase
The suitcase placed on the table
Please note that cake is eaten onstage and 2 balloons are let off into the audience.
'Art is a Cupboard'
Length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Read a Review here
Previous Performances
Monday 16th December 2013: Etcetera Theatre, Camden
Friday 22nd August to Sunday 24th August 2014: Camdem Fringe @ Camden People's Theatre
Saturday 29th November 2014: Mimetic Festival @ The Vaults
Technical requirements: Preset
As above, plus an extra microphone and small table and chair placed downstage left.
The Mist are; Gavin Fowler, Lily Priggs and Vicky Hancock
"OBERIU, sometimes called Russia's last avant-garde, is one of the most intriguing--and little known--movements of the years before World War II. The absurdist poets at its center--Alexander Vvedensky, Daniil Kharms, and Nikolai Zabolotsky--belonged to the first generation of writers to come of age after the October Revolution and hence stand apart from their Futurist predecessors. Less interested in coining neologisms than in destroying the protocols of semantic coherence and linguistic realism, these poets have produced a series of inventive, free-wheeling, and often hilarious poetic texts in a variety of forms and genres." -- Marjorie Perloff
Previous Appearances
Thursday 29th November 2012: Cabaret Salon, Volupte, Chancery Lane, London
Sunday 16th December 2012: Finger in the Pie Cabaret, Madame Jojo's, Soho
Saturday 3rd August 2013: The Den of Iniquity, Nottingham
Thursday 3rd October 2013: Cheese and Crackers, The Battersea Barge, Vauxhall
Sunday 20th October 2013: Bawdsville, The Ram Jam Club, Kingston
Friday 31st October 2014: Bawdsville Dark Carnival, The Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush
'We Are Not Cakes'
Length: 10 - 15 minutes
Technical Requirements: Preset
Fixed Stage Area - ideally at least a 3 metre square
2 microphones
2 microphone stands placed downstage left and right
1 DI box downstage right
1 dining chair placed downstage right
A table placed upstage centre and large / sturdy enough for a suitcase
The suitcase placed on the table
Please note that cake is eaten onstage and 2 balloons are let off into the audience.
'Art is a Cupboard'
Length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Read a Review here
Previous Performances
Monday 16th December 2013: Etcetera Theatre, Camden
Friday 22nd August to Sunday 24th August 2014: Camdem Fringe @ Camden People's Theatre
Saturday 29th November 2014: Mimetic Festival @ The Vaults
Technical requirements: Preset
As above, plus an extra microphone and small table and chair placed downstage left.
The Mist are; Gavin Fowler, Lily Priggs and Vicky Hancock
