Cuckoo Fun was created by Cloud Cuckoo Land Theatre Company between May and December 2020. It is a research and development project created during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The project is supported Flatpack Festival, Ladypool School, Arts Connect West Midlands and by Arts Council England using funding from the National Lottery.

With warm thanks to Gillian Twaite and all the staff and pupils of Ladypool School.

CREDITS

Cuckoo Fun Website

Website Designer - Naomi Oppenheim

Textiles Designer - Jess Clixby

Artistic Director - Katerina Pushkin

Producer - Paige Jackson

Imaginarium

Actor-Musician (Ariel) / Composer - Beth Hopkins

Performer (Pebble) - Lori Hopkins

Filmmaker - Scott Johnston

Writer / Director - Katerina Pushkin

Binaural soundscapes recorded / mixed by Matt Eaton and Katerina Pushkin

The characters and video content in Imaginarium were originally created for Cloud Cuckoo Land’s production, Ariel On The Cliff, which was supported by Stan’s Cafe, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Sir Barry Jackson Trust, mac Birmingham and Arts Council England using funding from the National Lottery.

Planet Me

Performer / Deviser - Karendip Phull

Performer / Deviser - Niyi Bello

Performer / Deviser / Composer - Beth Hopkins

Performer (Alien) / Deviser / Textiles & Costume Designer - Jess Clixby

Performer / Deviser / Director / Writer - Katerina Pushkin

Filmmaker - Scott Johnston

“My Words” language portrait activity provided by Dr Elizabeth Chilton and her colleagues at Birmingham University’s Bilingualism in Education Department.

‘The Planet You Song’ written and composed by Katerina Pushkin, arranged and performed by Beth Hopkins except trumpet by Niyi Bello and vocal by Jess Clixby. Mixed by Beth Hopkins and Natalie Mason.

Planet Me is supported by Flatpack Festival, Ladypool School and Arts Council England using funding from the National Lottery. Planet Me is a development of a face to face workshops / R&D project called Signalise which had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ding Dong

Created and Performed by Beth Hopkins, Martha Shrimpton, Natalie Mason and Katerina Pushkin

Filmmaker - Scott Johnston

Director - Katerina Pushkin

Sing-a-long a Ding Dong music tracks recorded and mixed by Earl Killorglin and Natalie Mason

Artwork by Scott Johnston

The characters and video content in Ding Dong were originally created for Cloud Cuckoo Land’s production of the same name, which was supported by The Sir Barry Jackson Trust, Birmingham REP and Arts Council England using funding from the National Lottery.

Get Moving

Get Moving is a new experimental strand of work being developed by Cloud Cuckoo Land, and is still in an early phase of development.

Performer / Composer - Beth Hopkins

Director - Katerina Pushkin

Filmmaker - Scott Johnston

Get Moving is supported by Flatpack Festival, Ladypool School and Arts Council England using funding from the National Lottery.