SHARMANKA

Kinetic Gallery / Theatre

 

 

 

 

Hundreds of carved figures and pieces of old scrap perform an incredible choreography to haunting music and synchronised light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human spirit as it struggles against the relentless circles of life and death.

 

SHARMANKA (Russian for hurdy-gurdy)  was founded by sculptor-mechanic Eduard Bersudsky and theatre director Tatyana Jakovskaya in St.Petersburg (Russia) in 1989.  Audiences in many countries have been fascinated by its magic, and based in Glasgow since 1996 it has gained a reputation as one of the  city’s hidden treasures.

 

Eduard Bersudsky won Creative Scotland Award in 2005

 

Unique art and  craft for thought and entertainment for any age.

 

 

Very gripping theatre. The Times

 

Bizarre, hilarious, ghoulish... unmissible.

The Sunday Times.

 

An icon-painter for our times. The Scotsman

 

Unforgettable experience. The Herald.

 

International genius. The Saturday Telegraph.

 

Go see. The List

 

 

Performances  (40 min) - Thu and Sun @ 7 pm

Matinee for families with children  - Sun @ 3 pm

Tickets: £4 /Conc.£3/Children under 16 - free (max 2 per adult)

 

 

For tourists on a short stay in Glasgow:

a visit to the gallery including short performance

£4 per person, Mon - Thu 12 noon —7 pm,  Fri 12 –3 pm  

By appointment only - please phone or e-mail to book

 

Free performances/workshops

for schools and community groups.

 

   
   

 

HOW TO FIND US

 

64 Osborne Street,  Glasgow G1 5QH,

Scotland, UK

Tel +44 (0) 141 552 7080

 

We are in the Merchant City, historical centre of Glasgow,

seven min walk from both train stations,

opposite King Street Car Park  in front of St.Enox Shopping Centre

( 24 hours charges are applied in car park,

but parking on the street is free after 6 pm)

 

Disable access only by arrangement

(entrance to the lift from backyard at New Wind)

Sorry for inconvenience

   

 

Seven of SHARMANKA kinetic sculptures  take part in PhantasieMechanik exhibition

at Phaeno, Wolfsburg, Germany 23.02 -29.06.2008

http://www.phaeno.de/mechanik.html

 

SHARMANKA TRAVELLING CIRCUS will perform in Gloucester Museum 21.06- 06.09.08

and Cleethorpes Discovery Centre 14.09.08 - 11.01.09

 

Sharmanka Story and CV

 

Sharmanka Theatre

 Part 1.

Sharmanka Theatre

Part 2.

Sharmanka Kinemats

 from Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art collection

(on the loan to Sharmanka Gallery)

 

     

Millennium Clock Tower

at National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh

 

Sharmanka Travelling Circus Commissions, Public Art, Collaborations
 
 Sharmanka Music News  Press
     
Kinetic Sculptures for hire Buy catalogue and video   Links

 

 

 

 

 

Contact us  
     

Some video of Sharmanka can be found at www.YouTube.com  ,

pictures of sculptures, commissions, exhibitions etc are uploaded on  Flickr

 

To subscribe to SHARMANKA NEWS please send an e-mail to sharmanka2004@hotmail.com

   

 Friends of Sharmanka is a charity registered in Scotland No SCO23931,  supported by Glasgow City Council, Scottish Arts Council, Foundation for Sports and Art  and Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust

 

 

 

 

Sharmanka is one of eight partner organisations in "Trongate 103", a major new visual arts hub opening in Glasgow in 2009.  For more information visit www.trongate103.com

 

 

 

SHARMANKA is a member of Kineticus group  and KAO

 

 

Kinetic-Art.org Member

 

 

 

 

 

Last time updated 25/03/08

 

Number of visitors since 26.11.2000