SHARMANKA

Kinetic Gallery / Theatre

 

 

Sharmanka Gothic Kinetic  at “Lille3000” festival in France - run is extended till 12 July 2009

 26-28 June 2009

 

Sharmanka Travelling Circus at Howden Park Centre in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland 

 8 July - 8 August 2009

 

SPUTNIK - joined project with Fittings Multimedia Art

 4 & 5 July (exact dates tbc) Winchester Hat Fair www.hatfair.co.uk

1 & 2 August Stockton International Riverside Festival www.sirf.co.uk

26 & 27 September The Bristol Do  www.thebristoldo.com

 

Gallery in Glasgow is closed for relocation to Tongate103

 Glasgow’s new creative and visual arts hub, to be open 10 September 2009.The project is being delivered in a partnership between Glasgow City Council, Culture & Sport Glasgow and eight Merchant City based organisations – Glasgow Print Studio, Project Ability, Street Level Photoworks, Transmission Gallery, Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Glasgow Media Access Centre [TBC], Glasgow Independent Studios and The Russian Cultural Centre. Keep track of progress at www.trongate103.com

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

   
   

 

Deliveries and correspondence till 1st September:

 

64 Osborne Street,  Glasgow G1 5QH,

Scotland, UK

Tel +44 (0) 141 552 7080

   

 

 

New Catalogue - order here

 

 

Sharmanka Story

Sharmanka performance  Part 1.

Sharmanka performance  Part 2.

Sharmanka Kinemats from Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art collection (on the loan to Sharmanka Gallery)

 

Millennium Clock Tower at Royal Museum, Edinburgh

(museum closed for renovation till 2011)

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

 

 

Contact us  
     

Sharmanka at YouTube:

 

Performance Part 1

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=m1QHGhkYNog;

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4uviXWkbn4E

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6BkEPenXVmA

 

Travelling Circus 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L7aV8snziI0

 

 

 

Sharmanka  at  Flickr.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharmanka/collections/

you are welcome to browse and download

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Last time updated 27/06/09

 

Number of visitors since 26.11.2000