"It's Xmas and Nora Helmer is going crazy squirreling away presents and decorations, spending the money her husband hasn't yet earned as the new bank manager. But don't worry - Pan Pan's version of Henrik Ibsen's modern classic doesn't dwell on the current recession. We're looking at communication, relationships, and social conventions and how we are first and foremost human beings."

Pan Pan's version of A Doll House will examine the like - and unlikeability of these famous Ibsen characters and how they can still connect to today's supposedly restless age.

10 - 28th April 2012 : Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Previews from 4 - 9th April

Pan Pan's previous production of Samuel Beckett's radio play All That Fall has been nominated for Best Production, Best Director, Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design in the 2012 Irish Times Theatre Awards.

Both works are available for touring in 2012/2013.

superposition, Ryoji Ikeda's new long-term art project will consist of a performance piece, installations, a lecture series, publications and other related works.

Here are the autumn tour dates :

5th August 2012 : avant premiere - ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, following a month-long artistic residency
14th - 15th November 2012 : world premiere - Centre Pompidou/Festival d'Automne à Paris, France

superposition is a project about the way we understand the reality of nature on an atomic scale and is inspired by the mathematical notions of quantum mechanics. Performers will appear in his piece for the first time, performing as operator/conductor/observer/examiners. All the components on stage will be in a state of superposition; sound, visuals, physical phenomena, mathematical concepts, human behaviour and randomness - these will be constantly orchestrated and de-orchestrated simultaneously in a single performance piece.

The superposition project questions the boundaries between music, the visual and the performing arts, while extensively exploring the intersection between art and science.

superposition is available on tour from the autumn of 2012. Do let me know if you would like more information on this production.

Hotel Pro Forma's latest performance War Sum Up, a multimedia manga music event on the nature of war, ghosts and superheroes, is soon to be on tour again :

· 25 May 2012 : Brighton Festival, (UK)
· 5 June 2012 : The Riga Opera Festival 2012, (Latvia)

Here is a short excerpt of the performance.

Ovaal, a dance company founded by Mark Lorimer and Cynthia Loemij, both dancers with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's company Rosas, have joined forces with cellist Thomas Luks for a performance that forges a relationship between dance, music and spoken word.

to intimate can be seen on tour :

· 16-17 February 2012 : Maison de la musique de Nanterre (Paris)
· 20 February 2012 : Presentation of the company's work at the ONDA artist salon at the CentQuatre (Paris)
· 30 March 2012 : Kaaitheater, Brussels

A Happy New Year to you from all the team at Quaternaire.

To start the new year, Hiroaki Umeda will be presenting a new group performance : 3.isolation, which follows on from 1.centrifugal and 2.repulsion and forms part of his ten year dance project.

3.isolation is a performance for 3 ballet dancers, a fusion of Umeda's choreographic style with classical dance. It will be presented alongside the solo Haptic :

· 20-21 January 2012 : Tanzquartier Wien (Austria)
· 10-11 February 2012 : Tanzhaus, Düsseldorf (Germany)

3.isolation premiered at Tanz im August, Berlin and is coproduced by Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, Tanzquartier Wien with the support of Tanzfabrik (Berlin), the Japan Foundation and Performing Arts Japan. The performance is available on tour for the season 2012-2013.

A video excerpt is available online. Do let me know if you need more information about this performance or about other pieces available on tour this year.

Ouroboros is a story based on the work of American poet Billy Collins, and marks the first collaboration between Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler and Janni Younge, who has joined the Handspring Puppet Company as Associate Director.

At the heart of Ouroboros is a love story between a dancer and a poet. Using the magically transforming powers of the puppetry medium, audiences witness the unfolding drama of their lives from birth to death. Click here to see the trailer.

Both Ouroboros and Woyzeck on the Highveld are available on tour in 2012/2013.

OVAAL's new dance piece to intimate, choreographed and performed by Mark Lorimer and Cynthia Loemij is on tour in Europe :

· 18-19 November 2011 : World premiere, Biennale 2011 Charleroi/danses, Charleroi (Belgium)
· 25 November 2011 : Festival de danse de Cannes (France)
· 30 November 2011 : Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk (Belgium)
· 7 December 2011 : Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
· 21-22 December 2011 : STUK, Leuven (Belgium)

Faith, hope, humanity and mortality are explored in Cryptic’s David Lang double bill, directed by Josh Armstrong. Lang’s Pulitzer Prize winning The Little Match Girl Passion combines Hans Christian Anderson’s heartbreaking tale with J.S. Bach’s St Matthews Passion. In a unique presentation of this previously un-staged masterpiece, vocal ensemble, percussion and dancer bring the story of the little match girl to life.

· 10-12 November 2011 : Tron Theatre, Glasgow (Scotland)
· 22-23 November 2011 : Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (Scotland)

A trailer is now on line. The performance is available for touring from 2012.

Pan Pan's highly acclaimed version of Samuel Beckett's All That Fall is now on line.

A full length DVD is available on request, as well as the press reviews and technical rider.

Here is the link to the trailer :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mbWA6cxqCs

Here are our performance dates this autumn :

Akram Khan will be on tour with the group performance Vertical Road. Here are the dates organised by Quaternaire in France/Belgium in 2011.

· 9-10 November : Théâtre National de Toulouse (France)
· 12 November : Le Parvis-Scène nationale de Tarbes (France)
· 22-24 November : La Coupole-Scène nationale de Sénart, Combs-la-Ville (France)
· 26 November : Théâtre de Sartrouville (France)
· 29-30 November : Le Quartz, Brest (France)
· 3 December : Le Prisme, St-Quentin (France)
· 6 December : Théâtre des Bergeries, Noisy-le-Sec (France)
· 9-11 December : Théâtre Royal de Namur (Belgium)
· 13 December : La Comète-Scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne (France)
· 15 December : Maison de la Culture d'Amiens (France)
Quaternaire represents Akram Khan in France

Cryptic will be premiering Little Match Girl Passion, David Lang's choral masterpiece which sets Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl alongside J S Bach's St Matthew Passion.

· 10-12 November : Tron Theatre, Glasgow (UK)
· 22-23 November : Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (UK)

Handspring Puppet Company will be on tour with Woyzeck on the Highveld.

· 21 September : Transart Festival, Bolzano (Italy)
· 7-8 October : Trafo, Budapest (Hungary)
· 11-15 October : Warwick Arts Center (UK)
· 18-22 October : Lyric Theatre, Belfast (Ireland)
· 25-26 October : Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (UK)
· 28-29 October : Aberystwyth Arts Centre (UK)
· 1-2 November : Hall for Cornwall (UK)
· 4-5 November : Exeter Northcott (UK)
· 8-12 November : Oxford Playhouse (UK)
UK tour in collaboration with UK Arts International

Hiroaki Umeda will be presenting several performances from his repertoire, as both performer and choreographer.

· 21 September : Adapting for Distortion and Haptic, Haarlem (Holland)
· 23 September : Holistic Strata, TodaysArt Festival, The Hague (Holland)
· 29 September : Holistic Strata, TodaysArt Festival, Brussels (Belgium)
· 13 October : Adapting for Distortion and Accumulated Layout, Scopitone, Nantes (France)
· 16 October : 2.repulsion and Haptic, Théâtre du Beauvaisis, Beauvais (France)
· 4 November : 2.repulsion and Haptic, Le Prisme, Elancourt (France)
· 18 November : while going to a condition and Holistic Strata, Kulturzentrum Tempel, Karlsruhe (Germany)
· 21 November : 2.repulsion and Holistic Strata, Eindhoven (Holland)
· 24 November : Duo and Holistic Strata, Festival de danse de Cannes (France)
· 2 December : Haptic and Holistic Strata, Centre des Arts, Enghien (France)

Hotel Pro Forma's new manga opera War Sum Up will be performed :

· 16-17 October : Arena Festival, Latvian National Opera, Riga (Latvia)
· 25 October : Odense Theatre (Denmark)
· 27-28 October : Musikhuset Aarhus (Denmark)
· 11-12 November : Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Ovaal is on tour with To Intimate, a piece for two dancers.

· 18-19 November 2011 : Biennale 2011 Charleroi/danses, Charleroi (Belgium)
· 25 November 2011 : Festival de danse de Cannes (France)
· 30 November 2011 : Festival NEXT, Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk (Belgium)
· 7 December 2011 : Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxemburg)
· 21-22 December 2011 : STUK, Leuven (Belgium)

Irish company Pan Pan will be presenting The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane, an adaptation of Hamlet :

· 18-22 October : Melbourne Festival (Australia)
· 28-29 October : Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (Ireland)
· 4-5 November : Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire (Ireland)
· 10-13 November : Skirball Centre for the Performing Arts, New-York (USA)
· 18-20 November : The Wexner Center for the Arts, Colombus (USA)
· 25-26 November : Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork (Ireland)
· 30 Nov-1 December : The Black Box, Galway (Ireland)

Reckless Sleepers is presenting the remake of the cult performance Schrödinger, a work about thought experiments, cats, René Magritte, love, time, mathematics, observations, truth, lies and alcohol.

· 3-4 November : Arnolfini, Bristol (UK)
· 8 November : Axis Arts Centre, Crewe (UK)
· 10-11 November : Live at LICA, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster (UK)
· 14-16 November : Warwick Arts Centre (UK)
· 17-19 November : The Place, London (UK)
· 30 November : The Point, Eastleigh (UK)

Quaternaire is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda.

Quaternaire will be representing Ryoji's performing art works. superposition, the next new long-term art project will consist of a performance piece, installations, a lecture series, publications and other related works, and will premiere in 2012.

superposition is a project about the way we understand the reality of nature on an atomic scale and is inspired by the mathematical notions of quantum mechanics. Performers will appear in his piece for the first time, performing as operator/conductor/observer/examiners. All the components on stage will be in a state of superposition; sound, visuals, physical phenomena, mathematical concepts, human behaviour and randomness - these will be constantly orchestrated and de-orchestrated simultaneously in a single performance piece. The superposition project questions the boundaries between music, the visual and the performing arts, while extensively exploring the intersection between art and science.

For more information on Ryoji Ikeda you can visit his web site.

OVAAL's new danse piece To Intimate, choreographed by Mark Lorimer and Cynthia Loemij (dancers with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's company Rosas), is a piece for 2 performers and cellist Thomas Luks.
To Intimate is an exploration of the artists' personal stories and the paradox of modern-day communication. It is a performance about ambiguity, an intimate and chaste duet on the theme of the inexpressible nature of all human bonds.

· 8-9 September 2011 : Preview, La Bâtie - Festival de Genève (Switzerland)
· 18-19 November 2011 : Word premiere, Biennale 2011 Charleroi/danses, Charleroi (Belgium)
· 25 November 2011 : Festival de danse de Cannes (France)
· 30 November 2011 : Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk (Belgium)
· 7 December 2011 : Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg (Luxemburg)
· 21-22 December 2011 : STUK, Leuven (Belgium)

To Intimate is produced by OVAAL with the support of Rosas and is coproduced by Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg (Luxemburg), Charleroi/Danses (Belgium), Maison de la Musique de Nanterre (France), Kaaitheater (Belgium), Pact-Zollverein (Germany) and La Bâtie-Festival de Genève (Switzerland).


Ouroboros :
Janni Younge en collaboration avec Handspring Puppet Company présente Ouroboros, une histoire d'amour entre une danseuse et un poète. Nous assistons au déploiement dramatique de leur vie, de la naissance à la mort. Leurs interactions vivantes forment une toile des relations humaines, révélant l'interdépendance du passé, présent et futur.
Innovant l'art de la marionnette, les personnages d'Andre et Nokobonisa apparaissent en multiples versions d'eux-mêmes.
· 4 - 5 septembre : Out the Box 2011, Cape Town, Afrique du Sud

Handspring Puppet Company is on tour all through the autumn with two productions, Ourobouros and Woyzeck on the Highveld :

Woyzeck on the Highveld (Handspring Puppet Company/William Kentridge):
· 6 - 10 September : The Barbican, London, UK
· 15 - 17 September : Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes, Charleville Mézières, France
· 21 September : Transart, Bolzano, Italy
· 7 - 8 October : Trafo, Budapest, Hungary
· 11 - 15 October : Warwick Arts Centre, UK
· 18 - 22 October : Lyric Theatre, Belfast Festival UK
· 25 - 26 October : Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, UK
· 28 - 29 October : Aberystwyth Arts Centre, UK
· 1 - 2 November : Hall for Cornwall, UK
· 4 - 5 November : Exeter Northcott, UK
· 8 - 12 November : Oxford Playhouse, UK
UK tour in association with UK Arts International

Ourobouros :
Janni Younge in association with Handspring Puppet Company presents Ouroboros, a story of a love affair between a dancer and a poet. Using one of the great strengths of the puppetry medium, characters Andre and Nokobonisa are able to appear as multiple versions of themselves. We witness the unfolding drama of their lives from birth to death. Their living interactions form a web of relationships, revealing the interdependence of past, present and future.
· 4 - 5 September : Out the Box 2011, Cape Town, South Africa

Music. Manga. Machines. Experience Hotel Pro Forma's latest opera War Sum Up. Follow the Warrior, the Spy and the Soldier through their transformation into a world of light and dark, battle and death. From man to machine, to statue, ghost and fantasy heroine. Music by the Irrepressibles and Santa Ratniece. Performed by the Latvian Radio Choir.

· 2-3 September 2011 : World premiere, Latvian National Opera, Riga (Latvia)
· 8-9 September 2011 : Ultima, Oslo Contemporary Music Festival (Norway)
· 16-17 October 2011 : Arena Festival, Latvian National Opera, Riga (Latvia)
· 25 October 2011 : Odense Teater (Denmark)
· 27-28 October 2011 : Musikhuset Aarhus (Denmark)
· 11-12 November 2011 : Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Click here for additional information or check out the company's facebook page for exlusive rehearsal photos.

All That Fall is the latest work by Irish company Pan Pan Theatre, a new recording of Samuel Beckett's first radio play.

All That Fall is a multi-layered composition of voices that can be experienced as a black comedy, a murder mystery, a cryptic literary riddle or a quasi-musical score. The radio play will take place in Pan Pan’s uniquely atmospheric, theatrically tuned listening chamber with 60 rocking chairs installed in the darkness creating a blind theatre.

The piece will be presented this summer :
· 22 August 2011: Preview
· 23 August - 2 September 2011: Projects Arts Centre Dublin (Ireland)

The work is available for touring in 2011-2012.