Silver Lining & Jacksons Lane: Throwback part of Jacksons Lane Spring Season

Jacksons Lane, 269a Archway Road, London N6 5AA

Wednesday 1st – Saturday 4th February 2017

Following huge success at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, Throwback returns to Jacksons Lane as part of the London International Mime Festival. With awe-inspiring aerial and acrobatic work, one of the UK’s most exciting young troupes teams up with West End director Paulette Randall and director Simon Pollard to tell stories that are honest, emotional and absorbing.

With world-class hand-balancing, tension straps (a brand new circus skill invented by LJ Marles), Chinese pole, hula hooping, foot juggling and a fantastic hoop-diving sequence, the artists in Throwback balance, hang, sing, fly, catch, spin and throw their way through this fast-paced, feel- good explosion of physical skills and fun. The performers’ rapport as friends is evident from the start and the show relays honest stories about their own memories told with infectious energy.

Founding company member Thomas Ball, comments The main thing I’d like an audience member to come out of the show with is a feeling of happiness, of having seen something that actually made them feel good. So I look at what I can offer an audience and it’s a smile. In the uncertain times we live in maybe that is exactly what we all need.

With #ThrowbackThursday now a weekly social media posting trend, memories are part of our zeitgeist. People love to get nostalgic about their childhood, old friends, relationships, pop
culture, past trends and happy memories and this is exactly what Silver Lining love too and have harnessed here.

…if there’s a warm heart to be found, it’s sitting right in the middle of Throwback. This gem of a show created at Jacksons Lane in London touches you in all the right places (The Scotsman).

Title

Silver Lining & Jacksons Lane: Throwback

Performance Dates

Wednesday 1st – Saturday 4th February 2017 Wednesday/Thursday – 8pm
Friday – 7pm (BSL-interpreted by Jacqui Beckford) Saturday – 6pm

Running time 60 minutes

Location

Jacksons Lane, 269a Archway Road, London N6 5AA

Box Office Tickets are available from www.jacksonslane.org.uk priced £18 (£16)

Notes There will be a post-show discussion on Wed 1st February.

Twitter @SilverLiningCo_, @jacksons_lane, #throwbackshow

Cast

Tom Ball
Craig Dagostino
Sammy Dinneen
Alice Gilmartin
LJ Kalyn Marles
Ulrike Storch

Directors

Paulette Randall, Simon Pollard

Producers

Jacksons Lane. Co-produced by National Centre for Circus Arts & Underbelly Productions

Notes Ages 8+

About Jacksons Lane

Jacksons Lane is a multi-arts venue in North London with a far-reaching, inclusive and accessible programme of performance and participation. Since 1975 they have helped launch the careers of artists like Complicite, The Mighty Boosh and Eddie Izzard. Today, they are the foremost supporter of contemporary circus in the UK, working with hundreds of artists each year to create new work.

About Silver Lining

Silver Lining are an emerging circus company featuring some of the UK’s finest young circus artists. Multi-disciplined and highly skilled, they trained at the National Centre for Circus Arts and are now Associate Artists at Jacksons Lane with a sell-out CircusFest run under their belts. They create work that’s both charming and adventurous with their unique blend of friendship, talent and youthful exuberance.