Snails & Ketchup

Spiteful exchanges, punishments, pinpricks, SNAILS & KETCHUP is the last straw for this dysfunctional family!

Inspired by Italo Calvino's 'The Baron in the Trees', SNAILS & KETCHUP is the darkly comic tale of a dysfunctional family and follows a son taking to the trees to live an arboreal existence, escaping his brutal home environment for the solace of the forest.

Powerfully told through solo performer Ramesh Meyyappan's masterful storytelling, it uses physical performance, an ingenious aerial set and aerial choreography, animation and a complementary live score to poignantly unfold the lives of a young boy and his sibling, from the traumatic birth of the twins to a typical family dinner... Ramesh's outstanding command of his own physicality and extensive imagination allows him to embody the four members of this quirky family. He reminds us that despite familial love being unconditional, it is sometimes impossible to co-exist with those we hold dear.

Production Team

Created and Performed by Ramesh Meyyappan
Co-Devised by Ramesh Meyyappan & Hamish Pirie
Director: Josette Bushell-Mingo
Aerial Choreography: Jennifer Paterson & Lucy Deacon
Aerial Rigging / Production Management: Topher Dagg
Lighting Design: Alberto Santos Bellido
Animation: Marta Macková
Music Composition: Tze

Produced by Chloë Dear/Iron-Oxide

SNAILS & KETCHUP has been commissioned for Unlimited, a project celebrating disability, arts, culture and sport on an unprecedented scale as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
 
 The project is principally funded by the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, and is delivered in partnership between London 2012, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the British Council. It is supported by Singapore International Foundation, Creative Scotland, the Esplanade (Singapore) and Made In Scotland.

For further information, please contact: 
clo@rameshmeyyappan.com +44 797 438 8976