The Les 7 Doigts de la Main Production Of TRACES UK Tour Begins 2/1

Following a hugely successful season at The Peacock Theatre in Spring 2009, Les 7 Doigts de la Main will tour their hugely acclaimed production TRACES in the UK in February and March 2010.

Performed by five young French-Canadian artists who demonstrate startling acrobatic brilliance, TRACES features dazzling displays of gravity-defying skill. Whether balancing casually on each other's heads, tumbling through hoops or leaping spectacularly up giant poles without using their hands, the cast of four men and one woman soar through the show.

The tour will visit Edinburgh, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Bradford, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Wimbledon, Hull, Coventry, Salford, Woking, Cardiff, Southampton, Sheffield and Brighton. These dates follow the company's debut appearance on the 2009 Royal Variety Performance on Wednesday 16th December 2009, on which they performed a specially devised extract from TRACES.

More than just a series of tricks however, TRACES pioneers a new brand of circus with a striking human element. Set in a makeshift bunker, five characters hide from an impending disaster outside the door. Using creation as their only antidote to the destruction outside, the cast use every mode of expression available to them, hoping to put down a last mark and leave their traces as best they can. Video, narration and music combine to show snippets of the performers' real lives, gradually drawing the audience into their stories, as seemingly impossible acts take on a startlingly human nature. Set to a pumping soundtrack ranging from rock ‘n' roll to blues to hip hop, TRACES mixes raw, classic acrobatics with theatre, skateboarding, street and contemporary dance styles.

The company features a hugely accomplished group of five performers whose skills have been perfected in circus schools and companies all over the world.

Les 7 Doigts de la Main was founded in Montreal in 2002 by seven seasoned circus performers with a goal to create circus shows with a strong human element. Traces was created in 2006 and is the company's second production. It was performed in Melbourne as part of The Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival in summer 2006 and has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards in New York.

For further information please contact The Corner Shop on 020 7494 3665 or email ben@thecornershoppr.com

Tour details

February 1st, 2nd and 3rd
EDINBURGH, Festival Theatre
www.eft.co.uk
Box Office 0131 529 6000

February 4th, 5th and 6th
GLASGOW, Theatre Royal
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/Theatre-Royal-Glasgow
Ticket Office 0844 871 7647

February 8th, 9th and 10th
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/Milton-Keynes-Theatre
Ticket office 0844 871 7652

February 11th, 12th and 13th
BRADFORD, Alhambra Theatre
www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
Box Office 01274 432 000

February 15th, 16th and 17th
BIRMINGHAM, Hippodrome
www.birminghamhippodrome.com
Box Office 0844 338 5000

February 18th, 19th and 20th
LIVERPOOL, Empire Theatre
www.liverpoolempire.org.uk
Box Office 0844 847 2525

February 22nd, 23rd and 24th
LEICESTER, The Curve
www.curveonline.co.uk
Box Office 0116 242 3595

February 25th, 26th and 27th
WIMBLEDON, New Wimbledon Theatre
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/New-Wimbledon-Theatre
Box Office 0844 871 7646

March 1st, 2nd and 3rd
HULL, New Theatre
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre
Box Office 01482 226 655

March 4th, 5th and 6th
COVENTRY, Belgrade Theatre
http://www.belgrade.co.uk/
Box Office 024 7655 3055

March 8th, 9th and 10th
SALFORD, The Lowry
www.thelowry.com
Box Office 0870 787 5796

March 11th, 12th and 13th
WOKING, New Victoria
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/woking
Box Office 0844 871 7645

March 15th, 16th and 17th
CARDIFF, Wales Millenium Centre
www.wmc.org.uk
Box Office 0870 040 2000

March 18th, 19th and 20th
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower
http://www.mayflower.org.uk/
Box Office 02380 711 811

March 22nd, 23rd and 24th
SHEFFIELD, Crucible Theatre
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Box Office 0114 249 6000

March 25th, 26th & 27th
BRIGHTON, Theatre Royal
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/brighton
Box Office
0844 871 7627

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