Jessica Rolfsmeyer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2017 FROST & LORCA A UNIQUE FUSION OF POETRY, PROJECTIONS, ART AND THEATRE HAS BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE 2017 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL Production Dates: August 17th-23rd, 2017 SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE—​FROST & LORCA, directed by John Morrow: ​a one of a kind performance that celebrates the British abstract artist, ​Sir Terry Frost, R.A​, and poet ​Federico Garcia Lorca​; has been invited to perform at the National Museum of Scotland during the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The talented company will be performing this unique piece in mid August; the first to come from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The production is inspired by the beautiful ​Lorca Portfolio​ created by Sir Terry Frost; a collection of eleven etchings which accompany eleven Lorca poems in both Spanish and English. Two British actresses and a Peruvian actor bring the portfolio to life, dramatizing the poems and synthesizing with Frost’s paintings, while dramatically narrating stories from both the artists lives. The etchings and poetry are both a highlight of the bilingual presentation, as they are used digitally as the projected scenery, while a Spanish guitarist provides an original soundscape of classical guitar to accompany the actors through the poems and stories. The performance is a symphony art piece; tantalizing multiple senses of the audience while also educating them through beautiful historic works of art, poetry, and theatre. Production History Frost & Lorca​ was debuted at the 2016 San Miguel de Allende Fringe Festival, an International Cultural Platform encouraging bilingual work to be produced in the small, yet culturally diverse Mexican city. From there, two performances took place at the Skot Foreman Art Gallery at the Fabrica Aurora, where the eleven original Frost etchings were also displayed as a part of the performance. The play was then recognized and sponsored by a patron of the Fringe Festival. Alberto Lenz, director of the The Belles Artes, a Mexican government art institute located in centro San Miguel de Allende, recognized the uniqueness of the performance, and supported the project further by offering a space to rehearse and develop. Frost & Lorca ​was extremely well received and was encouraged to continue research and development in pursuit of other venues, as strong education piece and culturally aware bilingual production. It has since been performed at MuvArte Gallery in San Miguel de Allende in February of 2017. A Company Devised Piece The Frost & Lorca Company began developing the idea of working with the poems and the images of the Lorca Suite courtesy of the San Miguel Festival in Mexico in 2016. Inspired by the desire of the Fringe to present bilingual work director John Morrow, and with images created in the UK by Naoko Tagai and Mishi Bekesi, the company members began exploring ways of presenting the poems and paintings in a theatrical form culminating in two public performances in the Skot Foreman Gallery. They continued this research and development in Mexico early in 2017 with a performance at MuvArte Galleria. The performance in Edinburgh is the next phase for the work which will continue to grow and evolve over time. More About Director John Morrow John Morrow is a lifelong actor, director and writer, with a proclivity towards experimental theatre, and a standing history in New York during the 1960's/1970's movement of new works. His plays were performed at LaMama, Theatre Genesis, Museum of Modern Art and The Space for Innovative Development. He cofounded and taught at in the theatre department of Naropa University, in Boulder, CO. He is currently the co-founder and Artistic Director of the San Miguel de Allende Fringe Festival, Mexico; the first and only bi-lingual Fringe Festival in the Americas. "Excellent acting and directing. Professionally done.” -Alberto Lenz, Director, Belles Artes “So approachable and transcendent at the same time- the stories about the artists in between poems felt like a lovely difference in tone and humanized the poetry," Bill O Fares, Artist "Radical and .... actually, revolutionary. .-Thom Beers, Producer LISTING ANNOUNCEMENT Theatre/Performing Arts WHAT Frost & Lorca WHO Devised by the Frost & Lorca Company Members Directed by John Morrow FEATURING Janet Prince, Henrietta Weekes, Enrique Argumedo accompanied music from Maria Camahort Images created by Naoko Tagai and Mishi Bekesi WHEN August 17 - 23rd 2017 PERFORMANCES 12pm midday (1.00pm WHERE Gilded Balloon at the Museum Auditorium The 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland ABOUT TICKETS £12 (£10) FROSTLORCA.org​ |-|-PRESS CONTACT RAISE THE ROOFTOP MARKETING Jessica Lauren, Publicist +52 - ​ |-