Press Information

In this section you will find high-resolution photos of our performances, the latest press releases, and publications about The Solvents in press. If you would like to learn more about our company, please, see About Us section. For our performance schedule, see Touring Dates. For the latest news, see our Blog and subscribe to our Newsletter.

For all press inquiries, please, contact our Press Manager Celine Smith at
+44 (0)871 218-0848 or mail AT thesolvents DOT net

Next show

BAC London, 20-25 February *COSMIC FAMILY* 8 pm (Sun 6pm)
''The Solvents Undiluted' documentary PREMIERE 20 Feb 9 pm (Sun 7 pm)
See our e-flyer

The Solvents Photos

To view the photo, just click on the image. To save to disk, click on the mouse right button (Ctrl-click on Macs). All the photos are print quality 32 x 21 cm, 300 dpi, jpeg format.
Need more photos? Contact Celine (see the contacts above).
The photos can be used only if you refer to The Solvents theatre company and www.thesolvents.net in the article / next to the photos.

The *Cosmic Family*- High Res. Photos

Cleaning Spiritual Mess

SHE is arriving   Photos © 2006 Kate Mount

Mourning SHE

Trying the Smoothie

Cosmic Communion

This is Good, This is Great, This is Fantastic! Photos (c) Andrea A. Mecci

Milking SHE The Holy

Snorting the Smoothie

This is Good, This is Great, This is Fantastic! Photos © 2006 Kate Mount

"You are so lucky!|"

"You are a good cleaner, boy..." Photos © 2006 Kate Mount

Sucking SHE the Holy...

Dragging SHE The Holy Photo © 2006 Andrea A. Mecci

Inside Out Home Video - High Res. Photos
Vacuum Sex		Bath Foetus

Eating Tit	Stills © 2006 Alex Forge Selected for Berlinale Talent campus 07 Dead in Oven	Killer Chair

'The Solvents Undiluted' Documentary
Cosmic Family pouring spiritual rain	The Cosmic Family in NightHawck by Reggie Watts
Pigs on stage Storming in The Gun Show with Pig Heads Dimitry pig with Reggie Watts       The Solvents and The Freaks in the Box Cutting Tongues Off with Ula Dajerling Trying out a new tongue

 
Press Releases

All press-releases are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Click on the press release to view, right-click to save to your computer.

• The Solvents at BAC (20-25 February 2007), article on Dartington College of Arts News Section (13 Feb 2007)

• 'Inside Out Home Video' too shoking? Selected and censored at Berlinale Talent Campus 07 (February 2007)

• Turning a theatre into a Pig stable (25 August 2006 - about the Eerie Pig Act - involving real pig heads)

• From no stars to pop stars (20 August 2006 - about how the Solvents devised alternative ways of promoting their show)

 • Theatre Goes Spiritual (20 May 2006 - For Edinburgh Fringe Festival 06)




 

Press about The Solvents 

	• Metro London - "Sound Family Values"   Feature article about The Solvents & Cosmic Family   by Andrzej Lukowski     (read the original article - 20 February 2007)
	• Metro Edinburgh - "As Funny as It is Terrifying"   5 star review of The *Cosmic Family*    (read the original article - 16 August 2006)
	• The Sunday Times - "The Playfulness Is The Thing"   Productions: Cosmic Family and Leviathan    (read the original article - 16 April 2006)
	• Noises Off (Official NSDF 2006 Magazine)   page 1  |  page 2  |  page 3   The Cosmic Family reviews (9 April 2006)

Reviews of Our Work:

"A young performance company full of verve and attack who explore
stimulating concepts and reframe them in their own distinctive style.
They have a charming performance style, which is believable and
engaging, and the worlds they create are a delight to be part of.
The Solvents are addictive."'

"The *Cosmic Family* Workshop-Seminar is a screaming, hellish plunge into the bowels of a nightmare, a monstrous devil-child abomination that should have been mercilessly smothered at birth. It's a sick, loathsome monster, so messed up that at its conclusion the audience is actually afraid to leave the room, scared that The *Cosmic Family* might be waiting for them outside.(...) The Family's actions are inexcusably warped, but the unfathomable, illogical weirdness of their insane beliefs is almost as funny as it is terrifying.' - Andrzej Lukowski, Metro, RATING: 5/5 stars ***** (Read full review here)

"Somewhere between new age evangelism and corporate sell, the Cosmic Family's 'presentation' is full of energy - and not only of the 'positive' kind - it also serves as a dark warning to those of us who might have been harbouring any milk of human kindness.  Contemporary performance taking a 'smooth' swipe at hype."

"This is a show that takes the audience by cosmic force! The Solvents create an evening of evangelical indoctrination where the audience are invited to enjoy the weird and the wonderful."

Wonderfully entertaining show that seduces you into wanting to belong to the ‘positive’ cult, whilst it exposes its horrors and abuses’

"Innovative scenography, skillful ensemble work and energised performances are used to great effect.  Leviathan succeeds in bringing its audience into 'the very belly of the whale'."

'The Solvents' work draws on a variety of approaches and forms to create energised and exciting events of physical theatre. 'Leviathan', in particular, is marked by a scenographic inventiveness (in which spectatorial positions are reconfigured with great fluidity to offer a variety of perspectives, as in a Cubist painting), a physical commitment, dexterity and detail, an engagement with diverse modes and languages of performance (physical theatre, dance, music, puppetry, storytelling), and an elaboration of dynamic imagery. "

Awards

Inside Out home Video by The Solvents and video artist Alex Forge won Alex a place on Berlinale Talent Campus 07.

NSDF 2006:
• Judges’ Award for Versatility
• Judges’ Commendation for Soundscape (Leviathan)
• Directors’ Guild Award (Klaus Kruse)