By Josh Budd
Robin Linde Productions collaborate with IMMERGE to bring entertainment shorts to London
If you have a love for the theatre, and have a passion for caravanning, then a new project from IMMERGE will certainly be something that will interest you.
You rarely hear the words ‘theatre production’ and ‘caravanning’ in the same sentence, but if anyone can successfully marry the two, it’s Robin Linde Productions, as they team up with IMMERGE to bring the colourful, exciting and quality dramatic productions, titled Summer Shorts, to London.
Young, up-and-coming installation artist from the Netherlands, Rosa Sijben, has been responsible for crafting the stage for the event – a stage that certainly has a peculiar twist. With the exterior of a family caravan, Rosa’s theatre will be fully mobile, and the event’s performances will all take place upon her caravan-inspired stage.
Rosa’s latest project aims to elevate fine art above its current station in the theatre. Rather than being merely intended for the creation of props and costumes, Rosa utilises fine art in such a way that it becomes integral and inseparable from the core elements of the theatre, redefining the role art has in theatrical production.
As the popular MERGE festival nears, IMMERGE and Robin Linde Productions plan to showcase six different, fifteen minute shows, spanning across six weeks. The first scheduled show, entitled ‘Sea View’, even heavily features caravanning, following the story of a woman who moves to a caravan site to escape her hectic life to write a novel.
The Summer Shorts festivities begin on 10 June with the last week of performances ending on 18 July. This special event will take place in Borough Market, London.
If you are curious to see Rosa’s whimsical moving caravan-theatre in action, tickets are now on sale on. To buy your tickets, please visit the MERGE festival’s website here.
