Other projects at the Herbert
Looking for the Tallyman | Nina and Frederick | The Singing Nun | Godiva USA

Looking for the Tallyman

Following performances at the Edinburgh Festival 1999, and a National Tour including London at the Oval House November 1999, Looking for the Tallyman was performed at The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry to mark Triangle's new residency at the gallery.

An exploration into prickly family trees and the nature of patriarchy and nationhood. Through researching the personal family trees of the actors a journey was made into the experience of illegitimacy; of living in workhouses and children's homes in the 1930s and 40s; of the child's perception of World War 2, MI5 and the freemasons. This project was a personal history research project with mythological and universal resonance.

“At a time when so much theatre is bland and safe. Triangle’s 20th century fairy tale is a dense, rewardingly rich piece of visual theatre”
LYN GARDNER – The Guardian

THE BOOK BEHIND THE PLAY

Mary Waterfield's A Suffolk Punch - out of the Darkness is now available for purchase. It tells the true story which inspired Looking for the Tallyman and includes many visual and textual references to Triangle's other performance works.

Price: £10 plus postage and packing.
Available in The Herbert foyer or at www.triangletheatre.co.uk
All proceeds go to Mary's charity work with Les Wade in India and Albania.

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