Clare Patey

Old Dog New Trick

Is all that glitters really gold? Can you have your cake and eat it? And how long does it take to find a needle in a haystack? Old Dog New Trick was an interactive performance installation at the Roundhouse as part of the London International Festival of Theatre.The piece was staged in artist designed caravans and together with a cast of performers we invited the audience to test the wisdom of ancient proverbs. It is still an ambition to put a real bull in a china shop!

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

All the glitters is not gold

The toast always lands butter side up (sod's law)

The Mother of Invention

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you

All mouth and no trousers

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink

A new broom sweeps clean

Too many cooks spoil the broth

There's no use crying over spilled milk

Credits

Commissioned by London International Festival of Theatre as part of their Landscape of Childhood season. Designed by Cathy Wren, directed by Mark Storer, with artists Alice Power, Alice Purcell, Nick Chambers, The World Famous, Howard Lee, Sarah Angliss, Colin Uttley, Roger Hartley, Roddy Maude-Roxby and many others. Read about it here