TARA BOLAND

Director: Bryony Kimmings

Battersea Arts Centre, Nov 2013 - Jan 2014

Tara performed Kimmings’ creation Barbra Bliss; a lovely Londoner with an exploding spell set on her that only audiences of small (and tall) people could save her from.

A 10 minute show for 10 people (little and big). Enter the strange and somewhat singed flat of Barbara Bliss, a good neighbour for whom things have gone very bad! Help the former life and soul of the party escape the Kablooey - an exploding spell put onto her home by a terrifying and power-hungry housing officer. Solve the riddle, lark about and make Babs laugh once more to have any hope of stopping the room from exploding again!10... 9... 8... 

Originally performed as part of Battersea Arts Centre’s The Good Neighbour

PRESS

‘a treasure hunt of epic proportions that scares, amuses, excites and challenges’ **** The Telegraph

**** The Guardian

Punchdrunk Enrichment’s Route 158

Director: Um, Tara

Co-Created by Tara, Kat Heath & Pete Higgin

Tara returned to Punchdrunk Enrichment to create this ambitious project; an immersive show on a double decker bus, touring to London schools.

She was the Writer and Director and also performed in the project.

Tara played both Alphia (lead) and was the swing for Alberta (also lead) in this immersive marvel about other worlds, imagination and everyone’s innate ability to create something totally unique.

When a series of stones mysteriously appear in a primary school, pupils are unaware that this is the start of an epic adventure. A travel company from another world is in peril, and urgently needs the children's help.

Tara worked in role meeting and greeting children in the school as well as performing both parts for the two hander show that took place on the bus. She also did all of the voice over work for the eight different characters that appeared in dictaphone messages for the children, that’s a lorra accent work right there.