Productions: The Ultimate Player’s Handbook
The Ultimate Player’s Handbook is a co-production by Company Chameleon (UK) & Clémentine & Lisard (Spain)
In the heart of a town square, a living handbook unfolds: one written not on paper, but in movement, strategy, and play.
The Ultimate Player’s Handbook is a vibrant street performance that explores the games we play every day, where rules are made and broken, roles shift between winner and loser, and cooperation is as vital as competition.
Co-directed by Clémentine & Lisard and Company Chameleon, the piece transforms a public space into a playground, where teams form, alliances shift, and every move asks us to reflect on the parts we play: on stage, in life, and in the spaces between.
With music, dance, and celebration, this evolving handbook invites us to question: how do we navigate rules? How can we celebrate playfulness in our day to day? How do we celebrate when the game never truly ends?
Production details
Direction & choreography: Kevin Edward Turner, Company Chameleon, and Lisard Tranis and Clémentine Telesfort, Clémentine & Lisard.
Cast: Camille Hinsinger, Kadafi Mulula, Shameer Rayes and Lucia Taylor
Music: Otis Jones
Duration: 25 minutes
The Ultimate Player’s Handbook is commissioned by XTRAX and the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona and funded by Arts Council England and Manchester City Council.