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Part gig, part live art installation: totally theatre...
‘One show that truly delivers the shock of the new, the most innovative presentation of live music I’ve ever seen – a total game-changer’
Alex Needham, The Guardian
★★★★★ ‘a blast of aural and visual magic . . . a joy-inducing original’ - Donald Hutera, The Times (full review)
Arifa Akbar, Chief Theatre Critic, The Guardian ★★★★
★★★★ ‘the walls of the space and the music are genuinely in dialogue with each other’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
★★★★★ ‘A joy inducing original’ Donald Hutera The Times
★★★★ ‘A dark, clanking wonderland... KlangHaus isn't a concert - it’s a little world’ Andrzej Lukowski Time Out
★★★★ ‘Breathes a lungful of fresh air into gig-going and theatre alike’ Maxie Szalwinska, Sunday Times
★★★★ ‘By turns lulls, terrorizes and invigorates the audience … an eerie but magnetic rock’n’roll mantra crashing drums, rumbling fuzz bass, lighting is either low or blinding’ Fiona Shepherd, The Scotsman
‘an immersive, engaging live performance that we can’t recommend enough’ This Week in London
What is KlangHaus?
Sound + Art + Building
KlangHaus is a cross-discipline practice, blending art, music and theatre. Initially responding to unsung buildings, over the past decade the collective have grown into responding to context, a KlangHaus show can be performed in a black box, an art gallery, an abandoned building, mansion and with fresh steps, into the wild outdoors.
Klanghaus creates sensory narratives that transform spaces and transport our imagination, creating fresh dialogues with buildings and communities.
KlangHaus is a partnership between musicians/sound artists The Neutrinos and visual artist Sal Pittman.
★★★★ ‘the walls of the space and the music are genuinely in dialogue with each other’
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
KlangHaus began as a residency in Berlin at Funkhaus Nelpastrasse. The resulting outcome became KlangHaus company. A unique collaboration between 4 artists producing work rooted in a visceral sense of place and the psycho-geographic through sensorially impactful shows. KlangHaus became a smash hit at the Edinburgh Festival 2014 before going on to sell out over 100 performances at London’s Royal Festival Hall 2016/2017. The Times described them as ‘A blast of aural and visual magic’ in a 5 star review. In 2018 KlangHaus were exhibition designers for the re-opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery, in the highly acclaimed and influential exhibition “Concrete Dreams”.
Earth. In 2023 KlangHaus took KlangHaus: InHaus and Darkroom to the Edinburgh Fringe. Performing 210 shows across 21 days garnering much attention from arts industry and receiving 5 star international press reviews.
2024 - KlangHaus: R&D AI project with Lancaster University
2024 - KlangHaus: R&D TreeHaus with University St.Andrew’s
2023 - KlangHaus: InHaus - Hearth&Home - in our own home
2023 - KlangHaus: InHaus & Darkroom -Summerhall Edinburgh
2022 - KlangHaus: InHaus - in our own home
2022 - KlangHaus: LightHaus - Love Light Norwich Festival
2021 - Darkroom - COP26
2021 - Darkroom at Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
2020 - KlangHaus: Floodlight - Love Light Festival Norwich
2018 - Concrete Dreams QEH Southbank
2017 - KlangHaus: 800 Breaths - Southbank
2016 - KlangHaus: Four Storeys - Norwich
2016 - KlangHaus: Alight Here - bus depot Colchester
2016 - KlangHaus: On Air - Southbank
2015 - KlangHaus: Lower Ground - Somerset House, London
2014 - KlangHaus - Summerhall Edinburgh
2014 - KlangHaus - trial in our own home.
2013 - Stories from the Basement - Norfolk & Norwich Festival
2012 - Butcher of Common Sense - The Horse Hospital, London
2008 - Butcher of Common Sense Berlin Residency
★★★★★ ‘a blast of aural and visual magic . . . a joy-inducing original’
Donald Hutera, The Times
Locations
KlangHaus works with local producing partners to present a new and exclusive show, unique to your location. The most appropriate sites for KlangHaus are multi room buildings/spaces with a history and distinctive architectural features.
See examples below:
In order of appearance – Royal Festival Hall – roof spaces, Somerset House – lower ground,
St George’s works - furniture depository, Summerhall – Small Animal Hospital.
Locations
KlangHaus works with local producing partners to present a new and exclusive show, unique to your location. The most appropriate sites for KlangHaus are multi room buildings/spaces with a history and distinctive architectural features.
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Past promoter comments
'We wanted to talk about the amazing history and design of these buildings, but also the performative history and we knew KlangHaus could play with the archive in a beautiful, creative way.' Georgia Ward, Participation Producer at Southbank.
'After having previously presented the original KlangHaus at Summerhall, I really wanted them to create a new version for the Royal Festival Hall. The result was magnificent and sold out every performance over a full month of shows. The whole team were very professional in the way they worked with our staff, from the technical department to housekeeping to marketing and press. Audiences were powerfully affected by the shows, and there is clearly more appetite to see these shows; accordingly, I have booked another extended run of KlangHaus for summer 2017.' Rupert Thomson Royal Festival Hall
‘The beauty of the KlangHaus experience is that by inhabiting unusual spaces, in our case the redundant bus depot, we can broaden the audience without compromising the art. The show itself is a bedazzling mash-up of sound and vision, at times tender, at other times brutal. Holistically, this singular combination of the space, the work and the audience gave a unique addition to our contemporary performance programme.’ Anthony Roberts Colchester Arts Centre
'It was an absolute pleasure to work with and host ‘Klanghaus:Four Storeys’ at our building in Norwich, and watch a friendly and professional production culminate in a week of awesome sell out shows.’ Giff Mulley - Site Manager, St Marys’ & St George’s Works, Norwich
All press and national marketing for KlangHaus is overseen by Steve Forster of SFP Communications ltd (Best Theatre PR, London Fringe Awards). Steve has many years experience of PR and marketing at local, regional, national and international levels and a deep understanding of the unique nature of KlangHaus. He will work in collaboration with producing partner’s PR/marketing staff to ensure maximum press coverage and marketing potential for all KlangHaus performances.
The hybrid nature of the show embraces rock, experimental electronica and acoustic music alongside visual art and film in a groundbreaking, theatrical presentation. This helps to introduce audiences from each art form to each other in a dynamic, visceral format. The team like to encourage former tenants back into buildings to see the show. Engaging with all people in the building is key to a full experience.
Four Storeys:‘The show’s dramatic arc entirely mirrored that of going into genuine battle ’ - former serving British Army sergeant working in the adjacent building.
On Air: A source of research was the only surviving architectural employee from the original build of the Royal Festival Hall. Jean Simmonds was a RIBA apprentice who made a photographic diary of the construction and allowed us to use all of her material.
If you think you have a space that you’d like to consider please do contact us and we’ll be happy to discuss it with you. Sections of KlangHaus can be very loud with a full amplified rock band, do bear this in mind when suggesting locations. Site visits are necessary to ensure the suitability of proposed spaces. As KlangHaus is created individually for each space it inhabits, it is not possible to give a definitive technical specification but in general KlangHaus will supply all backline amplifiers, drums, instruments etc, as well as computers, some PA and data projectors. The team require the hosting partner to source extra data projectors, lighting and PAs. A duty manager provided by the producing partner with local knowledge and experience is beneficial. Front of House, box office and stewarding & venue licenses will be normally the responsibility of the producing partner. All this can also be discussed and assessed during the initial site meeting.
The Neutrinos have spent the last 10 years in constant states of reinvention. They have released 3 albums, performed around the UK, northern Europe, Canada and the USA. Their music has been used for underground film soundtracks and throughout the feature length Channel 4 documentary ‘The Trials of Amanda Knox’.
‘Throbbing art-punk and sexy urgent energy’ - Time Out New York
Sal Pittman is an artist working with film, light, supergraphics and montage in a seamless line between analogue and digital presentation. Visual representations of music, rich with tactile, off-kilter, unapologetic personality. Her art direction and design work can be seen on promos and short films for 4AD, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and mute, including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Grinderman, Can, Scott Walker/Sunn O))) and Daughter.
KlangHaus’ ongoing collaborative work with climate scientists and academics underpins the shows with rigour, surprise and edge. Current relationships: Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UAL, UCL, The Barn, St. Andrew’s University, Leeds University, Lancaster University, National Centre for Writing.
Contacts
Booking, artistic and technical queries: karen@klanghaus.co.uk
Press and marketing queries: Steve Forster SFP Communications 01603 661459, 07939 221192 - steve@sfppr.co.uk