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13 May 2003 0741 BST
The dark and sinister side of water conservation is the theme of an award- winning show coming to Bristol. | | Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water ....Drip! | |  | |
| | Parisian theatre group Attic People brings Drip to the Old Vic Basement at the end of May, as part of the theatre's Mayfest season.
The show is a darkly comic look at a community battling against an outsider who refuses to obey the rules.
It is set in Cracker Valley at the time of the Annual Friendly Water Conservation Contest - where first prize is your picture in the paper with the Mayor.
An eccentric chorus of spying neighbours; including a knife-wielding granny, ugly romantic, selfish potbellied socialist, philosophical pub rat, and a dilapidated sexpot, are determined to win.
 | | Water conservation can be a scary business |
But their water-crimping efforts are foiled by their new neighbour Ben, who spends hours in the bathtub dreaming about the German girl next door.
The deeper Ben withdraws into his aquatic fantasy world, the more the becomes an obstacle to be removed at all costs.
Topsy-turvy
The international ensemble of seven draws its audience into this topsy-turvy world through imaginative physical play, a cacophony of sounds and cartoonish storytelling.
Here body odour is a virtue, cleanliness a deadly sin and love a forbidden fruit.
Drip, which won awards at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, can be seen at the Old Vic Basement on 27th and 28th May at 12.30pm and 9.30pm.
Meanwhile the theatre's Mayfest season continues with the circus skills of the Miren Circus Theatre Co (19th and 20th), the high- tech media of News From Nowhere (22nd and 23rd) experimental works by Hermann's Magic Theatre (29th) and Taylan Halici Go Home (30th) and finishes with A Physical Theatre Cabaret on Saturday 31st May.
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