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1998

- Tactics For Evolution -

Final event in Brixton Fridge, London

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1997

- Tactics For Evolution -

Events:

'La Isla' Festival - Berlin

Tours:

Germany
Italy
Switzerland
France

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1996

- Totality -

Events:

Festival on Mount Etna, Sicily
'Roskilde' Festival - Denmark

Tours:

Italy
Germany
USA and Canada

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1995

- Totality -

Events:

'Fortress Querfurt' Festival - Germany
Que Club - Birmingham, UK

Tours:

Germany
Czech Republic
Hungary
Austria
Italy

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1994

- Totality -

Events in London:

Hackney Homeless festival - Clissold Park
Lash all nighter
Cool Tan benefit - Old Dolehouse, Brixton
'Megatripolis' at Heaven and Bagley's Wharf with Katie Jane Garside
Camden Palace with Katie Jane Garside
LA2

Tours:

Holland
Belgium
Germany
(with Katie Jane Garside)

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1993

- Legacy -

Events:

'Mutonia' (with the Mutoid Waste Company)
'Megadog' at The Rocket, London
'You Can't Kill The Spirit' Urban Free Festival - Deptford, London
Brixton Academy, London

Tours:

Italy (including 'Mutonia' and tour with the Mutoid Waste Company)
The Netherlands
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Belgium

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1992

- Legacy -

Events:

'Castille' Coimbra, Portugal
Festivals in The Netherlands
'Pushing Against The Wire' Festival - Northampton, UK
Disused Factory - Roeslare, Belgium
Beltane Fire - Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Tours:

The Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Slovenia

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1991

- Legacy -

Events:

World of Music and Dance (WOMAD) Festival - Reading, UK
World of Music and Dance (WOMAD) Festival - Hamburg, Germany
Cool Tan Factory - Brixton, London
'Aids Awareness Day' - Berlin
Beltane Fire - Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Test Dept Productions becomes a seperate organization,
later to change its name to NVA

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1990

Formation of Test Dept Productions for large-scale theatrical events,
based in Glasgow, Scotland

Events;

- The Second Coming -

'The Second Coming' event for Eurpoean City of Culture -
St. Rollox BR Engineering Works, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Empire -

'Montreals Music Actuals' New Music America Festival - Montreal, Canada

'A Day For Scotland' - Stirling Castle

Anti Poll Tax event - Albany Empire, Deptford, London
Anti Poll Tax event - Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Tour of UK
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Beltane Fire - Calton Hill, Edinburgh

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1989

Events:

- Gododdin -
Collaboration with Brith Gof (Faint Recollection)

European Tour including:
Stone Quarry - International Festival of Theatre, Polverigi, Italy
Disused Nail Factory - Hamburg, Germany
Ice Hockey Stadium - Leeurwarden, Friesland
The Tramway - Glasgow, Scotland
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- Buber's 'Elijah' -
International workshop performance collaboration with
Drugie Studio (former Grotowski Studio) - Wroclaw, Poland
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- Dalton Fountain Project -
Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Shout, Voices Against Censorship -
With Tony Benn M.P. and Sarah Jane Morris
- ICA, London
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- Beltane Fire, Edinburgh, Scotland

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1988

Events:

- Beltane Fire Re-Initiation -
Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Materia Prima -
Collaboration with With Werk Centrum Dans
Rotterdam, Holland
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- Natura Victus -
Tour including:
Kristiania, Copenhagen; Denmark;
Helsinki International Festival, Finland;
Polverigi International Theatre festival, Italy
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- Gododdin -
Collaboration with Brith Gof
- Rover Car Factory, Cardiff, Wales

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1987

- A Good Night Out -

Events:

The Town and Country Club with Sarah Jane Morris - London
'De Olyphant' - Amsterdam Docks (March)
Konrad Str Complex - Amsterdam Docks (Dec)
Brixton Fridge - London

Tours:

(March / April)
The Netherlands
West Germany
Berlin
Italy
Switzerland
France

(Nov / Dec)
Hungary
Berlin
West Germany
The Netherlands
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- Siege of Wapping -
Ministry of Power benefit on the first anniversary of the Printworker's Strike
With Alan Sutcliffe; James Phillips: The Printworker's Choir
- Hackney Empire, London
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- Demonomania -
Ministry of Power event for the Internationale Festival Del Teatro
With Andy Wilson; John Eacott; Jacob Marley; Liz Rankin; Tom Dixon; Slags
-C15 Monasterio Del San Benedito, Vallodolid, Spain
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- Rock Against Racism -
with James Phillips; Gene 'Scotty' Muir
City of London University
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Anti-Apartheid events
with Sarah Jane Morris
- London and Wolverhampton

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1986

Formation of 'Ministry of Power'
- An umbrella organization incorporating artists, film makers, musicians, dancers,
performers, writers and individuals from the social and political arenas.

Events:

- The Unacceptable Face of Freedom -
A Ministry of Power event for the end of the GLC
With Malcom Poynter; Jacob Marley; Liz Rankin & Company of Cracks;
John Eacott; Alan Sutcliffe; Johnathan Moore; Ra Ra Zoo; Tom Dixon.
- Bishopsbridge Maintenance Depot, Paddington, London
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- Our Finest Hour -
A Ministry of Power event for Britain Day at The World Expo '86
With Queens Own Lancashire Regiment; Gene 'Scotty' Muir; Alan Sutcliffe;
Chinese State Circus Ribbon Troupe; Tom Dixon.
- Vancouver, Canada
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Tour of Canada
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- 'Mines Not Missiles' Festival-
- Aylesham, Kent, UK
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- 'Transmusicalles' Festival -
Rennes, France

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1985

Events:

- 'Atonal' Festival -
With Laibach; Art Deco; and others
Tiergarten - Berlin
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- Ljubliana / Zagreb -
Performance in an underground car park (Ljubliana) and nightclub (Zagreb)
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- Convention of Hysteria -
Collaboration with Diamanda Galas
Albany Empire - Deptford, London
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- European Network -
Tour of Eastern and Western Europe
including:
Poland; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Yugoslavia; Berlin;
West Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Netherlands
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- 'Mines Not Missiles' Festival -
Aylesham, Kent, Uk

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1984

Events:

- Program For Progress -
Large-scale performance
Cannon Street Mainline Railway Station - London
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- Cool Jazz Festival -
New York, USA
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- Sheffield Leadmill -
With Cabaret Voltaire and Chakk
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- 'Fuel To Fight' -
Miner's benefit with the South Wales Striking Miner's Choir
Albany Empire - Deptford, London
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Tours:

USA

'Fuel To Fight'
Tour of Britain in Support of the Miner's Strike with the South Wales Striking Miner's Choir

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1983

Events:

- 'Beating The Retreat' -
performance in railway arch
Arch 69 - Waterloo, London
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- 'November Reprisal' -
Large-scale performance
Raided by the Police, TD arrested, equipment confiscated, show closed down
'Titan' Arch - Waterloo, London
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- Heaven -
An answer to the 'Titan' Arch raid
Charing Cross, London
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- World of Music and Dance Festival -
First ever WOMAD
With the Aboriginal Artists of South West Australia
ICA, London
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Tours of UK

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1982

- Stakhanovite Sound -
First Test Dept performance (Feb 20)
The Lee Centre - Lewisham, South London

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Various performances in and around London

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1981

October

Formation of Test Dept

New Cross

South London

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