Transforming Tube
05:52 · An archive version of the act with audience participation.
Interactive
Spring Man and Transforming Tube
A space character for children and a stage version that puts a guest in the middle of the act.
About the act
- Six colourways
- 6–8 minutes
For children, Spring Man is a visitor from outer space. A separate flexible-tube routine involves games and catching balls. In the adult version, the tube ‘swallows’ a guest and brings them back to the stage. This interactive act runs for about six minutes.
Nikolai brought the idea home from a Dubai festival and later sewed replacement costumes himself. There are six colourways. The eight-minute solo Cosmic Fantasy uses three tubes. In the duet, a trainer in white faces off against a black tube.
Venue requirements
The artist brings the props. The space required around the act is agreed with the venue.
Gallery
Performance photos
Spring Man in a silver costume
Spring Man on stage
Performance in an illuminated costume
Transforming Tube in its green costume
Close-up of the green Transforming Tube costume
Different Spring Man costumes
Silver Spring Man on stage
Silver Transforming Tube
Spring Man in a multicoloured costume
Interactive Transforming Tube act
Duet with a silver tube
Spring Man poster
Transforming Tube and trainer on stage
Cast and participants with Spring Man
Spring Man on a red carpet
Rehearsing the act with a silver tube
Transforming Tube in purple light
One of Spring Man’s shapes
Spring Man in stage lightingAlien worm
01:49 · A stage version of the movement act in a colourful costume.
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