From the original Festival website:

David Gale’s Peachy Coochy Nites: Just a projector and 20 images. Just 20 seconds per image. During those 20 seconds the Presenter talks about the image. So simple. So precise. So demanding. This is the Peachy Coochy Way. David Gale, ever keen to maintain the captaincy of this nationwide performance must-have, is curating, for the second year running, a series of Peachy Coochy events at NRLA.

Each event features six Coocheurs, or Presenters, drawn from the ranks of artists working at the NRLA.  Each Coocheur will compose a verbal response to 20 images of their choice. The images need not be narratively linked but randomness is frowned upon. Thematic associations are embraced. Each presentation lasts 6 minutes and 40 seconds. There will be gaps between presentations for drinking and light conversation.

For 2010, the 30th Anniversary of the NRLA, the Coocheurs have been asked to devise presentations that reflect their participation in the Review over its three decades.

David, something of a Black Belt in these matters, will both compere and present the shards that will not combine into a useful cup or pot. It is wrong, however that David should talk about his qualities so let others comment on his stewardship:

“He is pleasant enough.”

“He appears at times to forget what he is talking about.”

(Comments taken from  The Peachy Coochy Visitors’ Book)

Please come along, if only to be able to say “I was there when David brought a tear to the eye closely followed by laughter gusts.”

“In his unpredictable Peachy Coochy Nites, Gale seems to have found the opening that may bring closure.”  (Home & Theory)

Don’t miss this epic standoff between constraint and delirium!

David Gale is a writer and director of theatre, also a journalist. For twenty years he wrote shows for Lumiere & Son. He has been presenting Peachy Coochy Nites at Toynbee Studios in London for the last year.

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