Macabre Animation

1927 aren't exactly an uncomplicated skip through sunny summer afternoons, but their gothic aesthetic is informed by both a genteel humour and Russian surrealism. Fans of either The Chap or The Creative Martyrs will enjoy their particular take on encroaching terror, where film interacts with live performers in a world where even a shadow is a sinister spy.

Winners of an Arches Brick Award and a Herald Angel, 1927 tore up the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe through a mixture of silent movie shorts and fatalistic slapstick. The Animals and The Children Took to the Streets promises a more consistent narrative, delving into the horrors of a tenement block inhabited by peeping toms and curtain twitchers.

Using the naturally sinister atmosphere of monochrome film, 1927 conjure a reality that has its roots in the totalitarianism of Soviet Russia while resonating with the paranoias and state encroachments of contemporary Britain.