2. I
Overview
“Once you have experienced flying, you will walk
the earth looking up at the sky, because you have
been there and wish to return.” Leonardo da Vinci
Skybirds brings the fields of music, dance, acting and acrobatics to create a
theatrical experience for audiences ranging from die-hard musical fans to
adrenaline seekers to those looking for the next great original play.
Our venue should allow for high-flying stunts to be scattered throughout the
show while making it possible to set the audience in the midst of the action.
With the support of subtle and effective scene-setting cinematic projections
we will most importantly watch 3-dimensional characters push for their
dreams in scenes and through straightforward dialogue that enable the
complexity of universal human relationships to unfold.
Set in the world of birds and flying the aesthetic of the show is guided along
by a concert feel of a rich and varied new age rock soundtrack.
Skybirds can be categorized as follows:
De La Guarda meets The Lion King at a Depeche Mode Concert...

3. II
The Plot & The Set
The long banished and once-prince Blackbeak, returns home to take back his
birthright from his ailing father and ascends the throne. He bans flying
effective immediately, making it punishable by defeathering or death and
takes for himself an unlikely queen in his crippled childhood friend
Brokenwing.
The complete outsider Icarus, a flying teacher to Brokenwing's twin brothers,
is an unwilling hero playing by his own rules. But smitten as he is by
Brokenwing, he is pulled into the fight to free her, which in turn becomes a
quest for all birds' freedom.
Our set design fuses juxtaposing aesthetics: nature versus the imagined
future. The natural primitive aspect can be seen through the materials used:
wood, rocks and sand. A large built-in LED screen represents the other,
allowing for setting the tone with original footage or animation. The design is a
modern take on the bare amphitheaters of ancient Greece and it envelops the
audience within once the actors take to the 'sky' with the use of ropes on a
flying truss.

4.
III
The Team
Nunzio Lombardo - Co-Creator / Artistic Supervisor /
Choreographer
Nunzio was part of several West End productions,
including “Cats”, “West Side Story”, and films “Captain
Corelli’s Mandolin” and “Beyond The Sea”. He has
worked under the direction of Simon Callow, Trevor
Nunn, Arthur Laurents, John Madden and Kevin Spacey. He has since
continued to develop and integrate his skills for film and stage direction.
Based in Munich, he has been working as a director, coach, teacher and
choreographer, as well as establishing and running the Performing Arts
Studios.
Andrea Pozzoli - Co-Creator / Artistic Supervisor /
Music Composer
Andrea has been a music composer, producer and
session musician since 1996, collaborating with some of
the most important Italian directors, choreographers and
artists, such as Kataklo, Francesco De Gregori, Nomadi,
Lucio Diana, Cantieri Teatrali Koreja, Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana and
Luciano Pavarotti. From 2006 to 2009 Andrea collaborated with leading
African singers and composers Arona n'Djaye Rose (Peter Gabriel), Tanya
Saw (Zap Mama), Sekouba Bambino Djabate', developing an affinity for
reshaping traditional rhythms and ‘synergizing’ them into contemporary
rock/pop music. He runs his own recording studio.

5. Both Andrea and Nunzio are now collaborating with new partners in order to
take Skybirds to the next platform:
Adrian Castilla - Associate Artistic Supervisor / Script Development
Adrian studied drama at New York University and has co-written and acted in
numerous independent films that have premiered at Sundance, and the New
York and Tribeca film festivals. He teaches at the München Film Akademie,
directs for theatre and film and develops projects for theatre, film and
television.
Clare Elliott - Set Designer / Flying Stunt Coordination
Clare has and formed part of and toured with De La Guarda's trilogy of shows
for almost ten years and performed in Danny Boyle's London Olympic
Opening Ceremory 2012. She leads her own stunt workshops and has
cencept designed and directed for Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball, an
EJAF AIDS Foundation fundraising event.
Anna Lombardo - Marketing Manager and Digital Media Strategist.