Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) - Fly-Poster Designs UK Tour and Asylum Season

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Block printed style design with black ink on a white background. A tractor is at the top of the image facing to the right. The words 'tractors not tanks' are in the centre of the image, in three lines of text. Each line comprises one word, written in large, black capital letters. At the base of the image there is a tank facing to the right.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Features a slogan stating 'Beware the Bohemian Agenda' written in black 3D style italic font with capital letters throughout. The words are arranged in three lines of text. The font size of the lettering in the first line is smaller than the other two. Off white background. Image is faded in places. There is a border consisting of one thick and one thin black line.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Primarily text based, consisting of fourteen lines of text, each written in a different font. All in capitals. Gold and grey coloured lettering, bolder in places, on a white background. Also features an emblem to the left of the writing in the first line.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design is entirely text based. Bold black lettering on a white background, of various font sizes. advertising the Marionette's 'The Little Mermaid' play. Predominantly written in capital letters. Some areas of text have a thin black border.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Features six lines of text with black lettering, in capital letters on a white background. There are two faint religious style cross shapes, either side of the word on the third line. There is a black line border running along the top and left hand side only, giving the impression the image is cropped.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design is text based. Black lettering on a white background cautioning the use of fireworks, in various fonts and sizes. There is a shield style emblem, centred at the top, also in black ink.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based police recruitment poster, consisting of black lettering on a white background. There is a black emblem top centre. A mixture of capital letters and lower case words are used, in various fonts. Approximately fourteen lines of text.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Features the black outline of a square on a white background. Inside the square are the words 'Vote Goodman' split across three lines, with a black X under the last line. The lettering is faded in places. The background appears crumpled like paper, or possibly an old, flaking concrete wall. The square and wording is tilted at an angle, and appears to be slightly cropped in the top left and bottom right corner as part of the corners are missing.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design is primarily text based, looks like a facsimile of the front page of the Pavilion Theatre paper. All text is black on a white background, various fonts and sizes. Some text is faded and appears grey, rather than black. There are three blurred images contained within the text in the middle, but they are too blurred to determine what they are.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design features a single image of a female figure, block printed style in red ink on a white background. She has her arms raised above her head. She has chains on both wrists, but looks as though she has just broken free as the chain is broken above her head. She has long, shoulder length hair, worn loose. She is wearing a dress but her legs and feet are not depicted. She has a fierce and determined expression on her face.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Vintage, Victorian style illustration depicting a man with a tall, blue jester style hat, with an ornate suit top. To his left, is a lady wearing a white, Victorian style bonnet and blue dress with red polka dots. She is holding a baby. The figures appear to be the puppet characters, Punch and Judy. Punch is holding out his arms towards Judy and the baby. All the characters are smiling. They appear to be in a puppet theatre, as there are red velvet curtain drapes to the bottom of the image.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Features a black and white image. A black bird, which appears to be a dove, is holding a small branch in its mouth and facing to the left. Above the bird and to the right, are the words 'Fight pollution not wars' written in bold black font, all in capital letters on a white background.

Design features a black ink line drawing in the centre of a pair of spectacles. The spectacles have a small wiper attached to each lens. The lenses seem to be slightly cloudy, particularly at the edges. Above this are the words 'Vote Goodman' in large black lettering, all in capitals. Underneath the spectacles are the words 'For a clearer vision' spaced over four lines, also in black capital lettering but slightly smaller than the words above.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based image. The top half features black lettering on a white background with the words 'Beware of artists'. The bottom half features more text, with white lettering on a black background. Appears to be printed in ink which is slightly smudgy in places. Bold font, all in capitals.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design is in a bold, graphic style. There is an abstract black rectangular shape, which looks like it has horns, drawn on top of this in thin white lines is a face with a wide open mouth, possibly smiling. There is a vertical bold stripe of blue to the left of the shape and written across the top, partially over the top of the face, in bold red lettering is the word 'Stop' in large capital letters, of differing sizes.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design features a figure dressed in a black top, with their arms raised. In their right hand they are holding a book. To the left, there is a gun pointing towards the figure in a threatening manner. At the top of the image are the words 'Books not guns' written in red or dark pink. The lettering is all in capitals but the letters are uneven and the ink is missing in places. The poster has a pink background.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based design. Black lettering on a white background. Five lines of text with the words' Nice day for a crisis'. Written in bold, capital letters throughout. The ink is slightly smudged in places and uneven, giving it a hand printed feel. Segment style font.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based design. Four lines of black text on a white background, with the words 'Workers of the world unite'. The word 'Unite' is written all in capitals making it stand out. The ink on the text seems uneven, giving it a hand printed feel.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based design. Five lines of black text on a white background. The font is rather flowery and ornate in style, giving it a vintage feel.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based design. Six lines of black text on a white background. The words are not aligned to the left margin and are randomly spaced across each line.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Design features a graphic style image of a clenched fist in the centre, in red ink. The background consists of three bold, vertical stripes in red and beige. In black lettering along the top reads 'Oppose the opposition' in capital letters.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Black and white image. In the centre there is a Victorian style silhouette drawn in black ink depicting the head of a crocodile with a wide open mouth and lots of sharp teeth, wearing a smart top hat and suit jacket. Contained within an ornate, oval frame drawn in black ink. Above and below the figure are the words 'Vote Peachum', written in black ink, in a hand written style.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Text based image. Black, vintage style lettering on a white background. Contains the words 'The haves have not got a clue' written in capital letters, arranged in five lines of text.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Purple, blue and white writing on a black background. Features a female burlesque style figure wearing a short, sheer slip dress. She is posing with her hands stretched upwards and clasped above her head. Musical notes and stars are dotted around the poster.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Graphic style image depicting three raised, clenched fists. There is a blue and white vertical striped background behind them. The word 'Vote' with an exclamation mark, is written in bold, red capital letters above the fists.

Fly poster for Dead Dog in a Suitcase. Illustration of a large detached house. With text above on a blue background. There is further text underneath the house illustration. The image is in the style of a property advert and the words 'Peachum Construction' are shown on a large brown sign positioned in front of the house.

These posters and illustrations were collected and used for fly-postering the Front of House areas of venues on the original UK tour and Asylum season of Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) in 2014.

A mixture of appropriated posters and original designs and illustrations (including those by Associate Artist Daryl Waller), a large number of these illustrations were put up into the foyers of the venues the show toured to, as well as in the Front of House tent at the Asylum. The idea was influenced by the political fly-posters seen around urban landscapes such as in London’s East End, and reflect a revolutionary voice of the people, a voice similar to the that in The Beggar’s Opera and in Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs).

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