A world within a suitcase – tall town houses, a tram, and little paper-cut people happily going about their business. A mother and daughter holding hands. A group of adults waiting at a stop. Children sitting on the pavement. A man taking a stroll. Everyday life. The female performer manipulating the little people provides an […]
Reviews
Nordic Puppet Ambassadors: Only One Suitcase Allowed
January 29th, 2017 by Dorothy Max PriorSacekripa: Marée Basse
January 27th, 2017 by Dorothy Max PriorMarée basse – low tide. Downtime. The waiting time. On stage, there’s a house, or at least, a kind of shack. Inside its wooden boundaries, a kitchen table, a couple of chairs, a small enamel cooker, tin pots and pans, a TV. As we enter the auditorium, a nasty waspish synth line repeats and repeats […]
Mossoux Bonté: Whispers
January 18th, 2017 by Thomas JM WilsonWhispers is one of those Mime Festival shows that doesn’t quite fit into any category, at once both dance and object animation, it is also neither of these. And, although there is only one performer visible on stage throughout (Nicole Mossoux) she almost certainly isn’t alone. Moreover, though the work originated out of an interest […]
Compagnie MPTA / Mathurin Bolze: Barons Perchés
January 12th, 2017 by Dorothy Max PriorAn elaborate construction of scaffolding and timber, an open-fronted house, sits on a high stage in the centre of the performance space. Lights dim, other low-lights glow. The house seems to have a life of its own, flickering and humming. A man – dark tousled hair, black jacket, white shirt – comes in, makes himself […]
Carnesky Productions: Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman
January 10th, 2017 by Dorothy Max PriorWhat’s the time, Mr Wolf? Oh – it’s that time. Time of the month. Lady time. Time for your little monthly visitor. Dr Carnesky eschews these euphemisms, preferring to explore the metaphor of the snake shedding its skin, to emerge renewed. The mythology of menstruation is her subject, and we are treated to a potted […]