Writings

Kneehigh - Dead Dog in a Suitcase

Kneehigh: Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs)

December 23rd, 2015 by

Kneehigh’s reputation has been built over 30 years, working with a changing ensemble to make acclaimed multidisciplinary popular theatre. Coming towards the end of a four month tour, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs), written by Carl Grose and directed by Mike Shepherd, packs Shoreditch Town Hall with a cornucopia of characters […]

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The Games People Play

December 16th, 2015 by

An interview with David Espinosa, creator and performer of  Mi Gran Obra Imagine for a moment that you have an unlimited budget and bounteous resources. The largest theatre in the world. A cast of hundreds. Marching bands. Animals. Helicopters. You could make the biggest, the best show ever seen! Spanish artist and theatre-maker David Espinosa […]

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Dickie Beau: LOST in TRANS

December 11th, 2015 by

We meet, and the angels sing… LOST in TRANS gives us a plethora of interlocking love stories. Recordings. Traces. Echoes. Our host for the evening is Tiresias, the blind sage who lived part of his life as a man and part as a woman. This was back in the day – you know, Olympus and […]

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Jessie Cave - I Loved Her

Jessie Cave: I Loved Her

December 6th, 2015 by

I Loved Her tells Jessie Cave’s true story about making a baby with a one-date wonder, and salvaging a relationship from the fallout. Part character comedy stand up, part live art with cartoon masks and dodgy shadow puppetry, the shrill tension between the sharp subject matter and giddy form of this show makes it a […]

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fanSHEN - Invisible Treasure

fanSHEN: Invisible Treasure

December 6th, 2015 by

Twenty people, one room, and a seven foot rabbit with questionable intentions, Invisible Treasure describes itself as an ‘electrifying exploration of human relationships, power structures and individual agency’. There are no actors and no plot as such, just an enigmatic display board on one wall offering cryptic instructions which the audience must decode and carry […]

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