Bring down the borders! Bring them down! Prime Minister of the Whole World (Amy Lame, our DJ for the evening) has given the word, so down they will come. But for now, it’s time to dance: a great big melting pot of human beings, all nationalities and ethnicities, all genders, and all sexual orientations merging, […]
Writings
Feral Foxy Ladies: I Got Dressed In Front Of My Nephew Today
July 15th, 2015 by Sophie LondonIt’s a one-woman production, but the performance is all women. In fact Katherine Vince is the prototypical everywoman as she takes on numerous roles in her realisation of Claire Stone’s perceptive play. Interacting with multimedia and striding unabashed through the fourth wall at will, she lays bare the fallacy of conventional standards of female beauty, […]
Company B: My Name is B
July 14th, 2015 by Sophie LondonMore of an installation than a narrative work, or even a collection of set pieces, My Name is B demonstrates the cyclical and entropic artifice of celebrity, and the destructive fallacy of living as a Persona at the expense of Self. The 53-minute performance (we are told the running time repeatedly in the rhythmic opening […]
Periplum: 451
July 12th, 2015 by Miriam (Mim) KingIn the still of a London night after dusk: overhead tannoy speakers broadcast the dense, loud sounds of helicopters and military aircraft, the reverberations enough to make you wince and cower slightly; and an endless litany of warnings and commands in a number of different languages. High on posts, twirling anemometers measure the wind speed. […]
Tables, Tracks and Suitcases – Hat Fair 2015
July 11th, 2015 by Rebecca JS NiceRebecca Nice is there for the 41st Winchester Hat Fair Hat Fair 2015 sees a new artistic director Michelle Walker for its 41st annual street theatre festival – and a new initiative, the Hat Fair Fringe. The fringe showcases and provides professional development for student and emerging artists, alongside the traditional Hat Fair programming of […]
