A lone figure on stage – a woman dressed in layers of rich rusty orange, old gold, and cream fabrics, a whirl of silks and cottons of many different textures. A pair of scissors drops down to meet her; a ball of twine unwinds and suspends itself in the space. We hear the rhythmic sound […]

All to the stage please! Cue entrances! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please welcome our performers: a stroppy princess in a party frock who thinks she’s the star of the show, a Finnish acrobat who is missing the snow, a slim ginger-haired tightrope-walker who has fallen many times (fallen for a girl); a wide-eyed […]

Dorothy Max Prior at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013 Eight days in, there’s exhaustion for sure – but also a gratitude for the opportunity to see so much theatre work in such an intensive time period. You get a broad sweep of the state of the art in the UK, and you get a chance to […]

Teatro EnVilo are a talented quartet of performer directors specialising in physical theatre in the vein of early Complcite. Their slick, intense performances make Interrupted an enjoyable performance, although the story at the heart of the piece needs a bit of fine-tuning to match the skilled ensemble work on show. A 2m x 2m square […]

XD is an emoticon that represents a smiley face, and smiling is something it’s hard not to do throughout this absurd piece of performance art style dance. Four dancers in various states of nudity set up boxes of props either side of the stage as we take our seats. One of them is completely naked […]