Writings

Steven Berkoff: The Tell-Tale Heart

Steven Berkoff: One Man

November 13th, 2011 by

Tonight at the Theatre Royal in Bath, Steven Berkoff shares two of the one-man pieces from his celebrated solo cannon, The Tell Tale Heart and Dog. Giving all of himself to his audience, he presents the work via the conduit of a vibrant single body. Berkoff is a heightened, expressionistic, ever-able thespian who is able to immerse an […]

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Cirque Éloize: iD ¦ Photo: Theatre T & Cie / Valerie Remise

Cirque Éloize: iD

November 12th, 2011 by

In the tiny world of contemporary circuses it is rare to catch one as big, fat and juicy as this at a theatre near you. The crowd at the luxurious Wales Millennium Centre was purring with anticipation as the curtain went up on an expectedlyurban landscape of flats and boxes, seedy street-lampesque lighting, graffiti, video projections, […]

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Forced Entertainment: Void Story ¦ Photo: Hugo Glendinning

Forced Entertainment: Void Story

November 11th, 2011 by

Forced Entertainment are unpredictable, sometimes playing with an audience’s reaction as much as the conventions of performance; you can neverexpect, only anticipate. And it is that sense of anticipation that hangs in the air of the auditorium tonight. The stage is set with desks on either side, microphones, reading lamps, scripts, sound-desk and the ever […]

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Daedalus Theatre: A Place at the Table

Daedalus Theatre: A Place at the Table

November 4th, 2011 by

A Place at the Table is the latest offering from Daedalus Theatre. Devised and written by the company, this performance is the full-length version of a scratch shown at Camden People’s Theatre in 2009. It begins with the audience left waiting as the late-starting company make some unseen touches. Finally, we are invited into the darkened […]

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Reckless Sleepers: Schrödinger

Reckless Sleepers: Schrödinger

November 3rd, 2011 by

Reckless Sleepers reopen a world within a world: presented before us is a restaging/reimagining of their 1998 work, Schrödinger. A large black box consumes the stage. One side is open to the audience allowing us to see inside of this monolithic structure filling the main theatre of the Arnolfini. It shows the hallmarks of use and […]

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