Kids? No kids? Kids? No kids? How to decide? Some of us don’t exactly decide – while we are chopping and changing our minds daily, we suddenly find ourselves pregnant, as if God or Mother Nature or whoever just threw their hands in the air saying: enough already, I’ve decided for you. But that’s not […]
Writings
Two Destination Language: Fallen Fruit
August 12th, 2018 by Matt RudkinThe stage space is surrounded by a small wall of tiny cardboard boxes, each with a painted letter in a strange alphabet. The likeable and friendly presence of performer Katherina Radeva gently greets the audience as we arrive, referring to some as ‘comrade’, and then leads us through a lesson in pronouncing these unusual letters, […]
Alyona Ageeva Physical Theatre PosleSlov: (Some)Body
August 10th, 2018 by Ciaran HammondHailing from Russia, Alyona Ageeva Physical Theatre PosleSlov present (Some)Body, a 50-minute physical exploration of the meaning within the human form and physique, with specific reference to Ancient Greek imagery. The piece is a sequence of movements with no live spoken text and one small singing part. A voice from an overhead speaker talks of […]
Lobke Leirens & Maxim Storms: Another One
August 10th, 2018 by Ciaran HammondLights up, a bare white stage with a tent constructed from sticks and canvas sits upstage left. Two people, a man and woman, vibrate onto the stage dressed in smart woollen clothes and moleskin winter hats. As if shaking from the coldness of Siberia, the couple’s vibrating grows into specific bodily contortions, seemingly in dialogue […]
Valentijn Dhaenens / KVS & SKaGeN : Unsung
August 10th, 2018 by Dorothy Max PriorA silent space, a backdrop half-raised, the enormous printed face on it partly obscured, crumpled. Some plinths boasting nondescript plants. And bananas. A large portrait-shaped screen, looking like an enormous smartphone. A microphone. A man comes in. A fit-looking man in a smart, straight-legged deep blue suit, crisp white shirt, thin tie. His uniform. Business […]