In the small space of Camden People’s Theatre, two women walk on in slow motion, and take centre-stage between clothes hanging from the ceiling, projected text onto the back wall, and a ring of fairy lights, glowing in the dim light… We Never Go Places To Dance Anymore sits you down on a proverbial bean […]
Writings
Setesdal Collective: We Never Go Places To Dance Anymore
June 5th, 2018 by Ciaran HammondThick and Tight: A Night with Thick and Tight
June 5th, 2018 by Lisa WolfeNaming your company something so un-searchable (believe me, I Googled) is a serious mark of intent, and beneath the grand Guignol make-up and extravagant costumes, Daniel Hay-Gordon (Thick) and Eleanor Perry (Tight) are creating something seriously good. The trio of performances opens with a modernist ballet, Queen Have and Miss Haven’t, pitching Queen Victoria against […]
Sh!t Theatre: Dollywould
May 29th, 2018 by Lisa WolfeI saw a snippet of this show in preview a while ago and marvelled then at how a simple snip of fabric from a vest could make such a fabulously appropriate costume. In economy it’s up there with Liz Aggiss pulling all of her costumes, and more, out of her pants. It makes a statement about […]
Tom Adams and Lilian Henley: Elephant and Castle
May 29th, 2018 by Lisa WolfeA man and a woman. A husband and a wife. A double bed. An audience. John and Yoko’s agenda for 1969’s Bed-In for Peace may differ wildly from Tom and Lilian’s in Elephant and Castle, but as a married couple, then on honeymoon, they perhaps asked similar questions of themselves when planning the work. Because […]
Schweigman&: Blaas (Blow)
May 29th, 2018 by Lisa WolfeEver dreamed you were being smothered by a giant marshmallow? Me neither, but this is one of the many thoughts or sensory images that might occur when watching Blaas… Categorised as dance in the Brighton Festival programme, it is a dance of sorts – between an inflated white cube and an audience, initially seated. Director […]