Tap dancers Hannah Ballard and Lexi Bradburn take a sexy and silly look at fairytales for the modern day woman, making as much noise as they can in the process. Aptly choosing tales where shoes are the central focus, Sole Rebel Tap replace dainty ballet slippers from The Red Shoes with clunky tap shoes, and […]
Writings
Never Mind the Noise/Haley McGee: I’m Doing This For You
August 16th, 2016 by Sarah DaviesThis is awkward. I’m not quite sure why we all decided to come here. You see, we answered this advert on Gumtree. It looked fun. The kind of thing that you sign up to late at night once the wine is finished. She promised cake. And vodka. And comedy. All we had to do was […]
Abigail Conway: Time Lab
August 16th, 2016 by Thomas JM WilsonThis delightful piece by Abigail Conway (one half of the company subject_to_change) isn’t really a show at all. Rather (developing one aspect of subject_to_change’s work) this is a participatory event, though to use the word ‘event’ suggests something grander and more ostentatious than the delicately poised understatement that is Time Lab. Over the course of […]
Casus: Driftwood
August 14th, 2016 by Dorothy Max PriorFive performers, two female, three male, walk through the audience, down the aisles, making their way onto the small, round stage in the centre of the Spiegeltent. They are dressed in a tasteful palette of maroon, stone, and dove-grey. A red pendant lamp hangs over the performance space and the five group around it – […]
Lemon Bucket Orkestra: Counting Sheep
August 13th, 2016 by Dorothy Max PriorPlease NOTE this performance contains: HAZE, GUNSHOTS & LOUD NOISES, FLASHING LIGHTS, FOOD THAT YOU MIGHT BE ALLERGIC TOO, AUDIENCE MOVEMENT, SHEEP. Well, with a welcoming notice like that, you can’t help but be excited! What will happen? What will happen to us? As it turns out, we are the sheep. Right from the start […]
