Five actors in clownish makeup perform energetically in a highly theatrical mixture of exaggerated gestures and over-enunciation. They establish a premise that the troupe is travelling to Brighton to perform their (this) show. They stop off on the way to rehearse to an imaginary audience. This second production from young collaborative company Human Zoo offers […]

This is a fundamentally conventional play by performance poet Karis Halsall that veers off on surreal departures using puppetry and clown, as two of the characters experience hallucinations. A young woman applying for a job at an advertising agency is assisted in her pitch to sell bottled water by a talking baby doll. Her more […]

Reassembled, Slightly Askew describes Belfast-based artist Shannon Yee’s overwhelming personal journey in and out of surgery while hospitalised due to a brain infection. It continues through to rehabilitation and a realisation that the social and emotional self will be forever altered… slightly askew. The piece touches on the world around the patient, the medical professionals […]

Jeepers creepers, where d’ya get those peepers? How they hypnotise… Ira Brand’s latest show is all about looking. Looking at, through and beyond. Being looked at. And boy, are we looked at. Having previously investigated health, ageing and fear, Ira, who is one third of producing company Forest Fringe (with Andy Field and Deborah Pearson) […]

If keeping a secret can corrode the soul, and revealing it liberate, Patrick Sandford must feel a sense of scorching release on performing Groomed to a paying audience for the first time. His story of sexual abuse at the age of 10 by a manipulative but respected teacher, is not easy viewing, but is tempered […]