Reviews

Fake It 'Til You Make It

Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn: Fake It ‘Til You Make IT

August 10th, 2015 by

In which performance artist Bryony Kimmings is joined by her advertising accounts manager boyfriend Tim Grayburn in the creation of a show exploring his clinical depression, her response to this, and their decision to face it together as they move forward as a couple, now expecting their first child. On one level, there’s not much […]

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Blind Summit Citizen Puppet

Blind Summit: Citizen Puppet

August 10th, 2015 by

Welcome to Massiveville, which is in fact a small town populated by puppets. It has a local shop selling overpriced vegetables, a pub, a cottage hospital, and a recreational ground where young people take drugs and make out. Its puppet population includes old codger Howard, whiny middle-class teenager Suki who is like so sick of […]

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Victoria Melody Hair Peace

Victoria Melody: Hair Peace

August 10th, 2015 by

Victoria Melody has been many things: pigeon fancier, Northern Soul dancer, championship dog handler (with her trusty friend Major Tom, subject of her last show). That show weaved together stories of the dog’s bid to win competitions with her own attempts at the beauty queen business – come on down Mrs Brighton! Part of her […]

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Jonzi D The Letter

Jonzi D: The Letter

August 10th, 2015 by

A chair, a man, a white envelope: The Letter starts with the arrival of the eponymous letter, which becomes an object of play in the show’s wordless opening sequence. Jonzi D shows off his quite considerable skills as a mime and physical performer, opening the letter, and reacting with shock to its contents. He stares, […]

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Yerma

Amina Khayyam Dance Co: Yerma

August 10th, 2015 by

Three women sitting on a dimly-lit stage, each in her own space, hands busy folding and arranging. The music intensifies, and they rise, and dance. One is presented with a garland, and she twirls ecstatically, the picture of happiness on her wedding day, the two others reflecting her joy and supporting her. The pattern is […]

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