Reviews

Andy Field, Zilla

Andy Field: Zilla Part 1

June 24th, 2013 by

Zilla Part 1 opens the doors to a huge empty warehouse in which an impressive amount of tiny Lego people are lined up in a miniature installation. We have been brought here, to Bristol’s Old Mills Industrial Estate and to the venue Unit 15, to contemplate the movie Godzilla. Casting my eye across the tiny Lego […]

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Akram, Desh | Photo: Richard Haughton

Akram Khan Company: Desh

June 19th, 2013 by

Last summer Akram Khan’s fifty-strong ensemble wowed millions of people as part of Danny Boyle’s epic Olympic Opening Ceremony. Out on his own, Khan continues to delight, move and inspire with his first full-length solo piece,Desh. The piece, which explores Bangladesh and Khan’s relationship to the country of his parents’ origin, fuses Khan’s fluid movement […]

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Daphnis Kokkinos, Addio Addio Amore

Daphnis Kokkinos: Addio Addio Amore

June 19th, 2013 by

The German artist Paul Klee famously said that ‘drawing is taking a line for a walk’. This simple statement hones in on the essence of form, its freedom and vitality a part of the organic process of creation. Receiving its UK premiere as part of Physical Fest 2013, Daphnis Kokkinos’ physicality in his first solo […]

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Park Bench Theatre, How to Host a Dinner Party

Park Bench Theatre: How to Host a Dinner Party

June 10th, 2013 by

Park Bench Theatre’s performance makes ample use of what they define as ‘intricate pedestrian gestures along with high energy contact work’. It does need a little explaining, but it is easy to understand once you see their choreography on the stage. As the two performers set out the dinner table and chairs at the beginning […]

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Mary Pearson, Failure (and other opportunities for non-linear success)

Mary Pearson: Failure (and other opportunities for non-linear success)

June 10th, 2013 by

Mary Pearson greets us in her dressing gown at the entrance to the Nightingale Theatre, as if she were just out on her front doorstep one morning and had found a bunch of neighbours milling around. The questions are innocuous at first, then a little more searching (going from ‘How are you?’ to ‘How is […]

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