Simone Riccio takes to the stage, dressed head to toe in smart-casual attire, with a peaked cap placed on his head at an enticingly jaunty angle. Then without rhyme or reason, he takes it all off to reveal another suit below. It’s a sign of things to come. He looks out at us for a […]
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Compagnie 111: Plan B
January 18th, 2013 by Thomas JM WilsonReturning in the tenth anniversary year of its creation, Compagnie 111’s second work Plan B hasn’t quite the striking impression of the company’s later works (most notably the arresting and singular Sans Objet seen at the 2011 Mime Festival). What Plan B does, though, is provide an artful introduction to the principles of Compagnie 111’s […]
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Yeung Fai: Hand Stories
January 17th, 2013 by Penny FrancisAsian countries with a strong puppet tradition, such as Indonesia, Japan and China, have for some years worked on a modern approach to their theatre, but have found the international demand for their traditional shows a heavy drag on new creations. Yeung Fai has found a highly intelligent way to shake off the cobwebby aspects […]
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Root Experience: What Is It About That Night
January 17th, 2013 by Beccy SmithWhilst the stage of Brighton’s oldest theatre – the Georgian chocolate-box Theatre Royal – is dark, audiences are still being admitted via the 200 year-old stage door. A series of opportunities to explore backstage, of which What Is It About That Night is the fullest production, have been curated to entice the public into the […]
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Stan’s Cafe: The Cardinals
January 17th, 2013 by Thomas JM WilsonBritish stalwarts Stan’s Cafe’s latest work mines a range of familiar comic theatrical tropes: the backstage action revealed, the deconstruction of well-known tales, and amateurs staging a performance. In The Cardinals the company set three red-robed cardinals the task of staging the (hi)story of the Holy Land, from Genesis to modern day Jerusalem. Inside a […]