In Pss Pss, the Swiss-Italian Compagnia Baccalà brings to the stage a classic double clown act, and from the empty and silent space use subtlety and ingenuity to build scenes that are both hilarious and poetic. All the action emerges from the relationship between the two – Simone Fassari (him) and Camilla Pessi (her) – which […]
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Théâtre de la Pire Espèce: Ubu on the Table
August 23rd, 2016 by Rebecca JS NiceAdapted and performed by Olivier Ducas and Francis Monty (Théâtre de la Pire Espèce), Ubu on the Table recreates Alfred Jarry’s 19th century farce, Ubu Roi with puppetry, clowning and chaotic kitchen utensils. Two messy prop tables that look like something from Kitchen Nightmares frame a central table covered in a black table cloth. At each […]
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Java Dance Theatre: Back of the Bus
August 22nd, 2016 by Marilia EnnesBack of the Bus is an irreverent and engaging site-specific dance performance. The audience arrive at a scheduled meeting point in the city, and when we get to the site we find a tour guide holding up a placard. So even before we reach the bus, the performance has begun – we area group sharing […]
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Zöe Murtagh and Tory Copeland: Sacré Blue
August 22nd, 2016 by Rebecca JS NiceZöe Murtagh performs a coming-of-age piece (created in collaboration with Tory Copeland), in which she talks us through her realisation of her own anxiety, and what that means, having completed a course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She takes to the microphone and talks openly and frankly about what it feels like to know that you […]
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Show and Tell Live / Puddles Pity Party: Let’s Go!
August 22nd, 2016 by Sarah DaviesI’m not sure that there can be much better in life than watching a clown who looks one minute away from an epic breakdown warbling out cabaret classics in a deep velvety baritone, whilst a montage of film clips in adoration of Kevin Costner plays in the background… Lets Go! contains all of this, plus […]