DV8 is celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking physical theatre this year. Tucked inside a newspaper-size programme for Lloyd Newson’s latest production Can We Talk About This? is a lovingly created mini-brochure charting the company’s development. Images of men in suits, bold physical embraces, and a young Wendy Houston walking on wine glasses summon memories of a company […]
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Darkin Ensemble: DisGo
February 10th, 2012 by Thomas BaconFrom the moment we arrive at the Arnolfini and are asked to remove our shoes and put on white socks, there is a kinetic sense of anticipation in the air, the audience bunching nervously towards the entrance of the auditorium. Darkness envelops us, and the space into which we must step is fenced by shoulder-height […]
Theatre-Rites: Mojo
December 28th, 2011 by Dorothy Max PriorAs we enter the depressingly empty Silk Street Theatre auditorium, we look to the stage to see a kind of giant π (Pi) shape made of blue neon lights, and to the side a small drumkit. At five minutes before the start of the show, the theatre is less than a quarter full – although […]
The Featherstonehaughs: Edits
November 25th, 2011 by Terry O'DonovanEdits is the latest and last UK work from Lea Anderson’s all male company The Featherstonehaughs. Since forming the company in 1988, Anderson has built a reputation for diverse and playful dance works portraying men through unconventional imagery. The show has been touring alongside the excellentDraw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele, yet unfortunately doesn’t do […]
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jérôme Bel & Ictus: 3Abschied
November 21st, 2011 by Thomas JM WilsonIt is rare to see a work that has an audience rushing for the exit in the first curtain call, a veritable snub, in full and uncontested view, to the artists, but3Abschied (3Farewells) appears to be such a work. This collaboration between the deeply structural Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and French post-structuralist dancer Jérôme Bel is […]