Border Tales is a revision of the same work performed in 2013, becoming an even more relevant and powerful commentary in today’s socio-political climate. Seven male and two female performers of various shapes, sizes, skin colours and ethnicities put individual social experiences under the spotlight, reliving them in a magnified state on stage. British dancers […]
Tag Archives: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017
Robbie Thomson: XFRMR
August 23rd, 2017 by Michael BeggFrom behind the battered old church door there comes a sound like a furious bionic wasp. A sign taped to the door infers that there will be loud noises, flashing lights and a potential risk of magnetic interference to pacemakers. To me, it’s unclear whether this is a health warning, a sales pitch, or a […]
Quote Unquote Collective / Why Not Theatre: Mouthpiece
August 22nd, 2017 by Dorothy Max Prior‘My mother always told me you can cure almost anything with a hot bath.’ Two women in identikit white body suits sit in a white bath tub. Except it’s not two women, it’s one woman. A woman and her subconscious self. A woman and her inner child. A woman and her mother’s voice, which follows […]
Rhum and Clay Theatre Company: Testosterone
August 22nd, 2017 by Sarah DaviesRight from the pre-set, the audience view this production through a different lens: directly before us is an empty stage, but we can also see our own reflections in the huge and warped convex mirror encompassing the entire upstage area. This gives an effective hint of what it is to come, a highly stylised and […]
Kneehigh: The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk
August 22nd, 2017 by Dorothy Max PriorBella with White Collar, I and the Village, The Fiddler, The Praying Jew, The Birthday… We know and love these Chagall paintings – they feed our souls and invade our dreams – and here they are recreated live on stage in Kneehigh’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, which charts the great love story of Marc […]