The name of The Mechanical Animal Corporation suggests the company are fundamentally interested in considering the human being from an evolutionary perspective, and in this particular ‘bio-theatre experiment’ they explore connections between art, genetics and human violence. As it is, the piece holds the potential to provoke much post-show reflection on the implications of the […]

Bristol-based The Mechanical Animal Corporation have transferred their production of Howard Baker’s play from a warehouse-like space in their hometown to a dingy room in C Soco’s basement, and it’s a context that suits it rather better I should think. The dank room with uneven concrete floor and ceiling plugged by gaffered on pieces of […]