Dickie Beau, a ‘drag fabulist’ and ‘playback pioneer’, was among the opening shows of this year’s Mayfest. Taking the main stage at Bristol Old Vic, Blackouts was an audiovisual spectacle layering projection, performer and rare mesmerising tape recordings of Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. The show opens with a passionate recording of Judy Garland. ‘You […]

In 2013, live art performer and professional trickster Richard DeDomenici launched  The Redux Project, which he describes as ’my attempt to disrupt the cinema industry by making counterfeit sections of popular films.’ And so here he is at Norwich Arts Centre, presenting a show about the project for this enterprising venue’s [Live] Art Club, as […]

Sister Sledge’s classic disco track He’s the Greatest Dancer is playing. The Basement main space is packed – sold out for a lunchtime dance show from Iceland! Everyone is relaxed and chatty, including the two performers who are just hanging out in the performance space, casually greeting people as they come in. One is a slim, […]

An empty stage, cool blue lighting. A metal-framed hospital bed, and to each side of the performance space thin muslin curtains – translucent veils that obscure rather than hide. On the back wall, a screen. Bolt opens with moving image. Our point of view is from the ground, and we are looking up into the […]

The team who made last year’s Buddhism: Is It Just For Losers? (whose title was one of the funniest parts) have hit comedy gold this time, with a forty-five minute shake-down of performance that leads you right up the proverbial garden path and straight into the man-shed. It skewers all theatrical tropes and theories about […]