Reviews

Ridiculusmus: The World Mouse Plague

August 18th, 2014 by

As a companion piece to the complexity and seriousness of (Total Theatre Award Shortlisted) The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland, Ridiculusmus premiere this low key, high comedy two hander loosely framed around the archly metatheatrical concept of putting on a show. This durational art piece is (obviously) about a plague of mice whose main […]

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Broken Spectacles: Head in the Clouds: The Peregrinations of Marie Marvingt

August 18th, 2014 by

Head in the Clouds is a warm, gentle, and genuinely enjoyable solo show that explores the story of Marie Marvingt, a French woman from the 1800s whose key desire, following her mother’s death, is to learn to fly; first metaphorically and then literally. Based on a true story, Marie does indeed fulfil her wish, and […]

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Catherine Ireton - Leaving Home Party - Photo Mark Dean

Catherine Ireton: Leaving Home Party

August 18th, 2014 by

Leaving Home Party is the story of Catherine Ireton’s journey from Ireland to Scotland, a neat little show about the search for the self. The story is told mostly through song while Ignacio Agrimbau provides a masterful musical accompaniment. The music in the piece is mostly excellent, leaning heavily on musical theatre in its composition […]

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Cie Akselere: Sleeping Beauty

August 18th, 2014 by

What might a modern day fairy tale princess be like? Like a Barbie doll, with a ridiculously tiny waist and long legs, masses of yellow nylon hair, and smooth plastic where her vulva should be? Or maybe something a little more fleshy and earthy is called for? Colette Garrigan might have a French-sounding name, live […]

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Dead Centre: Lippy

August 18th, 2014 by

Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. The year is 2000, the start of a new century – although here is a news story that is almost Medieval. Four women die in a suicide pact. They are 83-year-old Frances Mulhooney and her three nieces, Josephine (46) and the 51-year-old twins Brigid Ruth and Catherine. The women barricade themselves […]

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