One static man on the stage, rigid within a warped frame. A loud boosh! The awaiting audience startles to attention. And thus, through a gothic expressionistic style of storytelling, with live music including cello and harmonica, we are led, through black and white tones, into the tale of Gwendoline, who lives by candlelight and cannot […]
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Casus: Knee Deep
June 5th, 2014 by Seda IlterBrisbane-based contemporary circus company, Casus, was formed in 2011 by established solo artists Emma Serjeant, Lachlan MacAulay, Jesse Scott and Natano Fa’anana. Their sensational debut collaboration Knee Deep has been performed widely in Australia and around the world, and this is its second visit to the Brighton Fringe. In the atmospheric setting of the Spiegeltent […]
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Laura Dannequin: Hardy Animal
June 4th, 2014 by Rachael ClerkeHardy Animal is a new performance by Bristol-based dance artist Laura Dannequin. Described as ‘A tender solo that looks at chronic pain and human resilience,’ Dannequin takes us on a journey through her experiences of chronic back pain and its effects on her life as a dancer. We begin in the dark as Laura tells […]
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Lundahl & Seitl: Symphony of a Missing Room
June 4th, 2014 by Thomas BaconLundahl & Seitl’s Symphony of a Missing Room leads us into an environment where the individual is cherished. It is our own perception of our world around us that makes this work beautifully unique. In stark contrast to some larger-scale site-based immersive works, here there is a care, subtlety, and attention to each audience member […]
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Theatre Re: The Little Soldiers
June 4th, 2014 by Beccy SmithTheatre Re are a young French-English company exploring corporeal mime to tell stories that walk the tightrope between fantasy and reality. In The Little Soldiers the apparent setting is a circus, figured by a string of pendant tungsten bulbs draped attractively across a stage peopled by three grease-painted archetypes of silent movie styled commedia. The […]