To the sound of pop music, polythene cagoules are distributed to the front two rows. Once we’ve all hushed and settled down in front of the closed stage curtains, there’s a very low key introduction from a bespectacled bloke in a white shirt. He attempts to get us warmed up, there’s a bit of a […]
Reviews
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Wilton’s Music Hall & CulturaMobila: Father Nandru & The Wolves
April 11th, 2014 by Edward WrenAnyone who has stepped into Wilton’s music hall will know the majesty of the place. The building alone, imbued with the history of decades of countless performances, is riddled with a tingling theatricality. Father Nandru & The Wolves is the last large performance that it will hold before it undergoes a period of renovation, and […]
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Freedom Studios & EnteIechy Arts: Home Sweet Home
April 10th, 2014 by Simon BensonThis latest production from Bradford-based Freedom Studios, in a collaboration with Deptford-based Entelechy Arts, delves into the complexities of ageing in contemporary Britain and aims to ask pertinent questions as to how ageing is both perceived and experienced – and how we should approach it. Their last major piece of community theatre was The Mill […]
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James Thiérrée/Compagnie du Hanneton: Tabac Rouge
April 5th, 2014 by Thomas JM WilsonWhat is most striking about James Thiérrée’s fifth production for Compagnie du Hanneton is not the sheer scale of the ever-transforming, decaying set, nor the exquisitely-controlled and detailed physical scores of the performers, but the fleeting and shifting surrealist world that Thiérrée has crafted in this 90-minute spectacle. Almost steampunk in feel, this is a […]
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Dancin’ Oxford 2014: Moving with the Times
April 2nd, 2014 by Rebecca JS NiceDancin’ Oxford 2014, a yearly festival featuring premieres from both emerging and well established artists over an eleven day period, launched in Oxford City Centre on 1 March. For the fourth year running, Moving with the Times, commissioned and produced by Pegasus Theatre, and Dancin’ Oxford featured local choreographers whose new, short works were shown […]