Lowri Evans has got a secret she can’t keep any longer: her life. Her secret life, no less. A scrapbook of memories; not only hers, but ours and everyone’s. A scrapbook that is already fading. All smiles and sparkles, Evans weaves us through threads of her childhood, of a long distance love affair between Brazil […]
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a smith: Two from a smith
February 25th, 2014 by Lisa WolfeAndy Smith is on a mission; he wants to change the world. He wants us to change the world, all of us, together, in this room. Smith is a writer, dramaturg and performer, most recently with Tim Crouch in what happens to the hope at the end of the evening, which he co-wrote. These two […]
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Ilbijerri Theatre Company: Jack Charles v The Crown
February 17th, 2014 by Charlotte Smith‘I’m with those who haven’t bloomed, haven’t blossomed, who make wrong choices,’ says Jack Charles. His past is laid bare in the opening sequence from the biographical film Bastardy (2008), in which he nonchalantly injects heroin. The film’s tagline was even blunter: ‘Addict. Homosexual. Cat burglar. Actor. Aboriginal.’ This stage version is more nuanced, combining […]
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Probe: Running on Empty
February 17th, 2014 by Miriam (Mim) KingRunning on Empty is Probe’s small scale experimental dance theatre show at Soho Theatre, created by a collaborative team including a writer, a choreographer, and a songwriter. This combination of voice, song, live music, dance, and story is a mix of fantasy and reality between a man and a woman, adrift in an elusive dreamtime. […]
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Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: 1980
February 14th, 2014 by Thomas JM Wilson1980 is one of the seminal productions of the late 20th Century, and in retrospect a production that once seen makes the nature of contemporary performance become a little clearer. Not only does it clarify the myriad ways in which Piña Bausch carved a distinctive figure in theatre and dance, but also hints at many […]