The Fantasist opens with Theatre Témoin’s signature mix of the realistic and the surreal as the powerfully played protagonist, Louisa, writhes and tosses against the white sheet background that is her bed – a first scene that captures the unease of disturbed sleep as well as creating suspense as to what will happen next. As she performs […]
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Franko B: Because of Love
June 8th, 2013 by Fred DalmassoFranko B’s Because of Love is the closest encounter I have had with Joseph Conrad’s Colonel Kurtz to date. Like a seemingly disciplined inmate, the performer paces up and down along the celluloid wall of his recollection cell, readying himself for a confrontation to come rather than sparring with images of televised conflicts, military parades or 1960s […]
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Various Artists: Cloud Dance Sundays
June 7th, 2013 by Rebecca JS NiceA tiny theatre, in a quirky pub in Kentish Town, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, hosted the first of what will be a monthly programme of Cloud Dance Sundays. Confronting harrowing subject matter, the billing was far from laid back, proving that Cloud Dance is serious in its initiative to reach new audiences (an ambition […]
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Chris Cresswell: Qua Qua Qua
June 7th, 2013 by Bill ParslowChris Cresswell’s persona in Qua Qua Qua, his homage to Jaques Tati, is a long, long way from the Chris Creswell who plays the booming frontman and impresario of the wacky high energy cabaret Voodoo Vaudeville, or from Creswell’s alter ego in that show, the unctuous and knowing Baby Warhol hand puppet, floating in a picture frame […]
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Spun Glass Theatre: You Left Me In The Dark
June 7th, 2013 by Miriam (Mim) KingThere’s a sense of anticipation that comes with being led down down into the Old Police Cells underneath Brighton Town Hall. The history of this place, the old brickwork, the windowless subterranean world; the echoey acoustics and the dusty, musty smells. This atmospheric space is the venue for Spun Glass Theatre’s production You Left Me in […]