The classic conventions of the father and son relationship are explored in this dance-based performance by Giulio (31) and Stefano (62) D’Anna. Dramatic and emotive piquancy is added due to Stefano being recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Father and son are both therapists, but only Giulio is dance trained. He has created and choreographed this […]

Fevered Sleep are famously experimental in their approach to making work, with their output spanning a dizzying array of forms, featuring audio installation, interactivity with children and adults, and even a live horse. Above Me The Wide Blue Sky does not disappoint in this respect: it is difficult to classify and complex as an experience in real […]

Common Wealth produces site-specific theatre that ‘places the audience at the centre of their work’, claiming that ‘theatre should be a memorable event and give you that feeling of being at a gig, of being part of something’. Standing in a freezing cold, largely empty pub car-park on the outskirts of Bradford on a grey […]

It has been said that the best way to provoke thought is often with a smile: the release of tension relaxes audiences before they’re landed with a good punch. So with big smiles, get ready for big punches… First up in a double-bill at Camden People’s Theatre’s Sprint festival is Jessica Latowicki. In a sparkling […]

Jochem Stavenuiter is fifteen. Slouchy, a grunter, in his bedroom turning up the volume on his masterblaster. He escapes to run fast across the fields to the dyke and to scream and scream. It is an instantly recognisable teenage response to crisis and perfectly captures the changes going on in the lives of Jochem and […]