A full house, quiet, a twilit lull, then into the dark and the sound of an electronic signal, coming in, cutting out; difficult to hear dialogue. I could make out some words: that of an astronaut, an astronaut in the dark, the voice of Neil Armstrong in the dark, in communication with NASA. Beep beep! […]

There are several pairings in Black T-shirt Collection, the third work by Nigerian-born Inua Ellams, who has enjoyed a swift ride to becoming a playwright of national status since his first production in 2009. First, there is black and white, the colours that define the set. There are black blocks, a white cardboard box, a mono […]

The Old Municipal Market is known locally as the former fruit and veg market. It’s a fine old space that’s seen better times: a great big, cold, dark and dripping hulk that has been the venue for many so-called ‘site-specific’ performances over the years, by both professional artists and ‘VPA’ (visual and performing arts) students […]

Motor Show is the second collaboration between Shunt co-founder David Rosenberg and choreographer Frauke Requardt, following 2010’s critically acclaimed Electric Hotel. It is the major project supported by 2012 round of Without Walls commissions and will be touring nationally following its premiere here. In stark contrast to the elaborately constructed edifice ofElectric Hotel, the scene is set […]

Interiors has an intriguing, almost sociological, premise. We observe, through an enormous, stage-wide window, a midwinter dinner party. The table is laid, the guests arrive, there’s music, food and alcohol. We observe their interactions, the interplay of social expectations with private impulses and conflicts, as narrated by a mysterious voice, later seen to be a white-clad […]