Embracing the finesse of language, spoken word artist Inua Ellams’ autobiographical The 14th Tale intends to thwart audience expectations of ‘the young black male in London’ with an intricate look at a young man embracing a mischievous side which notoriously runs in his family. Produced by Fuel, The 14th Tale made its debut back in 2009 at the Arcola […]
Reviews
Action Hero: Watch Me Fall
September 25th, 2011 by Lisa WolfeI have an in-built suspicion of young companies who suddenly become darlings of the critics and the theatre-pundits. Action Hero is one such, and though I enjoyed their previous production, A Western, I couldn’t compute the measure to which it overwhelmed many who saw it. So I was pleased to find myself engaging far more with Watch […]
Jean Abreu Dance / 65daysofstatic: Inside
September 21st, 2011 by Honour BayesFive athletic dancers scuttle and shift across a grey stage. Ticks and jerks punctuate their otherwise fluid movement, hands caress feet and bodies block one another. In Jean Abreu’s vision of prison an incarcerated man is akin to a butterfly pinned in a display box. Inside is inspired by the idea that a society’s jails are […]
Idiot Child: You’re Not Doing It Right
September 20th, 2011 by Thomas BaconEntering after a warm reception in the foyer where everyone was given Rum and Ginger Beer in washed-out baked bean tins, the audience are greeted in the studio space by ‘identical’ twins Peter and Finnegan. Both are stood in a fishtank of blue water, Finnegan communicating through semaphore and Peter through exaggerated expression. There is […]
Foursight Theatre: Bette & Joan
September 20th, 2011 by Gemma BergomiInspired by the infamous feud between Hollywood actors Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, Bette & Joan is set in the bedroom of Bette Davis – where, in the last moments of her life, she is lying in bed wearing a nightie and hairnet, grumbling about her glamorous past whilst clutching a picture of her daughter in one […]