Roll up, roll up! We may be in a black box studio theatre, but let’s imagine for a moment that we are inside un petit chapiteau – a little circus tent. What we encounter in this delightful show is un vrai cirque aux proportions reduites – everything you’d expect to see at the circus, but […]

Thomas Wilson reflects on three very different contemporary circus-theatre shows seen at the London International Mime Festival 2018   London International Mime Festival enters its 41st year, and as usual proves to be the single best place to get a glimpse of the diversity of visual and physical performance currently around. This year is no […]

Lähtö  is a cool show. Its colour palette is soft greys and ice blues. Its two performers, a man and a woman, are forever poised in beautiful shapes – held back, restrained, even when in the throes of passion. They take their time, they repeat, they are not afraid to stop, to create the image […]

Persona. Your public face. The sum of your external behaviour traits. The way you talk to other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person. The image or personality that a person presents to other people. An assumed character for a fictional representation… Four people – four personae – present […]

Hurrah. It’s my annual ‘If Edinburgh Fringe Circus Shows Were An Album’ review again, where I get to combine my two passions and indulge my inner muso-geek. 2017 was a pretty brilliant year overall and once more a delight and privilege for me to represent my venue in sponsoring the Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane […]