There is a man is an oversized, cartoonish lion costume centrestage. He introduces himself in cod-Scots: he is Lionel McLion. Just glimpsed in the darkness of his mouth is a second mouth, human: this is performance-maker Mamoru Iriguchi. But it’s no naive design flaw that discloses his presence, we can see Mamoru because he’s just […]

There is a heading used in the programme accompanying NDT’s current run at the Edinburgh International Festival: From rebellion to eminence. The words draw reference to the 1959 origins for the company when 21 members of the Nederlands Ballet became positively charged by the potential and promise of experimentalism over classicism and so tore themselves […]

Border Tales is a revision of the same work performed in 2013, becoming an even more relevant and powerful commentary in today’s socio-political climate. Seven male and two female performers of various shapes, sizes, skin colours and ethnicities put individual social experiences under the spotlight, reliving them in a magnified state on stage. British dancers […]

From behind the battered old church door there comes a sound like a furious bionic wasp. A sign taped to the door infers that there will be loud noises, flashing lights and a potential risk of magnetic interference to pacemakers. To me, it’s unclear whether this is a health warning, a sales pitch, or a […]

‘My mother always told me you can cure almost anything with a hot bath.’ Two women in identikit white body suits sit in a white bath tub. Except it’s not two women, it’s one woman. A woman and her subconscious self. A woman and her inner child. A woman and her mother’s voice, which follows […]