What a glorious 75 minutes of dance theatre Gala is. I don’t remember the last time that a live performance has made me grin like a Cheshire cat and burst into smiling tears… It’s remarkable. French dance artist Jérôme Bel has gathered together 20 performers of varying ages and abilities – some professional dancers, some […]
Reviews
Femi Martin: How To Die of a Broken Heart
October 24th, 2016 by Rebecca JS NiceBuilding on two scratch performances held at Battersea Arts Centre in 2015, writer and performer Femi Martin returns for three nights with her one-woman show, How To Die of a Broken Heart. Martin takes her intimate audience through a series of relationships and health scares as she discovers the strange, corruptive and accommodating behaviours of […]
Tassos Stevens and Nick Ryan: Fortune
October 11th, 2016 by Rebecca JS NiceA collaboration between writer/director Tassos Stevens (of Coney fame) and composer/sound designer Nick Ryan, Fortune combines Stevens’ storytelling with Ryan’s evocative soundscape. An ever-changing atmosphere surrounds Stevens as he tells his stories, from storms erupting at sea to chiming bells – and the audience is invited to consider chance, fortune and serendipity, with some fun […]
Sleepwalk Collective: Domestica
October 7th, 2016 by Dorothy Max PriorA long table covered with a cloth. A banquet? Perhaps we are in Olympia and this is a feast for the gods. Or the goddesses. A candelabra. Perhaps we are in a castle. We could be in heaven, or perhaps purgatory. Hell, even – there’s a lot of smoke. We could be anywhere mythical. Anywhere […]
David Hoyle: The Prime of Ms David Hoyle
September 20th, 2016 by Rebecca JS NiceSaturday night at Chelsea Theatre, and a hotchpotch of celebrities, students, artists and all sorts form an intimate and supportive audience as David Hoyle dazzles, flaunts and sings us through a satirical romp of queer theatre. Hoyle is joined over the run by different guest performers each night, including graduates of Carnesky’s Finishing School and […]