Fred’s time has come. It comes to us all, sooner or later – the time when we realise who we are and what we are made of. Fred? Well, he’s a puppet. Stitched from canvas, stuffing and seams. Fred spots bigger hands behind his own – shocking! He sees giant fingers wrapped around his feet […]
Reviews
Hijinx Theatre Company with Blind Summit: Meet Fred
September 1st, 2016 by Marigold HughesSkye Reynolds with Jo Fong: PITCH
August 29th, 2016 by Lisa WolfeShown as the second half of a double-bill with A:Version, PITCH is just that – an attempt to reveal the life of a person, in this case Skye Reynolds, to an audience. She wants to explore how an artist can take action rather than avoid it. ‘Why am I here?’ she asks, holding our gaze. […]
Indepen-dance 4: A:Version
August 29th, 2016 by Lisa WolfeTerminology can often strangle debate around work made by people with learning disabilities – or is that difficulties, or disorders? If a company has both learning and non learning disabled people is it integrated or inclusive? Whether these distinctions even matter is a hot topic, so it is great to see two dance pieces starring […]
Gary Gardiner/ Ian Johnston / Adrian Howells: Dancer
August 29th, 2016 by Lisa WolfeMeta-dance is really on trend this season. The three shows I see at Dance Base in swift succession (Dancer and a double bill, A:Version and Pitch) all deconstruct their process and let the audience see their ‘undercrackers,’ as the late Adrian Howells would have put it. Adrian was a collaborator in Dancer, made with Ian […]
Mark Lyken / Emma Dove: The Terrestrial Sea
August 28th, 2016 by Michael BeggThere is an interesting cultural dynamic that has arisen in recent years, in tandem with the emergence of affordable technologies and the ever-spreading rash of creative hybridisation of form, media, medium and delivery. This dynamic concerns sound systems, and is something that I became aware of a couple of years ago when a theatre director […]