Writings

Third Rail Projects - Then She Fell - Photo by Adam Jason Photography

Third Rail Projects: Then She Fell

November 13th, 2015 by

A blank-looking house on a Brooklyn street is the setting for Then She Fell, a long-running promenade piece that’s been drawing New York audiences for over three years now. Third Rail Projects, led by Zach Morris, Tom Pearson, and Jennine Willet, specialise in immersive work – something that appears to be much less common on […]

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Walid Raad - Scratchings on things I could disavow Walkthrough - Photo by Julieta Cervantes

Walid Raad: Scratchings on things I could disavow: Walkthrough

November 12th, 2015 by

Walid Raad, dressed unremarkably in a black t-shirt and dark blue jeans, speaks to a group of 40 people seated in MoMA’s beautifully open Marron Atrium. Armed with blue headphones, his voice is channeled into our eardrums, drowning out the chatter, laugher and general hubbub that fills one of modern art’s most famous buildings. We […]

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Dickie Beau Blackouts. Photo Paul Blakemore

Dickie Beau: Blackouts – Twilight of the Idols

November 9th, 2015 by

Well, that wasn’t what I was expecting! Dickie Beau has a formidable reputation as a cabaret and nouvelle drag artiste, but in recent years has also created full-length theatre works. Blackouts: Twilight of the Idols ‘conjures the spirits of celebrated Hollywood icons’ and ‘channels the ghosts of his childhood idols’ – but that’s not the […]

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Wattle and Daub - Tarrare the Freak - Photo by Barney Witts

Wattle & Daub: The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak

November 4th, 2015 by

When a show opens with its title character being dumped on the autopsy slab, it’s a fair bet that things aren’t going to end well. But Wattle & Daub’s brown-aproned sextet of performers – musicians, singers, puppeteers – are determined to have a good time along the way. They take on the apparently true tale […]

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Rouge 28 - Kwaidan

Rouge 28: Kwaidan

November 4th, 2015 by

‘Hello? Is anybody home?’ says the woman as she enters the space, furnished with 1970s dresser, television set, and table. A large dark mirror above the dresser, and wardrobe doors, are significant hints of secrets to be revealed, and a screened area turns out to be a small bedroom, with Japanese paper screens behind. Immediately […]

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