Despite being a show performed by young people, this is a production presented within the main programme of the SUSPENSE adult puppetry festival and is in a sense a triple-distilled piece of theatre. It has been inspired by Steve Tiplady’s production for the Little Angel last year, but this itself was already a radical reworking […]
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![Little Angel Youth Theatre - The Jabberwocky](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Little-Angel-Youth-Theatre-The-Jabberwocky.jpg)
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Karen Finley: Ribbon Gate | Written in Sand
November 3rd, 2015 by Dorothy Max PriorKaren Finley! Karen Finley smeared in chocolate. Karen Finley performing unspeakable practices and unnatural acts live on stage. Karen Finley getting banned – from art galleries, from rock venues, from public toilets. From public toilets – oh yes! I’ve never seen her live, but have admired her from afar for years. Well, I would wouldn’t […]
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Kris Canavan: Dredge
November 3rd, 2015 by Rebecca JS NiceKris Canavan’s meeting place for Dredge, which takes place in public space, is Parliament Square – surrounded by Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, the Supreme Court and the Houses of Parliament. Placing his work in an established site for demonstrations and protests, with its backdrop of historic and imposing Neoclassical and Gothic architecture – symbols of power […]
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Site and Sound: SPILL Festival
November 3rd, 2015 by Rebecca JS NiceFrom pitched rooftops to pitch-black rooms – Rebecca Nice explores performance and installation work seen and heard at Toynbee Studios in the opening weekend of SPILL Festival A sunny Saturday afternoon on Commercial Street in the constantly-evolving East End of London, where local landmark Toynbee Hall (now Studios) is wedged between soaring new office buildings. […]
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Seth Kriebel: A House Repeated
October 27th, 2015 by Rebecca JS NiceA House Repeated is a video game stripped down to its framework of commands and voice prompts. But these are described and narrated by Seith Kriebel and a female performer, who personify a virtual and specific site, revealing a fantastical imagined world based on Battersea Arts Centre itself. The duo divide the audience into two […]