I have a bone to pick with Ponydance. They are single-handedly responsible for the horrific 90s Bloodhound Gang hit Animal going round in my head for the last 24 hours. You know the one – ‘You and me baby ain’t nothing but mammals so let’s do it like they do on the Discovery channel’. This […]
Writings
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Unlimited: Am I Dead Yet?
August 31st, 2015 by Ezra LeBankHow will you die? Before walking in to see the Unlimited Theatre production of Am I Dead Yet?, an usher hands each audience member a card that asks this question. These cards, later used in the show, set the tone for an hour of curiosity, chilling episodes (of many kinds), music, and fun, all coming […]
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Tim Etchells and Aisha Orazbayeva: Seeping Through
August 30th, 2015 by Adam BennettIn this four-hour durational performance, Etchells and Orazbayeva perform simultaneously. Staged in a side room off the main space at the Drill Hall in a long thin space, Seeping Through placed the audience along one long side with the performers along the other long side. This made it difficult to enter or leave the space […]
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Forced Entertainment: Quizoola!
August 29th, 2015 by Adam BennettSurrounded by a string of lights on the floor, two performers with white painted faces and the red mouths and black eye details of clowns take turns reading out to one another a list of questions in this durational piece. ‘Would you like to stop?’ is the key to this game, to which an answer […]
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Robbie Synge: Douglas
August 29th, 2015 by Terry O'DonovanA lone man balances atop a cylindrical tube of rolled up dance floor 5ft high. He needs to concentrate – the task is ruling him. He tips forward and leaps to the ground, the tube crashing behind him. The man assesses the situation and continues to set up another balancing act. Douglas is a musing […]