Writings

Raucous - The Stick House

Raucous: The Stick House

October 1st, 2015 by

Knowing Bristol and its various performance spaces well, I felt excited by the prospect of visiting this hitherto unused, mysterious place – The Lo-Co Klub – underneath the Victorian passenger sheds of Temple Meads Station. As audience members we were initiated into what felt like a dark process: given Germanic names written on a piece […]

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Talking Posts. Photo Scott Ramsey

Shared Space and Light: Talking Posts

September 28th, 2015 by

The Old Market sits in a moody cul-de-sac in old Brunswick, which bridges the gap between Brighton and Hove – a splendid building illuminated by its own wall-mounted lamps, and additionally by two large lamp-posts standing proudly on the paved area in front of the building. Are they always there? They look as though they […]

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Strange Arrangement - Drifters

Strange Arrangement: Drifters

September 13th, 2015 by

It’s like the start of a joke: an Englishman, a Frenchman, and a German are stranded together in the same boat. What happens next? Well in Hampshire-based Strange Arrangement’s gently comic and at times moodily inventive sea-show, they let their imaginations run wild in an attempt to stave off boredom and desperation. Englishman William (Alex […]

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Geraldine Pilgrim - Well - Photo by Sheila Burnett

Geraldine Pilgrim: Well

September 10th, 2015 by

Well is a major commission by Creative Barking and Dagenham, the local Creative People and Places cultural regeneration project initiated and supported by the Arts Council, alongside the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, SOG and the Broadway Theatre Barking.  It builds upon Artistic Director Geraldine Pilgrim’s reputation for transforming buildings, established through the site responsive work she […]

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Figurentheater Tübingen - Wunderkammer

Figurentheatre Tübingen: Wunderkammer

September 9th, 2015 by

Performer Alice-Therese Gottschalk sits on the edge of the stage with a finely decorated box on her lap. She closes her eyes and slowly, almost ceremonially, opens it towards us. Fellow performers Raphael Mürle and Frank Soehnle hover in the shadows just behind her, holding whatever is inside by fine wires. With precise and delicate […]

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