Being There: one of an occasional series for Total Theatre Magazine in which an artist and a witness reflect on their different perspectives. Here, writer and performer Bernadette Russell and her first one-on-one audience member Dorothy Max Prior explore the debut outing for BED   Dorothy Max Prior writes: Bernadette Russell’s new show – she […]

An exuberant audience of children frolic in the pre-show holding area. The performance is taking place in a very smart room (the Ambassador Suite) within the Hilton Metropole hotel, on Brighton seafront. For now, we wait to be led in to witness the legendary French company Velo Theatre present From the bottom of the well, […]

Voices is an occasional feature series that gives the stage to someone making a mark in the ‘total theatre’ world. Here, we feature 1927’s Jo Crowley, who tells us about her role as the company’s producer I never set out to be a producer. When I started working, producers tended only to exist in the commercial […]

A beautiful engaging performance of devised physical theatre and storytelling for little ones. Sensitive and responsive, the vibrant clarity of the three young women performers was perfect. The Little Leaf is the story of, well yes, a little leaf stumbled across by a little girl in her attic. From there unfolds a fantastical adventure, taking […]

The first half of this presentation was a film screening of BAFTA-nominated ‘docu-mockumentary’ Her Master’s Voice, which charts Nina’s journey to a ventriloquist convention in America. It’s a revealing, poignant and often very funny documentary that provides insights into the artform, and a moving tribute to her mentor, the late Ken Campbell. She travels with the […]