The small, thrust stage is full of voices. Moving bodies hurry from side to side. Fragments of stories start and stop, overlapping and interrupting. There are a number of reasons this feels exceptional. The cast is unexpectedly large – ten performers plus a musician – who remain with us in the space throughout, sitting on […]

5–4–3–2–1! Con-fused? Be-mused? Don’t be! It’ll be alright on the night… Liz is here – whether to meet and raise expectations or lower the barre we don’t yet know. Will she please us – or will she please herself? We wait with baited breath: ‘Don’t move a muscle!’ Ta-rum! Here she comes! Liz Aggiss IS […]

Go wild in the country! A reflection on artistic escape from the bright lights, big city – and a tale of two Feasts An ensemble of actors are gathered together to research the basic components of their craft in a workshop setting. The director gains inspiration from Japanese Noh Theatre and Commedia Dell’Arte. He expresses […]

Fox Symphony is the second full-length show from performance maker Foxy and Husk, whose human identity remains a well-kept secret. Sumptuously dressed in rich brocades, fun-fur and sparkles, with an exquisitely painted foxy face, Foxy and Husk is a performer like no other. Her stage impact is immediate and her skill in the chosen theatrical […]

A man spins round and round: a whirling dervish with one arm raised; a Mensch-Maschine; a clockwork toy. His image is reflected in the Spiegeltent mirrors all around him, so that the lone figure seems to have a ghostly chorus of identical automata. Shadows are cast onto the roof of the tent, another chorus of […]