Writings

Idle Motion, Borges and I

Idle Motion: Borges and I

August 24th, 2013 by

If you don’t know anything about the work and life of Jorge Luis Borges, don’t worry, neither did I. Idle Motion weave his life, and more specifically his loss of sight in later life, into a beautiful visual narrative combining words, fantasy worlds, love and biography. Beginning with an introduction to the South American author […]

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Snuff Box Theatre, Bitch Boxer | Photo: Richard Jordan

Snuff Box Theatre: Bitch Boxer

August 24th, 2013 by

This is a man’s world, and any woman looking to claim otherwise should prepare themselves for a fight and even the surly tarnish of being called a bitch. Bitch Boxer is here to show us that a girl with hope, ambition and drive has nothing to apologise for. The unfaltering, jaw-dropping, heart-thumping performance from an […]

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Eric Davis, Red Bastard

Eric Davis: Red Bastard

August 24th, 2013 by

As we intrepidly await the arrival of Red Bastard, who bulges menacingly behind the curtain, slipping skinny and slippery fingers through the cracks, we are accompanied by the soundtrack of ‘Come Together’, an all-too-apt overture. The impressive physical presence of Eric Davis’ bouffon comes with an enchanting level of energy and a perfectly pitched charming […]

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Jammy Voo, Birdhouse | Photo: Idil Sukan

Jammy Voo: Birdhouse

August 22nd, 2013 by

The worlds created by Jammy Voo’s all-female clown troupe are always idiosyncratic, intimate and weird. Their combination of vignette, puppetry, physical theatre and clown proposes unsettling worlds where bodies, objects and voices seem animated by external forces – anxiety, social pressure, and of course us, the audience. In Hitchcock’s The Birds, they’ve found a great […]

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Dan Canham, Ours Was The Fen Country

Dan Canham: Ours Was The Fen Country

August 21st, 2013 by

The Fenlands of East Anglia are strange. Misty, moist, flat, ancient, sinking. Dan Canham and his company give us a visual, aural and emotional account of life in this place. Of generations of farmers, cow-men, horse-men, eel-men. The work is solitary and hard and they love it. The traditional methods, the life on the soil […]

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