Violence and symmetry are on the cards in Robert Lepage’s highly constructed Spades. It’s the first in a quartet of pieces, and the mind boggles as to how hearts, diamonds or even clubs could follow suit. Spades is set in Las Vegas in 2003. The gambling revolves around not only casinos, but also the invasion […]

As we take our seats in the upstairs theatre of the Oval House we are confronted with a stage laid out with a spiral of large orange dots looking like a relative of the game Twister. In the centre sits an Orville the Duck on a turntable and off to the side is a 1970s […]

Prepare for a dip in the ocean, and a dizzying soar through the air… a dance in the dark, and an eddy of storytelling, music, comedy, shipping forecasts, and animation. This is The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike, presented by Laura Mugridge as ‘a true story that I made up’, with live sound from Tom […]

Dreamthinkspeak have developed a unique and identifiable theatrical idiom which, at its best, alchemises site, space, installation and interaction into meaning and experiences that cast new light on old classics. Before I Sleep (2010) recast The Cherry Orchard into a poignantly iconic Cooperative department store in an unloved corner of Brighton, a hugely resonant marriage […]

Prepare for a dip in the ocean, and a dizzying soar through the air… a dance in the dark, and an eddy of storytelling, music, comedy, shipping forecasts, and animation. This is The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike, presented by Laura Mugridge as ‘a true story that I made up’, with live sound from Tom Adams […]