Writings

Harry Giles: Class Act

Harry Giles: Class Act

March 21st, 2013 by

Harry Giles is an emerging performance artist whose work covers poetry, live art and performance, and whose pieces often make direct and specific social comment and analysis. Describing himself on his website as a performance maker whose work falls somewhere under the ever expanding umbrella of live art, Giles states that he ‘takes a subject […]

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Diederik Peeters: Red Herring

Diederik Peeters: Red Herring

March 21st, 2013 by

The show starts – or does it? A figure with a sheet of white paper for a face appears from the very back of the deep performance space, walking slowly, an animated Magritte painting. He’s here to open the show; he would sing, but… But no, that was a red herring; in a flash the […]

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David Rosenberg & Glen Neath: Ring ¦ Photo: Susanne Dietz

David Rosenberg & Glen Neath: Ring

March 17th, 2013 by

David Rosenberg’s work with Shunt has often played with the role of the audience – putting audiences in uncomfortable situations, forcing them to make decisions, pushing them into voyeuristic viewings of intimate situations. Ring sees audiences placed right at the centre of the action, and as a ‘performance’ delivered entirely in complete darkness it certainly […]

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Giulio D’Anna: Parkin’son

Giulio D’Anna: Parkin’son

March 15th, 2013 by

The classic conventions of the father and son relationship are explored in this dance-based performance by Giulio (31) and Stefano (62) D’Anna. Dramatic and emotive piquancy is added due to Stefano being recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Father and son are both therapists, but only Giulio is dance trained. He has created and choreographed this […]

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Fevered Sleep: Above Me The Wide Blue Sky | Photo: Matthew Andrews

Fevered Sleep: Above Me The Wide Blue Sky

March 13th, 2013 by

Fevered Sleep are famously experimental in their approach to making work, with their output spanning a dizzying array of forms, featuring audio installation, interactivity with children and adults, and even a live horse. Above Me The Wide Blue Sky does not disappoint in this respect: it is difficult to classify and complex as an experience in real […]

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