‘A Spaceman, a Cowboy and a Disco-Dancer are going on a journey. A journey undertaken in the spirit of discovery. There’s a gig that they’ve got to get to and they’re the performers. The gig’s 468 miles away and they’ve only their feet to get them there. This will be 30 Days to Edinburgh.’ And they […]
Writings
Guilherme Leme: The Stranger
August 25th, 2012 by Lisa WolfeHe seems a decent sort, this man Meursault, present at his mother’s funeral but not overwhelmed with grief. They had had an understanding and neither needed nor expected anything more of each other than they had. She had been at a happy point in her life, content in the place she lived and with a […]
Tom Marshman: Legs 11
August 25th, 2012 by Dorothy Max PriorIn which Tom Marshman takes us on a journey from Leg Shame to Leg Fame, telling the story of how he survived the pain and trauma of varicose veins, gaining a place in the Pretty Polly Legs 11 final. Along the way, we get an investigation of gender expectations, and liberation from those expectations, in […]
Unfinished Business: Only Wolves and Lions
August 25th, 2012 by Hannah SullivanUnfinished Business’ Only Wolves and Lions was inspired by a quote from the Greek philosopher Epicurus: ‘Only wolves and lions eat alone, you should not eat, not even a snack, on your own.’ The show’s creator, Leo Kay, has brought together research into community, isolation, crisis and happiness to create this immersive experience. The event is produced […]
Teatro Sineglossa: Remember Me
August 25th, 2012 by Dorothy Max PriorInspired by an aria from Purcell’s Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas (‘Remember me, but ah, forget my fate.’), Sineglossa’s short filmic theatre show (just 20 minutes in duration) is less a story than a visual and aural poem exploring how the desire to love absolutely can become a form of narcissism, the one who desires and the […]
