The audience is seated in traverse, on either side of the stage area. The performers are in the space – sitting, waiting – and a metronome is ticking loudly. The lights go out, and we are plunged into total darkness. The velvet softness of the dark is shattered by the harsh sound of glass breaking. […]
Writings
![Teatr Zar: Caesarean Section – Essays on Suicide](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/teatr-zar-caesarian-section-suicide.jpg)
![DO-Theatre: Hangman](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/do-theatre-hangman.jpg)
DO-Theatre: Hangman
August 11th, 2012 by Miriam (Mim) KingTo a soundscape of ominous music, a suited and bowler-hatted typist diligently sets to work. In the background, spelt out in large bold letters, the word H-A-N-G-M-A-N hangs proud. Mid-stage are three dozing suited characters, their heads heavy on a table. In a world of shadows and uncertainty, these dark clad clowns rouse and play […]
![Song of the Goat: Macbeth](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/song-of-the-goat-macbeth.jpg)
Song of the Goat: Macbeth
August 11th, 2012 by Miriam (Mim) KingAmidst the very misty, thick stage smoke I can just about find a seat. Before Song of the Goat’s Macbeth commences, director Grzegorz Bral addresses us with the invitation to ‘watch it with your ears’. Lights dim and when vision permits we see a semi-circle of performers bathed in muted half light, amber toned. Half seen, all […]
![Unfolding Theatre: Best in the World ¦ Photo: Reid Ingram Weir](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/best-in-the-world.jpg)
Unfolding Theatre: Best in the World
August 11th, 2012 by Edward WrenTake a moment to recall a point in your life when you did exactly the right thing at the right time. Unfolding Theatre Company ask this of their audience in their subtly powerful one-man production Best in the World. It is an inspirational hour that explores what it is like to be the best at something, […]
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Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio: Detention
August 11th, 2012 by Miriam (Mim) KingHong Kong company Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio’s Detention is a non-verbal physical theatre piece and acrobatic comedy combining clowning, martial arts and percussion. The scene for the show is a high school class room, its blackboard chalked with the words ‘be a good student’. Enter, one a at a time, three mischievous, highly active teenage boys. They […]