It is rare to see a work that has an audience rushing for the exit in the first curtain call, a veritable snub, in full and uncontested view, to the artists, but3Abschied (3Farewells) appears to be such a work. This collaboration between the deeply structural Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and French post-structuralist dancer Jérôme Bel is […]
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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jérôme Bel & Ictus: 3Abschied
November 21st, 2011 by Thomas JM Wilson![Sound&Fury: Going Dark ¦ Photo: Edmund Collier](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sound-and-fury-going-dark.jpg)
Sound&Fury: Going Dark
November 15th, 2011 by Geraldine HarrisThis is a show about the universe, about space and time, and about how we relate to it. It is about the relationship between sight, imagination and understanding. It is also about going blind. Enormous themes to be tackling in a tiny, black box, with the audience seated on four sides on stools, a minimal […]
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Steven Berkoff: One Man
November 13th, 2011 by Thomas BaconTonight at the Theatre Royal in Bath, Steven Berkoff shares two of the one-man pieces from his celebrated solo cannon, The Tell Tale Heart and Dog. Giving all of himself to his audience, he presents the work via the conduit of a vibrant single body. Berkoff is a heightened, expressionistic, ever-able thespian who is able to immerse an […]
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Cirque Éloize: iD
November 12th, 2011 by Geraldine HarrisIn the tiny world of contemporary circuses it is rare to catch one as big, fat and juicy as this at a theatre near you. The crowd at the luxurious Wales Millennium Centre was purring with anticipation as the curtain went up on an expectedlyurban landscape of flats and boxes, seedy street-lampesque lighting, graffiti, video projections, […]
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Forced Entertainment: Void Story
November 11th, 2011 by Thomas BaconForced Entertainment are unpredictable, sometimes playing with an audience’s reaction as much as the conventions of performance; you can neverexpect, only anticipate. And it is that sense of anticipation that hangs in the air of the auditorium tonight. The stage is set with desks on either side, microphones, reading lamps, scripts, sound-desk and the ever […]