On the way into the theatre, there’s a slight traffic jam as people hang up their coats and bags. I’m gently moved on, and decide to keep my things. Once installed, this is suddenly a relief. My coat – yes, the one from the M&S Outlet in Stevenage – and my bag – yes, the […]

Pegasus Theatre is a beautiful space which offered a fantastically warm welcome to this family Christmas show. There was a beautifully designed fairytale treasure trail throughout the front of house spaces, a live band playing during the interval (selected shows), friendly staff – many of whom are clearly young people involved in the life of […]

The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley, Chris Goode and Company, Battersea Arts Centre, December 2nd 2011 Wound Man is a modern-day superhero. Not too 1970s, although he does land in a suburban neighbourhood in a silver thong. Instead, he mumbles about ‘consultancy’, ‘community’, ‘sustainable engagement’, ‘empowering other people’ – that sort of thing. Gently […]

Edits is the latest and last UK work from Lea Anderson’s all male company The Featherstonehaughs. Since forming the company in 1988, Anderson has built a reputation for diverse and playful dance works portraying men through unconventional imagery. The show has been touring alongside the excellentDraw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele, yet unfortunately doesn’t do […]

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 […]