Writings

Fine Chisel Theatre: 4.3 Miles from Nowhere

Fine Chisel Theatre: 4.3 Miles from Nowhere

August 26th, 2011 by

4.3 Miles from Nowhere is a collaboration between a group of four theatre-makers and a five-strong folk band. The company wish to explore ways these forms can work together to produce work with a festival audience in mind. This, their second show, sets up a somewhat literal approach to throwing the two forms together by having […]

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The Mechanical Animal Corporation: Und ¦ Photo: Alex Brenner

The Mechanical Animal Corporation: Und

August 26th, 2011 by

Bristol-based The Mechanical Animal Corporation have transferred their production of Howard Baker’s play from a warehouse-like space in their hometown to a dingy room in C Soco’s basement, and it’s a context that suits it rather better I should think. The dank room with uneven concrete floor and ceiling plugged by gaffered on pieces of […]

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The Wrong Crowd: The Girl with the Iron Claws

The Wrong Crowd: The Girl with the Iron Claws

August 26th, 2011 by

The Girl with the Iron Claws is the first production from The Wrong Crowd, a collaboration between puppet-maker and designer Rachael Canning and writer and director Hannah Mulder. The influence of a maker at the core of the process is much in evidence in the effortlessly aesthetic set: a striking pair of brass spindly ‘claws’ is […]

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Look Left Look Right: You Once Said Yes

Look Left Look Right: You Once Said Yes

August 26th, 2011 by

Ever had the sort of day where you just set off down the street with no agenda, and find yourself talking to all sorts of strange (in all senses of that word) people, and losing yourself in all sorts of odd, interesting, and sometimes hair-raising situations? Look Left Look Right use this rather lovely starting […]

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The Frequency d’Ici: Free Time Radical

The Frequency d’Ici: Free Time Radical

August 25th, 2011 by

This slow-burning and poignant new drama by the artists formerly known as Top of the World (responsible for 2008’s Fringe First Award-winningPaperweight) shows the company confidently deepening their unique focus on the challenges of what it is to be human, and particularly male, in the modern world. The production is grounded in powerfully nuanced performances […]

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