May I Have the Pleasure…? purports to be a wedding party, and is set in a room-with-a-view at The Point hotel. We, naturally, are the wedding guests. There are ribbons and streamers and purple balloons; and celebratory silver sugared almonds and teeny little gold bells set out on all the tables, which are arranged around the […]
Writings
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David Hughes Dance / Al Seed: Last Orders
August 17th, 2011 by Dorothy Max PriorThrough the glass darkly… And what do we find if we cross the divide? Heaven, hell, or a purgatory of eternal partying? Last Orders uses smoke and mirrors – literally and metaphorically – to explore its twilight world, a dreadful disco of lost souls condemned to a St Vitus’ Dance with no respite. Dominating the stage for […]
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Spielpalast Cabaret: Spielpalast Cabaret
August 17th, 2011 by Dorothy Max PriorThe Spielpalast Cabaret, who hail from Burlington, Vermont in the USA, are a troupe dedicated to restoring cabaret to its feisty, transgressive, gender-bending, political origins – referencing the bathtub gin of the Roaring 20s, the artistic rebellion of Dada, and the transgressive decadence of the Weimar Republic. And how does this manifest? In a rip-roaring […]
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non zero one: The Time Out
August 17th, 2011 by Kitty NewburyWithin a small, almost claustrophobic, set-cum-installation of a sports locker-room, twelve members of the audience are seated in the round on three small benches. We are told that we are facing a big challenge…. We are introduced to our swimming coach and told why we are here: for a water-polo game, which in just minutes […]
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Teatro del Parpadeo: An Imaginary History of Tango
August 17th, 2011 by Kitty NewburyIn An Imaginary History of Tango – billed as ‘more than just a show, an invitation’ – solo performer Anna Cetti delves into personal experiences of world travel and romance, and explores her relationship to dance in general and tango in particular. This journey unfolds using a range of dance forms featuring, of course, the tango, but […]