It is the Führer’s 56th birthday, his downfall is imminent, and unease festers in the air of his Berlin Bunker. Stuffed Puppets’ Neville Tranter portrays Adolf’s subservient valet and takes us through a cavalcade of infamous figures, from Eva Braun to Goering and Goebbels, in the puppets he manipulates. Each is a self-obsessed caricature, manifested in […]

Inspired by the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun, performer Ulrike Quade presents the audience with the solitary figure of a woman, surround by neatly stacked piles of books, reading and making notes. A gentle blue hue illuminates the space, and she is tiny in comparison to the vast environment – a […]

Scary Gorgeous revolves around the themes of sex, pornography, relationships and the need to be popular. We follow two narrative strands: a young couple whose relationship is based around their sexual urges and contemplations of love, and a passive aggressive friendship where two girls (Abbi and Helen) constantly challenge one another’s morals and identity. Rash Dash […]

Like all the best firework displays, this highly visceral large-scale outdoor spectacle begins with a tangible fizz and culminates in a breathtaking finale. Plenty of sparkle is provided along the way courtesy of the fusion between Wayne McGregor and Random Dance’s slick choreography, Pan Optikum’s stunning pyrotechnic and projection work and Scanner’s atmospheric soundscapes. The […]

With its cinematic opening credits and references to film noir, it soon becomes obvious that Hotel Methuselah draws as much from the history of cinema as it does the traditions of theatre. And with its innovative use of projection, such referencing has obviously been put to good use. The live element of the performance is viewed through […]