Writings

Tim Crouch: I Malvolio

Tim Crouch: I Malvolio

August 18th, 2011 by

I Malvolio is the latest of four works by Tim Crouch that interrogate well-known plays by a certain Will Shakespeare, viewing the story from the perspective of a minor character (here, Malvolio, the much-mocked Steward ofTwelfth Night, would-be lover of Countess Olivia, and the butt of Sir Toby Belch’s cruel tricks). This series of solo plays […]

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Fellswoop Theatre: Belleville Rendez-vous

Fellswoop Theatre: Belleville Rendez-vous

August 18th, 2011 by

In Belleville Rendez-vous, Fellswoop Theatre, recent graduates from Warwick University, bring Sylvain Chomet’s Academy Award winning animated film to the stage (with the Chomet’s own seal of approval). The stage show starts by placing us in a cabaret watching the Les Triplettes de Belleville jazz trio (double bass, electric guitar, and accordion) – a scruffy-looking bunch of fellows, […]

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Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre: Swamp Juice

Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre: Swamp Juice

August 17th, 2011 by

Swamp Juice offers shadow puppetry to tickle the senses of adults and children alike. It’s a jiggling, gobbling journey of rolling eyes, wagging chins, monsters with wiry hair and pincer-like attacks. The show is also always watchable on the two levels of projected and live movement. It opens up the workings of the puppetry, so one […]

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Adrian Howells: May I Have the Pleasure…?

Adrian Howells: May I Have the Pleasure…?

August 17th, 2011 by

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 […]

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David Hughes Dance / Al Seed: Last Orders ¦ Photo: Alberto Santo Bellido

David Hughes Dance / Al Seed: Last Orders

August 17th, 2011 by

Through 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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