In 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 […]

‘It’s a bit like swimming in a loch, it’s fine after a few minutes,’ says one of the stalwart crew for Allotment, to help the rain-soaked audience along. We are also told cheerfully that ‘it’s a British show with British weather’. In some ways they overcompensate: every effort is made to keep us comfortable, with ‘speed […]

Images explores urban isolation through spoken word, dance, circus and some projection. It’s billed as a promenade performance, so is perhaps wrong for the space at C eca, because all this seems to mean is that some of the audience have chairs while others sit on the floor. The text, by Jake Linzey of Backhand Theatre, […]

Frisky & Mannish really do cut the mustard. I’m not just talking about the Cluedo-style yellow bodice that Laura Corcoran sports as part of a poptastic outfit. Over the last three years, they have been a smash hit at the Fringe. They deliver on their reputation. They’re good, and they know it. Pop Centre Plus sends […]

Matt Rudkin left the world of professional dance to take a job in the Metropolitan police, but, after some time spent riot training with his new friends, a chance meeting with a busking hula princess (represented to us in the form of a small toy) lead to an epiphany, the development of naïve dance, and […]