Writings

Backhand Theatre: Images

Backhand Theatre: Images

August 16th, 2011 by

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, […]

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Frisky & Mannish: Pop Centre Plus

Frisky & Mannish: Pop Centre Plus

August 16th, 2011 by

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 […]

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Inconvenient Spoof: Naïve Dance Masterclass ¦ Photo: Rosie Powell

Inconvenient Spoof: Naïve Dance Masterclass

August 16th, 2011 by

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 […]

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Counter-Active: Traumatikon

Counter-Active: Traumatikon

August 15th, 2011 by

Traumatikon is certainly ambitious in scope. A 26-strong cast creates vignettes within a café and circus setting, using figures from history including Robert Mugabe, Muhammad Ali, Frida Kahlo and Virginia Woolf. Counter-Active cite the work of Tadeusz Kantor as an influence: the piece was produced in collaboration with two former members of Cricot2. It also aims […]

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White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

Volcano / Wolfgang Hoffmann / Remarkable Arts Production: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

August 15th, 2011 by

Watching rabbits… The title comes from the author’s uncle, who devises an experiment for his rabbits. The one that leaps up a ladder to nab the carrot is daubed in red, while the other white rabbits are doused with cold water. The red rabbit is attacked by its companions, even without the water, carrot or […]

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