Dorothy Max Prior goes to the Reykjavík Fringe 2022 and encounters a thriving community of artists from Iceland, from other Nordic countries, and indeed from across the globe – a 90-show extravaganza held over ten days, all  lovingly pulled together by festival director Nanna Gunnars and her dedicated  team   ‘Mostly, I’m excited to be meeting people,’ says […]

A golden humanoid lion, an overcoat made of herrings, and drawing noses. Dorothy Max Prior profiles the work of visual and performing artist Jenya Stashkov  Russian artist Jenya Stashkov is many things – a renaissance man, you could say. He is a visual artist and illustrator; but also a playwright, performer and director.. With his […]

Daryl Beeton is a Disabled director and performer who has worked extensively within the theatre, disability and young people’s arts sector for the last 25 years. At the core of his work is the belief that arts can enrich our lives and those of the communities we inhabit.  I’ve been Disabled since birth. I spent […]

Lorna Rees muses on contemporary folk performance – from And Now’s Wayfaring to Lucy Wright’s Radical Landscapes, via Apple Wassailing, Gothic Morris Dancing, and The Wicker Man I have had quite a history with ‘folk’ without realising it. I strongly identify as being from the South-West of England. I’m part of its culture and it […]

Post-pandemic and looking back: performance artist and sound-maker FK Alexander reflects on what matters most in her work Five years ago, I spent a week – awake and asleep – in one small exhibition space, in a gallery in Glasgow. I titled the performance-installation: I CANNOT COPE WITH THE FUTURE. The seven-day thing wasn’t particularly […]