From the co-creators of the acclaimed puppet-theatre show Cell, In Our Hands is a gentle and almost hypnotic exploration of the issues around Cornish trawler fishing – the isolation, poverty and will to succeed that makes both the occupation and the performance itself one of increasingly high stakes and tension. Smoking Apple’s aim here, as […]

This incredibly accomplished performance merges multi-layered sound effects, music and dialogue in an intensely visceral exploration of humanity being pushed to the absolute limits. Given a set of headphones each, the audience enter to atmospheric and slightly disjointed music, and see five performer-musicians in place on stage. This simple headphone device lends a sense of […]

This offering, part of the Big in Belgium collection of works at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, collides Macbeth with the relationship between grunge superstar Kurt Cobain and his wife Courtney Love-Cobain, deconstructing the lives that these two sets of tragic figures play(ed) out. Taking the rough form of a triptych the piece lurches between three […]

Tap dancers Hannah Ballard and Lexi Bradburn take a sexy and silly look at fairytales for the modern day woman, making as much noise as they can in the process. Aptly choosing tales where shoes are the central focus, Sole Rebel Tap replace dainty ballet slippers from The Red Shoes with clunky tap shoes, and […]

This is awkward. I’m not quite sure why we all decided to come here. You see, we answered this advert on Gumtree. It looked fun. The kind of thing that you sign up to late at night once the wine is finished. She promised cake. And vodka. And comedy. All we had to do was […]