Theatre maker, performer, and clown Andrew Simpson reflects on The Party Shrimp And The People And Things That Taught Me To Do Theatre Good Today Most of the time when following a creative intuition, I have absolutely no idea what is going on, how to make sense of anything, and very little clue whether I […]
Writings
Rituals for Laughter and Resistance
April 18th, 2022 by Naomi SilmanNaomi Silman, longstanding member of Brazil’s Lume Teatro, reflects on her experiences of artistic exchange with the indigenous Brazilian Kariri Xoco tribe – a process of bridge building, and making the invisible visible ‘We can transform an energy that is heavy and make it light… In the moment of our ritual, as we shake our arms, […]
Speaking Truth to Power
April 7th, 2022 by Jeremy GoldsteinJeremy Goldstein of London Artists Projects reflects on how exploring his personal biography and family history led to the creation of an internationally lauded project, Truth to Power Café, and then to the newly launched venture, This Is Who I Am Seven years ago I ventured forth into the Harold Pinter Archive at the British […]
Vision On – LIMF 2022 Round-Up
February 23rd, 2022 by Dorothy Max PriorA clown locked down in a beautiful Mexican house, Pinocchio swallowed by a whale, battling Action Man dolls, and a live magic lantern show about space and time… Dorothy Max Prior encounters a visual feast at LIMF 2022 The London International Mime Festival, which runs annually through January into early February, is a highlight of […]
We Travel in Hope: LIMF 2022
January 7th, 2022 by Dorothy Max PriorAfter a wholly online edition in 2021, the London International Mime Festival 2022 is back ‘large and live’. Dorothy Max Prior talks to the Festival’s co-directors, Joseph Seelig and Helen Lannaghan It’s the week before Christmas, and there’s talk – once again – of possible lockdowns to slow the spread of Covid-19, perhaps pre- but […]