Roll up, roll up! We may be in a black box studio theatre, but let’s imagine for a moment that we are inside un petit chapiteau – a little circus tent. What we encounter in this delightful show is un vrai cirque aux proportions reduites – everything you’d expect to see at the circus, but […]
Reviews
LIMF 2018: Life is a Circus
January 30th, 2018 by Thomas JM WilsonThomas Wilson reflects on three very different contemporary circus-theatre shows seen at the London International Mime Festival 2018 London International Mime Festival enters its 41st year, and as usual proves to be the single best place to get a glimpse of the diversity of visual and physical performance currently around. This year is no […]
Kalle Nio/WHS: Lähtö | Departure
January 12th, 2018 by Dorothy Max PriorLähtö is a cool show. Its colour palette is soft greys and ice blues. Its two performers, a man and a woman, are forever poised in beautiful shapes – held back, restrained, even when in the throes of passion. They take their time, they repeat, they are not afraid to stop, to create the image […]
Naga Collective: Persona
November 21st, 2017 by Dorothy Max PriorPersona. Your public face. The sum of your external behaviour traits. The way you talk to other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person. The image or personality that a person presents to other people. An assumed character for a fictional representation… Four people – four personae – present […]
If: The Last Word on Circus at Ed Fringe 2017
September 12th, 2017 by Adrian BerryHurrah. It’s my annual ‘If Edinburgh Fringe Circus Shows Were An Album’ review again, where I get to combine my two passions and indulge my inner muso-geek. 2017 was a pretty brilliant year overall and once more a delight and privilege for me to represent my venue in sponsoring the Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane […]