Dotted Line Theatre is a very new company formed this year by Rachel Warr, a theatre director, dramaturg and puppeteer. Drawing from a variety of theatrical disciplines, the company aim to create new original work with a strong narrative, and a distinctive visual style laced with a playful quality. The story ofThe Lonely One, based […]
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![Little Angel Theatre / Dotted Line: The Lonely One](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-lonely-one1.jpg)
![Improbable: The Devil and Mister Punch](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/improbable-theatre-devil-mister-punch.jpg)
Improbable: The Devil and Mister Punch
February 7th, 2012 by Beccy SmithImprobable’s new show, led in this case by director / designer Julian Crouch, is a strange and stirring affair. The opening moments are near perfection, for me. In a gilt frame, against a blue sky, a single, gloveless hand presents itself: the puppet unmasked. Through another small panel, a hand reaches out and sets a […]
![eehigh & Little Angel Theatre: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/litlle-angel-old-man-enormous-wings.jpg)
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
January 19th, 2012 by Dorothy Max PriorIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings – he’s come from who-knows-where and he’s landed in someone’s backyard in a small village somewhere-or-other, causing quite a flurry. What is he exactly, chicken man or stargazer? The locals divide up into those who consider him to […]
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Theatre-Rites: Mojo
December 28th, 2011 by Dorothy Max PriorAs we enter the depressingly empty Silk Street Theatre auditorium, we look to the stage to see a kind of giant π (Pi) shape made of blue neon lights, and to the side a small drumkit. At five minutes before the start of the show, the theatre is less than a quarter full – although […]
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Handspring Puppet Company: Woyzeck on the Highveld
September 6th, 2011 by Dorothy Max PriorHandspring Puppet Company are best known in the UK for their key contribution to the multi-award-winning NT production War Horse. Their earlier production Woyzeck on the Highveld – here restaged by director Luc de Wit, produced by a international conglomerate of festivals, and presented here under the auspices of UK Arts International, Puppet Centre Trust and Barbican’s BITE […]