Where does the essence of performance hide? Is it in the end product, or is it tucked away inside daily life and the way that that product is developed?
Theatre | Review
Gareth K Vile: Neanderthal takes some time to settle. As an attempt to evoke the aural landscape of the paleolithic people, it spends too long evolving idle chatter...
Gareth K Vile: In an early plea for a vigorous multiculturalism, theatre critic Kenneth Tynan claimed that an influx of different cultures would energise the...
Gareth K Vile: Soup’s not a bad lunchtime treat, and the text sets up enough themes for a major work. It even adds an interesting reflection on God’s two...
Gareth K Vile: Given her almost nihilistic approach to both life and art, it is unsurprising that La Ribot’s death, as represented by Via Negativa, is a naked ...
Gareth K Vile: Speaking as a bohemian – all extreme passion and suffering for my art – I am ambivalent about the popularity of an opera based on counter-...
Theatre | Preview
Gareth K Vile: Rob Drummond has been working up a reputation as one of Scotland's more prolific writers and performers. A long association with The Arches has seen h...
Gareth K Vile: My first feeling after seeing Fleur Elise Noble was frustration: despite using the depth of the CCA space to create a three dimensional screen for her...
Gareth K Vile: Survival Tactics reviews Liz Aggiss’ career, celebrates her influences, from British music hall to Central Europe’s lost dances, offers a ...
Theatre | Art | Review
Ben Robinson: If any members of the DCA crowd were excitedly looking forward to another year’s feast of experimental music from the justly renowned Kill Your ...
Gareth K Vile: I was recently reminded by my publisher that The Skinny is an “entertainment and listings magazine”. I was in the process of defending an...
Susannah Radford: Promises Promises is a thoughtful and thought provoking piece of theatre that challenges with issues of culture, religion and sexuality, deftly balanc...
Gareth K Vile: "The Electric Circus is a perfect venue for a performance-led club night," says Dee. "The stage is visible from every corner of the club space- which ...
Theatre | Feature
Gareth K Vile: The National Review is the grand finale of the New Territories Festival. Once a European dance festival, it has gradually evolved into an internationa...
Michael Cox: "Fun. That really is important. People say that ‘it’s great fun’. It’s not called ‘a play’ for some accident. ...
Gareth K Vile: Audience reactions to Iona Kewney are always similarly varied. Some people cover their ears from Joe Quimby’s guitar loops. Others look sore off...
