Reviews
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ReviewsBlackout
Ready for something intense? Lights out, lets go. James, fifteen, wakes up in a jail cell charged with attempted murder. He has no recollection of wh... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsPause with A Smile
Once upon a time there was a company called Forced Entertainment. They made theatre that was funny and emotional, and everybody liked them. Alas, Forced Ente... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsMoney
It's A Gas Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsHard as Hell
Thanks to its own artists, Glasgow has an enviable reputation as the hard-arse city of Europe. When Cardiff was still a provincial outpost with only the odd ... Read more »| 10 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsMichael Clark @ Tramway
Like so much in my life, my obsession with defining categories of dance can appear unnecessarily esoteric: collating lists of supposedly contemporary dance c... Read more »| 09 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsFalling/Flying
I fall, I descend: unable to connect to the dual personality in front of me, the hospital death bed drama has uncertain meaning, the unravelling of s... Read more »| 09 Apr 2011
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ReviewsOvid's Metamorphoses @ Tron
It's wonderful to see a group of people who are not only willing, but who are actually able to completely disregard the limitations of genre: performers who ... Read more »| 04 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsMother Courage @ The Tron
In a time when the arts are under threat, and political unrest is both fashionable and necessary, Birds of Paradise intelligently revive Brecht's celebrated ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsMidsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most read, most performed and most studied plays. It is one of only two Shakespeare plays to co... Read more »| 01 Apr 2011 -
ReviewsCinematic Space
It's film, but not as we know it Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
ReviewsSol Pico and Stories Left to Tell
New Territories has retained its power to surprise and enchant: the final two shows, both at Tramway, showcased the festival’s continued enthus... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
ReviewsOnde de Choc
Big sounds, little substance Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
ReviewsHari Kari @ Tramway
Compagnie Didier Theron are contemporary ballet. There’s a wanton joy in stating this, a wilful desire to provoke an argument. It’s probably jus... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
ReviewsLord of the Flies @ Theatre Royal
Never a company to play safe, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures once again prove themselves to be at the forefront of narrative dance Read more »| 21 Mar 2011 -
ReviewsSomersaults
Languages are dying all over the world. The internet might allow access to more information, sometimes choking the world with a surfeit of knowledge that was... Read more »| 17 Mar 2011