The Spanish company Cridacompany brings us a multi-disciplinary performance where circus, dance and song work together to create an absurd and puzzling gathering of scenes.
This year marks the centenary of The Great War, and also the beginning of several years of remembrance. We can safely bet that the next few years will bring an avalanche of shows, events and speeches remembering the war that shaped the 20th century. The theatre will play its part and this show will surely be one of dozens trying to come to terms with the tragedy.
Stuart Slade’s debut play Cans premiers at Theatre 503, a cosy and lovely space where this play finds the intimacy it requires.
Theatrefullstop was created just over a year ago now with the hope of creating entertaining yet informative articles about the performance world. The blog has allowed for us reviewers to watch some fantastic theatre and to interview a lot of talented theatre makers and creators, and we all look forward to what 2015 brings!
You just know a show is going to be good when even the Box Office staff are excited about it, so I expected big things from the Royal Shakespeare Company‘s Henry VI and this much hyped tour does not disappoint! The plot is amazing of course, but it has a fantastic cast, a wonderful set and has been directed very well which really brings this Shakespearean classic to life.
Dad Dancing before you even step foot inside the theatre is a charming concept. Three contemporary dancers have made a dance show with their fathers…who are definitely not contemporary dancer . The show opens up the discussion of what it means to be a father and celebrates the diverse range of relationships fathers have with their children. This is made even more universal by the participants (fathers, daughters and sons) from the local community who are the supporting cast of this show.
In just over a week, The Vaults in Waterloo will play host to 12 days of puppetry, physical theatre and cabaret as the Mimetic festival celebrates its 3rd year in its new home. A festival adamant on showcasing the bold and exciting works of emerging and established theatrical talent, the Mimetic Festival promises to be an event not to be missed. Ahead of this year’s festival, I was able to speak to cabaret performer and actor Michael Twaits about his new show, The Libertine Has Left the Building which he’ll be performing from the 25h-29th November, his reaction to being this year’s Mimetic Audience Bursary winner and how the show has been 7 years in the making!
1) Congratulations on winning the Mimetic Audience Bursary 2014 for The Libertine Has Left the Building, how does it feel?
Thank you! It’s brilliant. It’s provides a lot of support for developing the show and making it something that I hope will be really exciting and different. The show would not become the show it will be without this support – and the support of the Arts Council.
Based on the 2010 film, Made in Dagenham is the latest stage musical to take inspiration from the big screen. It tells the story of a group of women working at the Ford factory in Dagenham who go on strike to protest the downgrading of their work – and pay – to unskilled. The strike gains publicity and the attention of Barbara Castle and becomes a national debate about equal pay.
Akram Khan and Israel Galvan have collaborated to bring the world of dance TOROBAKA. The piece fuses Khan’s Khathak work and Galvan’s flamenco technique to create a completely new language together. The two have clearly found a very strong dialogue between the styles and the moments where they converse together are the most electrifying in the production. This could have been enhanced by the fact Khan speaks no Spanish and Galvan, little English but, as Gavlan is quoted in the programme “We could understand each other very easily through dance”.
The premise behind Jump is a basic one: a family who happen to be tremendously-talented acrobatic martial artists. Burglars find out they’ve picked the wrong family to mess with. Hilarity ensues, to a sound between a 90s Nintendo game and an oriental meditation tape.
