Pioneeing Canadian company Cirque Éloize return to the UK for an eight-venue Dance Consortium tour of their latest show iD Reloaded. We talked to Jeannot Painchaud, the company’s co-founder and the show’s director, ahead of […]
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London Adavu’s perfect ‘The Showcase’
Words by Caroline Tonks. Just a short walk from Angel tube station is LIFT, where a passionate audience has gathered to watch the second edition of London Adavu – The Showcase. London Adavu is a […]
The Joystick and The Reins by Eve Stainton
Words by Florence Nicholls. I went into this performance not having come across Eve Stainton’s work before. But, a solo choreography built on riot arrest imagery and 1980s Crime Watch TV, accompanied by a live orchestra […]
Mele Broomes ‘through warm temperatures’ at Fringe
Originally commissioned as an exclusive live performance for the 20th anniversary of the Edinburgh Art Festival, the staged version of through warm temperatures by Mele Broomes running at Dance Base, as part of the Made […]
Rambert & (LA)HORDE present WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WALKED ON THE MOON
Rambert and Ballet national de Marseille, direction (LA)HORDE join forces to transform the entire Royal Festival Hall and wider site with the UK Premiere of WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WALKED ON THE MOON. ‘We should have never walked […]
Balfour Reparations by Farah Saleh at Edinburgh Fringe
Balfour Reparations is a performance lecture by Farah Saleh that examines the UK’s colonial legacy in Palestine, focusing on Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister (1902-1905) and Foreign Secretary (1916-1919), and his role in denying Palestinian […]
Ad Infinitum bring Last Rites to Fringe 2025
Next week, as part of Edinburgh Fringe, George Mann and Ramesh Meyyappan present Ad Infinitum’s Last Rites, which will take place at Pleasance One as part of the Here & Now Showcase. In Last Rites, […]
Take Me Somewhere releases its 2025 programme
Take Me Somewhere reveals its full programme of radical performance that will take over Glasgow from Wednesday 15 – Sunday 26 October 2025, inviting audiences into spaces of care, resistance and transformation. The international, biennial festival […]
What dance shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Edinburgh Fringe 2025 starts this week and there is a plethora of brilliant independent and freelance dance artists and makers from across the UK and beyond showcasing work throughout August. Dance shows at Edinburgh Fringe […]
Reflecting on care at Elettra Giunta’s WMN* event
Words by Sarah Lapinsky. Where does care fit in art? It can be difficult to locate it at all in this hectic world. Care describes a thoughtful “how” in the intent of effort, whether that’s […]