Words by Jodie Nunn. A tantalising and textured tableau of womanhood, To Hold My Love expertly fashions a gilded garment of style, scenery, and sistership. Director and Choreographer Elettra Giunta offers a masterclass in the […]
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Roberta Jean’s Ways of Being communicates hope
Words by Josephine Leask. As we enter the Lilian Baylis Studio, a woman (Stephanie McMann) is lying crumpled on the darkened, smoke-hazed stage. She restlessly shifts position, trying to find a comfortable place to rest […]
One Drop by Sonya Lindfors
Words by Francesca Matthys. Sonya Lindfors is charismatic and warm as she greets us in the foyer before her offering. We are encouraged to laugh, applaud and react to what we see. A significant sentiment […]
Zona Franca by Alice Ripoll defines Brazil of today
Words by Inês Carvalho. An ensemble of performers jam with live percussion as audiences find their way into the auditorium of the Southbank Centre. There is something going on, and it takes an extra effort […]
Living through touch in Until We Meet
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. I invite you to do this task before, or rather after you read the article. Find yourself the time and space to be openly connected with your eight senses. Now […]
Seke Chimutengwende’s haunting It Begins in Darkness
Words by Francesca Matthys. A gasp of breath and shudders of whispers lure us into the haunted world of It Begins in Darkness by Seke Chimutengwende. We are immediately thrown into panic, loss, uncertainty and […]
The Spaces Between by Nina Haft & Company | Review
Words by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes For most of our lives we’ve been conditioned to fear uncertainty – the unknowns where we’ll live and work, and who we’ll share it with…And certainly those external unknowns can be […]
1 Click Away: Art as the medium for Environmental Action
Words by Paula Catalina Riofrío. “Towers falling down” replayed one of the kids. “Things break all the time” said the other. “Waste, a lot of waste” said the tallest one. Those were the answers of […]
Souls and Cells by Akeim Toussaint Buck and Crystal Zillwood
What speaks back to you when you call out? Souls and Cells by Akeim Toussaint Buck and Crystal Zillwood embodies this and invites us to witness an embodied ritual. Ritual is indeed present in the […]
1 9 Monologue at The Place is a dance macabre
Words by Bengi-Sue Sirin. Tuberculosis is something I know very little about. It feels very far away – either as part of the Romantic poet era or as something nobody I know has had. But […]