Leo Butler, Roxana Silbert and Rosie Kay – Woyzeck – Birmingham
★★★✰✰ As Woyzeck productions go this was rather different featuring just two professional actors, supported by a community company of over 80 who supplied the other named roles but for the most part super-colourful reality and dancing. For me, it’s their show and the big reason to see the staging.
Rosie Kay on her new MK Ultra – exploring the world of conspiracy theory and the Illuminati
Not heard of the Illuminati and the New World Order? Read on for a fascinating take on alternative news and brainwashing… and also a terrific record of just how a piece of dance gets created.
Hofesh Shechter Company at IDFB – Political Mother – Birmingham
★★★★✰ Hofesh Shechter created Political Mother in 2010 as a rebuke to totalitarianism and oppressive propaganda.
David Massingham on International Dance Festival Birmingham – now running (May 2016)
International Dance Festival Birmingham is back for a fifth time, running now (1 – 22 May 2016) and larger than ever we think. To find out more we did an email interview with David Massingham – Co-Artistic Director of IDFB…
Rambert – Transfigured Night, Frames, Rooster – Birmingham
Transfigured Night is a piece I could watch many times and find new things in…
Birmingham Repertory Theatre/Robert North – The Snowman – London
…Robert North’s Christmas treat shows no sign of aging. This matinée was packed with children, having a few older people in tow, and everyone was having fun.
