Hall
Viewed in context, HALL is a necessary step in the evolution of audio-instructed performance to a form capable of telling big, sprawling stories as well as brief, compact ones.
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Reviews – Archive
Alison’s House
Even-handed and humane, Alison’s House is another timely and thought-provoking find from The Orange Tree.
Found in the Ground
Found in the Ground isn’t calculated to accommodate the Barker novice, or anyone with a low-ish boredom threshold.
The Author
In the final 15 minutes, The Author is revealed for what it has really been all along: a daring act of self-flagellation by Crouch on behalf of provocative art and controversial artists.
Money
The machine is the undisputed star of the production, which, after a few deliberately confusing false-starts, eventually reveals itself as a parable about the dangers of stock market speculation.
The Way Through the Woods
The Way Through the Woods aims to be a challenging and accessible piece of theatre, but it remains unbalanced between the potential of the audience journey and the energy of the cast.
Cindermouse
It’s hard not to be impressed by a show that handles a demanding crowd so deftly, charming kids and adults alike, without ever seeming to try too hard.
Orestes: Re-Examined
In Full Tilt’s revival of Orestes: Re-Examined, the audience is brought forward as jury to judge the case of Orestes’ matricide and its myriad ramifications.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Like a glass-panelled clock, Deborah Warner’s Mother Courage and Her Children doesn’t just choose not to conceal its inner workings, it displays them, inviting the audience to marvel at the way the pieces fit together.
The Sugar Beast Circus & Milkwood Rodeo
In Jackson Lane Theatre’s season of carnivalesque events, The Sugar Beast Circus and Milkwood Rodeo display a keen desire to interrogate the tawdry, magical, dreadful world of the circus.
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