Well-known for his classic adaptations, Matthew Bourne has once again embraced the opportunity to recreate a fairy tale: Sleeping Beauty. Claiming a Tchaikovsky ballet for the third time running, Bourne has streamlined this story into a gothic retelling, adding whimsical… Read More »Review: Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
image: Alastair Muir Freedom, Jasmin Vardimon’s new work is a hard-hitting overload of scenarios, exploring what it is that creates freedom for the individual, ultimately posing the suggestion that this concept may only be possible in the imagination. Intriguing in… Read More »Review: Freedom
photo: Rob Hogeslag Mono, Itamar Serussi’s first full-length work performed at The Place, is a sixty-minute wander through the fragmentation of one man’s thoughts. Inspired by the experience of buying a stroller for his newly-born twins, Serussi was struck by… Read More »Mono
image: Sebastian Bolesch Sasha Waltz, choreographer of an impressive list of twenty-seven works to date, has experimented across a broad spectrum of movement. Her earlier works, satirical or surrealist in nature, have awed European audiences and won her numerous awards.… Read More »Review: Continu
Running since 2007, CASA Festival was designed to bridge the gap between Latin American theatre and theatre in the UK. For their 2012 festival, CASA have sourced companies from countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, encouraging artists and… Read More »Review: A Descoberta das Americas