Festivals

2.0★ ★

Vanishing Point’s INTERIORS; a little overwintered…

05/02/2022

Vanishing Point’s INTERIORS is a co-production inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck’s play of the same name. Note, "inspired"; the show itself is not a retelling or an adaptation of Maeterlinck's work; it holds a li...

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aSH
London MIME Festival 2022

Katerina Yannouli

30/01/2022

Aurélien Bory’s aSH is the final opus in his trilogy of large-scale solos for unique female dancers. It began in 2008 with Questcequetudeviens? It was followed by Plexus in 2012. In this trilogy, according to h...

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Kin
London MIME Festival 2022

Lucy Ashe

28/01/2022

Kin surprises the audience at every turn. Comedy shifts into the most extraordinary acrobatics, which then propels us forward into poignant moments of joy, a physical display of the power of human connections. ...

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Bluebelle
London MIME Festival 2022

Emily Louizou

17/01/2022

This is a mime piece about ghosts, fairies and parenthood and a great deal more than just that! Staged by Theatre Re - one of the UK’s leading visual theatre companies - it is a must-see in this year’...

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Life – a love letter
to Merce Cunningham
London MIME Festival 2022

Tim Hochstrasser

16/01/2022

As part of the London Mime Festival the renowned group, Gandini Juggling, bring their new show to Sadler’s Wells for a brief run. This work is a wholly delightful tribute to the dance style and aesthetic of Mer...

A Quiet Revolution: About The Festival
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Grace Creaton-Barber

10/10/2021

Closer Strangers: East is a platform that enables ‘intercultural dialogue’. As a representation of the Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Queer communities, this festival in not just a performance nor is it a co...

Shelter
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Grace Creaton-Barber

07/10/2021

Down a side street of ram shackled buildings and rust rimmed cars, there is a door. It is not a welcoming door. In fact, the paint is so chipped that there is more damp and blackened wood on show than visible c...

That Walk
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Grace Creaton-Barber

03/10/2021

Agata Siwiak, the art director of Close Strangers: East, is a firm believer in participatory theatre not as a temporary solution due to the pandemic, but as the future of performance. That Walk is an event put ...

Stand Up (for your rights)
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Grace Creaton-Barber

02/10/2021

The scene is set. We are attending a stand-up performance by Belarusian activist and artist Jana Shostak. We are screaming for Belarus; we are sharing a global scream. Often, when someone sees a beauty pa...

Pandemic.ua
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Grace Creaton-Barber

30/09/2021

Pandemic.ua is a project inspired by the inability to communicate in conventional theatrical ways during the pandemic. This performance has a longer history, and is made up of pieces of a previous project under...

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Singin’ in the Rain

Richard McKee

30/06/2022
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The Gunpowder Plot

Tim Hochstrasser

11/06/2022
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Siegfried

Mel Cooper

07/06/2022
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Starcrossed

Tim Hochstrasser

07/06/2022
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The Lion

Tim Hochstrasser

04/06/2022
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The House of Ife

Yaron Frid

23/05/2022
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Chicago

Richard McKee

19/05/2022
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Love Is Only Love

Richard Voyce

06/05/2022
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Richard McKee

13/04/2022
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Le nozze di Figaro

Yael Shuv

13/04/2022

Alexis Zegerman – a playwright
in conversation with Adi Ginat

Adi Ginat

09/05/2022

Alexis Zegerman’s current play, Fever Syndrome, was staged at the Hampstead Theatre until April 2022. This is the secon...
Ruti Tamir רותי תמיר
in conversation with Rivka Jacobson

Rivka Jacobson

07/05/2022

Ruti Tamir is a stage and film actress, mime performer, director, and theatre creator. I saw her perform Where is Gog...

Under the Radar
The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival

Austin Fimmano

17/01/2020

The Public Theater has long since established its reputation as a haven for up-and-coming artists and theatrical product...
She NYC Arts Festival

Gillian Russo

09/07/2019

In the past two weeks, I have time-traveled, hopped from coast to coast, boosted my language-learning skills, laughed, c...

Macbeth

Loam

Singin’ in the Rain

Aida אאידה

A Critic's Advice on Reviewing

Under the Radar
The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival

She NYC Arts Festival

Between the Seas: Mediterranean Performing Arts in NYC

Vanishing Point’s INTERIORS; a little overwintered…

aSH
London MIME Festival 2022

Kin
London MIME Festival 2022

Bluebelle
London MIME Festival 2022

Life – a love letter
to Merce Cunningham
London MIME Festival 2022

A Quiet Revolution: About The Festival
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Shelter
Close Strangers Festival 2021

That Walk
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Stand Up (for your rights)
Close Strangers Festival 2021

Pandemic.ua
Close Strangers Festival 2021