Reviews, Comments, Observations
1004, 2013
Together, in a Moment of Time
After a recent Estrella Morente concert at Sadlers Wells, I started thinking about what it is that performers do, metaphysically speaking. Performers… … Hold us together in a moment of time. All 2, 10, 100, or 10,000 of us. However many the space holds. … They hold us… and then release us. … Sometimes […]
311, 2010
Hotel Medea – Interview with the Creators
Hotel Medea is the uncompromising all-night re-telling of the story of Medea by ParaActive and Zecora Ura, which I experienced in London this summer.
Starting with a boat-trip over the Thames, and ending in the early hours of the morning at a warehouse, it was an exceptional journey, and rather than ‘audience participation’, was more like […]
709, 2010
At the Theatre – ‘La Bete’
At the Theatre ‘La Bete’ - somehow, seeing Mark Rylance pick his nose on stage just did it for me. Wonderful acting… but why another play about the theatre? Why now?September 2010 (nl)
709, 2010
Hotel Medea – Getting Audience Interaction Very Right
‘Hotel Medea’ – a powerful lesson in how to do audience interaction right. Top tips that occurred to me:do not single people out – let them join in or not with no pressurea bit of chaos is good – this way people feel more likely to join inmake sure the task you are expecting […]