Reviews

Wonders is an exciting opportunity to witness a charming young mentalist, Scott Silven, in action.  It is great fun chance to ‘wonder’ about possibilities, to suspend disbelief and feel a bit vulnerable at the thought of your secret thoughts rising to the surface and being revealed to others.  Or indeed to expose yourself to one of those hairy opportunities where you might be chosen to be part of the show.

I Feel Fine is a service at the Church of the Anthroposcene, a place to repair our relationship with the world. This production, by performance collective ‘public service announcement’, is an opportunity to repent for humanity's effect on the world, in this era when humans have become the most dominant force on the planet.

This particular ‘girl’ is Cora Bissett, the writer and lead performer in an autobiographical tale that rises way above predictable.  It’s a pretty fabulous, foot-tapping, laughter and tears, rock’n’roll music-theatre show from Scotland.  What enlivens what could have been a meteoric-rise-to-fame-and-plunge-back-to-obscurity tale are, first, the specificity of detail of little Cora’s childhood – especially her Mam and Dad - and all the characters she meets along the way to fame. 

Colossus certainly lives up to its name. As a larger than life contemporary dance piece that involves no less than 50 dancers, it creates a monumental presence on stage. The dancers move with the swiftness and precision of a flock of birds or fish, as seen in the natural world. The troupe takes on the appearance of a singular entity with independent parts that are so finely tuned they seem almost connected by invisible threads. The effect is very striking and frequently mesmerising.