Genre: Dance and Movement Theatre
Review: an accident/ A Life
Tragic, uplifting, dance, disabled, able to entertain and shock – dance of special value.
Review: Cold War
Cold War ends with a draining-out of hope in Anya Chalotra and Luke Thallon; a desolate beauty the cast certainly earn.
Review: Refilwe
At just 45 minutes, a delightfully adapted fairy-tale, adapted in its turn. Bisola Aalbi’s rewrite is a lively, timely take on a silent culture war to make people of all ages think again.
Review: Pain and I
A poetic musing upon the effect and poignancy of suffering, but not doing so in silence.
Review: The Yellow Wallpaper
Stephanie Mohr’s adaptation is a remarkable manifestation (no other word seems more apt) of the Charlotte Perkins Gilman short story The Yellow Wallpaper, an important realisation of a key feminist awakening. It’s good enough for you not to want it depicted in any other way.
Review: Purgatorio
Groundhog Day - Saying goodbye to old memories, whilst finding new ones. A beautiful physical representation on our ability to accept who we truly are! Get down to Club Purgatorio!
Review: AFTER ALL
Weinachter is an interchangeable chameleon: not just a dancer, but a rare performer who can do it all! Her style and execution of ideas paints a beautiful memory of her idiosyncratic talents in exploring the beginning and end of life. Stunningly poignant.
Review: Lino
Mace Cowart is a talent to watch as both an actor and a writer, and you would do well to see him while you can.
Review: The Rest of Our Lives
A gorgeous piece of dance-based theatre that navigates the jumbled inevitability of middle age.
Review: A Wee Journey
An exceptionally moving piece of dance theatre which explored migration, refugeehood and connection through the medium of dance, theatre and music, which I truly understood.
Review: Moving Cloud
The most astonishing piece of dance theatre I have seen for some considerable time.
Review: Solos in Spaces
A triptych of uneven but very interesting physical muses on gestures, meditation and beneath the sea.
Review: The Chosen Haram
A masterful fusion of circus, dance and visual storytelling, delivering a profoundly modern queer tale.
Review: Ahead of the Curve
A wonderful dance theatre with heart and soul and the moves to back them up.
Review: One
A cultural challenge in a creative and imaginative manner which tasks our assumptions over the immigration of our politics and the politics of belief
Review: The Black Blues Brothers
An explosion of joy with the music of The Blues Brothers as a backdrop and unremitting physical wonderment as an entertaining treat.
Review: Collision
Thrilling and inventive circus with hip hop which is fast paced and leads to a thoroughly entertaining romp
Review: Entwined
A superior celebration of movement highlighting that which makes us similarly different.
Review: Double Murder: Clowns / The Fix
An extraordinary choreographic exploration of murder and hope
Review: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
Turns the bleakness of six young men into a celebration of – for now – coming through
Review: Finding Grace
A fascinating "tragi-comic solo performance about a writer who is looking for ‘Grace’.
Review: A Call to Care
A creatively choreographed homage to the essential work of an essential crew from an essentially creative part of our crafts
Review: Grin
A fantastic piece of collaboration which is as energetic as it is creative and challenging.
Review: Bromance
A physically impressive look at male relationships that depend upon being friends but has depth beyond just being pals
Review: Still Life
A curious short film blend of choreography and couch surfing between two movement artists in Berlin and Montreal.
Review: Prelude #1- The Circle
From Quebec- highly satisfying and professional unraveling of gesture and motion in a ritualistic circle
Review: Silver Feet
A fascinating dance piece which takes us through the feet sculpted around our guide.
Review: Rituel
A fascinating performance where the machismo of life is beautifully sent off into the clouds.
A short film which follows the dance infused exploits of two performers following a beautiful tale from the time of Shakespeare.
Review: Sitting Pretty
When you see this show return, it’ll be outstanding, and in the frame for awards.
Review: Born to Manifest
An impressive and challenging triple bill of exceptional dance that delves into the depth of their being and provides us with collective hope as a message.
Review: Thank You Very Much
A fascinating exploration of mimicry, homage and fitting up and playing in the roles expected with a curling attitude, a pelvic thrust and the right quiff of spectacle
Review: Looping
A divergent dance experience that is as eclectic and participative as it is enriching and impressive
Review: Dadders
An engrossing and fascinating exploration of artistry made by two neurodiverse performers.
Review: I’m Non Typical, Typical
Moving and powerful dance, physical theatre and the spoken word from this diverse company
Review: Project Y
An astonishing evening of dance that comes from four top choreographers and the cream of young dancers in Scotland
Review: Scarlett Fever: The Great Southern Search
Old Hollywood meets tribal acting in an engaging piece of physical theatre.
Review: Hide Your Fires: Butoh Lady Macbeth
A chilling physical exploration of an iconic literary figure.
Review: Where Are You Really From?
Quirky, creative, and thoroughly entertaining exploration of cultural identity
Review: Weight/Wait
“An emotional rollercoaster that is gripping from start to finish…a powerful piece of physical theatre.”
Review: Like Orpheus
Queer club culture and surreal movement are married in this rave ridden soliloquy of love in the margins
Review: May I Speak About Dance?
“A playfully contemplative lecture performance, posing challenging questions about the language of contemporary dance.”
Review: History Of Ireland
“A slick combination of politically driven theatre, dance and comedy with more than a touch of the Blarney…”
Review: Achilles
A bold reimagining and interpretation of Achilles’ grief and revenge through a superior technical evening of storytelling, dance and song
Review: Dressed
Intrigue through choreography, voice, music and an episodic structure which appears odd and piecemeal but is drawn together in a theatrically explosive fashion
Review: Tantalus /A Pair of Genes
An intimate and personal double bill of what it is like to be alike and different given through and entrancing piece of dance which is rooted in highly personal experience.
Review: The Crystal Club
Sassy Scandinavian speakeasy dance - Lindy-hopping, jiving, jazz, blues, energetic, skilled and beguiling.
Review: Hole
Wow drama, the original Greek tragoidia. It invokes the same powers, almost the same gods.
Review: Red
A fascinating documentary style run at one of the most important cultural events of the twentieth century in a very creative and highly authentic piece of performance.
Review: Dirty Dancing
There’s a fitting heart-warming climax to a dream of production. And a surprise to those who think they know the film.
Review: The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother
Mother and 14 year old son, sort it out through Sia.
Review: There She Is
An absurd tale of dance and conversations combined into a performance that settles into a treatise on barriers and perceptions.
Review: Sunshine Boy
A fascinating homage to the world of a true maverick and genius from one of Scotland’s own.
Review: Definition of Man
A philosophical tour de force, a physical concerto, a confessional, nostalgic memorial to humanity, ruminating on past love and the promise of each other
Review: East Belfast Boy
An explosive, impressive and energetic exploration of a sub culture in dance from an area of mass testosterone and masculinity
Review: Another One
An impressive physical theatre piece that does seem to meander round a lack of connection.
Review: A Life On The Silk Road
An Epic and Unique Journey Through Dance, Music, Puppetry, and Physical Theatre
Review: Achilles
Fusing dance, physical theatre, prose, and raw, dynamic acting Ewan Downie breathes new life into the ages old tale.
Review: Backup
Highly innovative climate change narrative that draws you into a dramatic movement piece which then delivers a massive knock out blow.
Review: Blackpool
"...just under 60 minutes of surprise, joy, sadness and fabulous dancing punctuated by a manic cheesy grin."
Review: The Exploded Circus
A skilful and sensory mix of acrobatics, aerial feats and juggling, encapsulated in a story about finding order after chaos
Review: The Boy, the Piano and the Beach
A good experiment that the Slot Machine Theatre hasn't quite managed to pull off… yet.
Review: Flashdance
It’s Joanne Clifton’s night. She lives Alex, dangerously pushing every routine with an extravagance, a hunger, sexiness and raw power that makes it one of the most memorable dance performances in a musical I’ve ever seen.
Review: Flashdance
Review: The Suppliant Women
In one of the most radical productions ever mounted of Aeschylus indeed any Greek tragedy we’re literally taken to its roots: as in Greece, a community chorus of fifty, twenty-one of them the suppliant women of the play’s title. In this outstanding production, everything to resurrect this astonishing vision has been invoked.
