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Hannah Durkin
Jan 106 min read
When Humans and Humanoids Land on a Dystopian Southbank: a Q&A With the Director of 'The Employees'
"I thought about how to find a visual representation of what humanoid life would be, and that’s how I decided to dual-role the actors."
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Faye Elder
Jul 20, 20242 min read
Celebrating An Oft-Overlooked Genre: Reviewing 'Crazy Smooth: In My Body' at the Southbank Centre
Moments of vulnerability offer personal accounts of the problems that embroil a dance career: ageing, motherhood, and injury.
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Sorcha Drumm
Nov 7, 20234 min read
A New Kind of Kathak - Reviewing 'Aunusthan' by the Pagrav Dance Company
The warm buzz upon entering the Place Theatre created an atmospheric contrast with the early November chill outside. Little girls,...
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Sakeena Haider
Dec 16, 20212 min read
'Bring It On' at Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre’s latest addition at Queen Elizabeth Hall features a powerful musical based on the 2000’s cult classic Bring It On. At...
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Eunmin Na
Nov 20, 20212 min read
'Kattam Katti': Celebrating India's Uttarayan Kite Festival at Sadler's Wells
Uttarayan is a famous kite festival that takes place in Gujarat, a state in North India. Every year, people of all ages, gender, religion...
Marion Guerbet
Mar 20, 20202 min read
'Just Us Dance presents', VAULT Festival 2020 - The Vaults
Just Us Dance presents is a raw and powerful hip hop response to Joseph Toonga’s 2019 work Born to Manifest. The performers, each between...
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Nicole Jong
Mar 12, 20202 min read
'13 Tongues & Dust', Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan - Sadler's Wells
The show begins with a single dancer slowly banging a drum-like object: the audience’s attention is captured from the outset. Live...
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Ishita Uppadhayay
Feb 18, 20202 min read
'Bluebeard. While Listening to a Tape Recording of Béla Bartók’s "Duke Bluebeard’s Castle&q
A hush comes over the audience at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. On stage, a suit-clad man reaches for a tape recorder. A woman in a...
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Helena Morera i Delgado
Feb 13, 20202 min read
'Cowpuncher My Ass' - Southbank Centre
Cowpuncher My Ass is unlike anything you’ve seen before. Taking cues from London and the American West, this explosive dance show creates...
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Grace Vickers
Feb 6, 20202 min read
'Alice's Adventures Under Ground' - Royal Opera House
When Alice’s Adventures Under Ground first premiered a few years back, the thought of this frenzied and fraught production finding a home...
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