From the category archives:

Live Art

49 post(s)

The Place Prize: celebrating the best in contemporary dance

17 September 2012

in Actors and Performers, Directors, Live Art

1 Comment

INTERVIEW: DARREN ELLIS The choreographer speaks to Diana Damian about his piece Revolver, inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s seminal film Persona and featuring live music. The piece is competing in this year’s Place Prize Semi-Finals. Second part of our series about The Place Prize for dance Semi-Finals, which is at The Place, Robin Howard Dance Theatre, from 6–22 September 2012.

Uninvited Guests on their interactive Make Better Please

28 May 2012

in Directors, Live Art, Participatory & Interactive, Political theatre

INTERVIEW: RICHARD DUFTY and PAUL CLARKE The co-artistic directors of Uninvited Guests talk to Matt Trueman about their latest show, Make Better Please, which — under the slogan of “We will make things better!” — involves the audience in the news stories of the day and exorcises their demons.

Made in China theatre company explore empathy and happiness

1 March 2012

in Actors and Performers, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: JESSICA LATOWICKI and TIM COWBURY Jessica Latowicki and Tim Cowbury aka Made in China talk to Diana Damian about repetition, distance and exploring empathy in their upcoming show We Hope You Are Happy (Why Would We Lie)? at the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC).

A new season of adventurous events at the Camden People’s Theatre

22 February 2012

in Directors, Live Art, London Fringe, Participatory & Interactive, Physical and Visual theatre

INTERVIEW: BRIAN LOGAN and JENNY PATON The new co-directors of the Camden People’s Theatre introduce Aleks Sierz to the wonderful world of experimental theatre which goes beyond boundaries with news of the venue’s annual Sprint Festival, and details of some other upcoming productions.

Lois Keidan and Gavin Butt explore Performance Matters

28 October 2011

in Directors, Live Art, London Fringe, Participatory & Interactive, Physical and Visual theatre

1 Comment

INTERVIEW: LOIS KEIDAN and GAVIN BUTT The Director of the Live Art Development Agency and the Reader in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, talk to Diana Damian about Trashing Performance (25-30 October), an international programme of live art events and discussions, co-directed by Butt.

Edinburgh Fringe 2011: Belgian director Alexander Devriendt breaks taboos

14 August 2011

in Directors, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Live Art

EDINBURGH 2011: ALEXANDER DEVRIENDT The artistic director of Belgium company Ontroerend Goed talks to Philip Fisher about his controversial and taboo-breaking theatre, especially Audience (St George’s West), his current show, which has polarised spectators and got everybody talking about its uncomfortable breaching of the boundaries of personal privacy.

Epic: a show that spans the 20th century!

25 May 2011

in Actors and Performers, Directors, Live Art, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: LUCY FOSTER and CHLOE DECHERY Diana Damian talks to the theatre-makers about their show Epic (Soho, and touring), and about Brecht, staging history, merging the small with the big and the challenges of an epic show.

Spill Festival Roundtable discusses the theme of infection

20 April 2011

in Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables

SPILL FESTIVAL 2011 ROUNDTABLE Diana Damian interviews four of this year’s National Platform artists about their work in the context of Spill Festival’s theme of ‘infection’. The artists are Martin O’Brien with Mucus Factory, Nic Chalmers with All Erasable, Shabnam Shabazi with Body House Version 1 and Jungmin Song with Hamlet (Tissues).

Rajni Shah: live art musical extravaganza Glorious

2 April 2011

in Live Art, Musicals

SPILL FESTIVAL 2011 Diana Damian talks to Rajni Shah about her live art musical extravaganza Glorious, performed at the Barbican in collaboration with Guildhall School of Music and Drama students and local residents. Recorded at In Nothing Flat studio in Liverpool Street.

The Kings of England explore memory at Spill 2011

12 March 2011

in Actors and Performers, Live Art, Theatre People

SPILL FESTIVAL 2011: KINGS OF ENGLAND Diana Damian talks to company members Simon Bowes, Alex Eisenberg and John Pinder about their show, In Eldersfield: An Elegy for Paul Dirac, and their plans for a 10-year cycle of works dedicated to invoking forgotten moments of the twentieth century. Recorded at the Espace studios.

Roundtable discussing the experimental Sprint festival

3 March 2011

in Actors and Performers, Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables, Site Specific

SPRINT FESTIVAL SPECIAL Diana Damian talks to Matt Ball, artistic director of Camden People’s Theatre, and Sprint artists Hester Chillingworth (Getinthebackofthevan with External) and Oliver Lamford (Thisnowthis with Anemone) about creating experimental work and the place of audience engagement in contemporary theatre. Recorded in the occasionally noisy foyer of Camden People’s Theatre. More info: www.cptheatre.co.uk/sprint.php.

London International Mime Festival: Nani & Ingimarsson

29 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Paolo Nani and Kristjan Ingimarsson of Denmark’s Nani & Ingimarsson about their show, The Art of Dying, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Mathurin Bolze

28 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Mathurin Bolze, Tsirihaka Harrivel, Tom Neal, Maroussia Diaz Verbeke and Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher of France’s MPTA / Mathurin Bolze about their show, Du Goudron et des Plumes, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Barbican Theatre. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Faulty Optic

28 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Gavin Glover, Charles Webber and Isabelle Wery of UK’s Faulty Optic about their show, Flogging a Dead Horse, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Roundhouse Studio. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Upswing

25 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Vicki Amedume of UK’s Upswing about their show, Fallen, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Les Antliaclastes

23 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Patrick Simms, Josephine Biereye, Celine Chevy, Rosanna Goodall and David Hayter of France’s Les Antliaclastes about their show, Hilum, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the ICA. Hosted by Donald Hutera, theatre and dance critic for The Times. Recorded by DianaDamian.

London International Mime Festival: Aurelien Bory

22 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Aurelien Bory of France’s Compagnie 111 / Aurelien Bory about their show, Sans Objet, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Hosted byDick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

Fuel producers on the art of podcast listening

21 January 2011

in Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre, Producers

INTERVIEW: LOUISE BLACKWELL AND KATE McGRATH The co-founders of producing company Fuel, who work with the likes of Sound&Fury, Uninvited Guests, Fevered Sleep and Clod Ensemble, talk about their new free monthly podcast series Everyday Moments. Sample clips from Kazuko Hohki, Lemn Sissay and Peggy Shaw included. Dominic Cavendish holds the mic upstairs at the BAC, London.

London International Mime Festival: Sobelle and Ford

20 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Charlotte Ford and Geoff Sobelle of America’s Sobelle and Ford about their show, Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the Barbican Pit Theatre. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

London International Mime Festival: Akhe Engineering Theatre

19 January 2011

in International, Live Art, Physical and Visual theatre

MIME FEST SPECIAL Postshow discussion with Maksim Isaev, Pavel Semchenko and Andrei Siznitev of Russia’s Akhe Engineering Theatre about their show, Gobo. Digital Glossary, performed as part of the 2011 London International Mime Festival, at the ICA Theatre. Hosted by Dick McCaw, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. Recorded by Diana Damian.

Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment on their latest hit

2 November 2010

in Directors, Live Art, Regional Theatre

INTERVIEW: TIM ETCHELLS The director and founding member of Forced Entertainment, the Sheffield-based experimental theatre company, talks to Aleks Sierz about their latest show, The Thrill of It All, which uses deranged dance, voice distortion and Japanese lounge music, and is currently visiting London. Recorded at the Riverside Studios.

More Results →