384 stories by "Daniel Perks"
The British Empire feels like an octopus, its tentacles stretching out across the globe and touching all continents, everything feeding back into the main body at the centre. Porcelain from …
Viki Browne devotes a show to the memory of her grandmother " people grieve in different ways and for Browne this is her way of processing. The Gran Show is a work in progress and Browne is …
It may be Kate (Nesba Crenshaw) sat at the head of the runway on a platform, studying us, judging us, undressing us, but we know that Tom Brennan's inspiration for this character is Anna Win…
Joe Sellman-Leava opens Labels with quotes from Nigel Farage, Katie Hopkins, Nick Griffin, Idi Amin and Donald Trump, to name but a few. In the first 2 minutes the audience are hit with a ba…
Two women meet and fall in love whilst engaging in a spot of dogging, the start to every classic fairytale. Well, it is in Puppy at least, a work in progress by Naomi Westerman.
Kings is my pick of The Vaults Festival 2017. There, I said it. A bold opening statement, but sometimes it's easier just to blurt these things out straight away, no messing about.
The stage is ramshackle, full of cardboard boxes stacked haphazardly around that provide an insight into Gareth's unorganised, potentially unhinged mind. But he hangs onto the things that ar…
Deborah Pearson sits behind a desk, with a black and white 1950s foreign film playing in the background, reminding us that this film could easily be amongst the series of choices that result…
A random collection of props surround a sacred circle of light, the protective performance space for Julie Rose Bower. In here, she can recreate sound, loop it round and round with a dulling…
Sonja Linden's Roundelay sticks two fingers up to this generalisation whilst sticking two fingers down its pants for a good old rummage around.
The British Empire feels like an octopus, its tentacles stretching out across the globe and touching all continents, everything feeding back into the main body at the centre.
It would be easy to dismiss the show as a work in progress given that the acts are all laden down with scripts that are clearly highlighted and used as a crutch throughout the show. But then…
Rock musicals are always going to be in your face, loud, thrashing affairs " if done properly they should have a live band (this one is kept together and at fortissimo constantly by musical …
Yes, it is in many ways the most bizarre opening to a production I've ever witnessed. Each time an ad break rolls on, there is the expectation that the clip will stop and the play will begin.
The Monologues Of A Tired Nurse, written by Stephanie Silver, is a stark observation of the conditions that NHS staff face every day. On the ITU ward, the pressure is more intense, the stake…
Co-director of Over The Limit Theatre, Cullen brings a one-man show to The Vaults Festival as well as three new works. You Having Olaf is a monologue, a comedy routine, in many ways carefull…
How to create a satirical, multimedia performance, inspired by How To Come Out Black: Pick a popular topic that is relatable and highly commented on.
As a name, Will Power conjures the image of a jack the lad, a confident (perhaps a touch arrogant) young guy with a slight swagger, affable nature and consistently positive outlook on life. …
As a name, Will Power conjures the image of a 'jack the lad', a confident (perhaps a touch arrogant) young guy with a slight swagger, affable nature, and consistently positive outlook on lif…
Adam Scott-Rowley in is your face right from the start, gyrating and masturbating on a stool. The shock factor here is instant, but quickly subsides as Scott-Rowley rapidly transitions into …
Hip H'Opera is now very much a thing thanks to the team behind Witt 'n Camp. These two staccato, shrill, singing divas appear in masquerade masks and constantly compete for centre stage. At …
Uma Thurman's starring role in Kill Bill clearly provides inspiration for the latter part of Nir Paldi's Bucket List " a hit-list for daughter Milagros (Tamsin Clarke) to use when hunting do…
In this inaugural production from Out Of Spite Theatre, Scott-Rowley has taken the mantle entirely upon himself " writer, director and actor. He uses lighting cues to transform his physicali…
Hip H'Opera is now a thing thanks to the team from Witt 'N Camp. These two staccato, shrill, singing divas appear in masquerade masks and constantly compete for centre stage.
Uma Thurman's starring role in Kill Bill clearly provides inspiration for the latter part of Nir Paldi's Bucket List " a hit-list for daughter Milagros to use when hunting down those indirec…
