76 stories by "Liz Arratoon"
Barbican Theatre, London: It has long been established that Circa's director Yaron Lifschitz is some sort of virtuoso. Like great writers whose words appear to flow on to the page, he c…
Chapiteau Espace, Fontvieille, Monaco: Programme Two opens in similar fashion to the night before with <b>Hans Klok</b> leaping from a box. First up is the Dobrovitsky's 195…
Chapiteau Espace, Fontvieille, Monaco: This month, those whose super power is being in two places at once can enjoy the 38th London International Mime Festival and the 38th Monte Carlo Circu…
L'Apres-Midi d'un Foehn/Vortex: Directed/programmed as ever by the tireless and dynamic duo Joseph Seelig and Helen Lannaghan, the London International Mime Festival opens with a double bill…
Royal Albert Hall, London: In Cirque du Soleil's samey repertoire, 1996's Quidam stands out for its bizarre imagery and Michel Crete's innovative arced set. If, like me, you w…
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London: First seen as Plecs (meaning folds) in high summer at the Milton Keynes International Festival last year, Enfila't's show now premieres in L…
Royal Festival Hall, London: Now in its third consecutive year here, Slava's Snowshow is becoming a Christmas fixture. And what better way to headline the Southbank's Centre Winter…
Playhouse, Epsom: John F Spillers returns to Epsom with a new Peter Pan, but opening with a babes and dancers glitzy jazz hands number makes you wonder what's going on. Its heavy focus …
Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames: Looking for something different? Choose the Snow Gorilla, a new 'family Christmas spectacular' that lives up to its billing. There's still …
Winter Wonderland, London: Festive lights, flaming torches and a drum-led tribal soundtrack create the atmosphere for Cirque Berserk to play out on some Aztec-type island. It's the more…
London Palladium: If it's possible to be a national treasure when you're a foreigner and an Aussie to boot, Barry Humphries, or at least Dame Edna Everage - his most enduring creat…
Palladium, London: This return visit to London by the always-thrilling Russian Imperial Ice Stars follows their Swan Lake on Ice in 2012, and marks the Palladium's first ice show in alm…
Wonderground, South Bank, London: Kicking off as a free-form club night in Brisbane in 2008, Briefs is now an all-male cult variety show mixing boylesque, circus and performance art. Beefy b…
Westway Common, Caterham: Launched last year by the Popolinos - musical clowns Popol and Kakehole - and siblings Grace and Peter Arnett, Circus Wonderland may be small scale but, from its sm…
O2, London: Faces fell when Alegria, Cirque du Soleil's most gorgeous production - from its pre-financial-woe glory days - was reduced to touring arenas as a way of extending its run. I…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London: When circus artist Antoine Carabinier Lepine and his sister, Julie, a dancer, created Cirque Alfonse in 2005 to enable their father, Alain - a former decorator …
St Bartholomew the Great, London: Following 2012's tour of UK cathedrals, How Like an Angel's London premiere is in the more intimate 12th century St Bartholomew the Great church. …
Udderbelly, Southbank Centre, London: It's rather tough on the fledging Pirates of the Carabina troupe that Flown - headlining in the Udderbelly's purple cow - must contend with St…
Spiegeltent, Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich: Audiences have come to expect the earth from director Yaron Lifschitz and his Circa ensemble, and in this world premiere of Beyond he gives them th…
London Wonderground, Southbank Centre: Another year, another Scott Maidment headline show in the London Wonderground Spiegeltent. But if, like me, you found 2012's Cantina repetitive an…
Theatre Royal, Norwich: Sequence 8 is les 7 doigts', or the 7 Fingers' eighth creation and rather neatly has a cast of eight. This UK premiere bears its familiar imprint; ensemble …
Brighton Dome: Following the success of his previous show, iD, Cirque Eloize CEO/artistic director Jeannot Painchaud now teams with Dave St-Pierre - whose dazzling choreography lends everyth…
Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam: Once in a while a show is so magical, so out of this world that it is worth crossing borders to see it. Sebastiano Toma's Little Big World - part of Rot…
Taras Pozdnyakov has an uncompromising vision of a progressive circus that values creativity over commerce - an outlook that has resulted in some of the most electrifying and innovative acts…
Roundhouse, London: If you are going to make your audience mill around for a couple of hours at a promenade circus, there'd better be something to keep them on the edge of their seats, …
