Carnation libation: Julie Anne Stanzak among the 8,000 individually placed blooms in the early Pina Bausch classic, ‘Nelken’ photo: Alexander Gouliaev I am a juggler. My wife Kati Ylä-Hokkala is also a juggler. Our life for the last three decades has been juggling. We have been fortunate to be practising this art form at a… Continue reading First Person: pioneering juggler Sean Gandini reflects on how the spirit of Pina Bausch has infiltrated his work
Month: February 2024
Till the Stars Come Down, National Theatre review – exuberant comedy with a dark edge
The National Theatre is meant to represent the whole nation – and not just the metropolitan middle classes. So it’s really good to see that Beth Steel – who comes from an East Midlands working-class background and was once writer in residence at this flagship venue – is having her latest play staged here in… Continue reading Till the Stars Come Down, National Theatre review – exuberant comedy with a dark edge
LADS ON THE ISLAND
Two hours before ‘lights up’ on Lads on the Island, a southerly squall hit Wellington complete with thunder claps – an appropriate curtain raiser for a play that takes flight from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. On the face of it, a play about a couple of blokes isolating on an island so one can support the other through… Continue reading LADS ON THE ISLAND