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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Ageing at the Fringe by Kate Wyver

At a festival that can feel like a celebration of youth, three shows are exploring old age. Kate Wyver talks to their creators about loneliness, dementia, and unexpected laughter. The post A…

SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:03AM
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Review: Draw To Look at the Royal West of England Academy by Kate Wyver

The gentle tracing of our pens on paper: Kate Wyver draws Hannah Sullivan in her "infinitely delicate" one-on-one participatory show in Bristol. The post Review: Draw To Look at the Royal We…

SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:47AM
Thursday, April 6, 2017

Review: The Red Shoes at Bristol Hippodrome by Kate Wyver

Red shoes and red chairs: Kate Wyver responds to Matthew Bourne's obsessive and passionate ballet. The post Review: The Red Shoes at Bristol Hippodrome appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:56AM
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Feature: Inua Ellams on masculinity, home, displacement and identity by Kate Wyver

Inua Ellams updates the script of An Evening with an Immigrant as global change occurs. “I have to keep the text new so it always feels current,” Ellams says. Given the state of global i…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AM
Friday, November 11, 2016

Feature: Walking: Holding – why we need radical softness now by Kate Wyver

Rosana Cade’s performance piece, Walking: Holding, is designed for one audience member to make their way through a city as they hold hands with strangers. It is an explosion. It is a whisp…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:48PM
Monday, November 30, 2015

Feature: Sally Cookson’s gender reversed Sleeping Beauty by Kate Wyver

‘I know that fairytales are often considered lightweight and superficial, but when you dig deep they provide us with incredibly important maps to help us understand what it is to be human.…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30PM
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Edinburgh Feature: Caitlin Ince with Broken Windows by Kate Wyver

If one set of windows in an urban area is broken and ignored, it sets a precedent for an area and leads to an escalation of crime. This criminological theory forms the springboard for Caitli…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:15PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Feature: Deafinitely Theatre is Something Else by Kate Wyver

Image by Helen Albert Deafinitely Theatre are the only deaf-led theatre company in Britain that provide performances and activities for both children and adults. I spoke to Artistic Director…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:59AM
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Feature: Secret Theatre pull off Increasingly Impossible Acts by Kate Wyver

A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts combines Shakespeare, lemons and a game of strip-wrestling. Every performance is different because the protagonist of the show is picked from a hat b…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:30AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Feature: Once Upon A Time – looking old age in the face by Kate Wyver

Once Upon A Time looks old age in the face. Ageing is a subject that director Agnieszka Blonska says we do not talk about or see on stage enough. The play tells the stories of three perform…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:20AM
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Feature: Erica Whyman – new stories to tell by Kate Wyver

When Erica Whyman started as Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013, she was excited by the brief set her by Director Gregory Doran. He wanted her to commission ne…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:01AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Feature: In the Heights – “I only produce stuff that I love” by Kate Wyver

The twenty-first century musical In the Heights, set in Washington Heights in Manhattan, is coming to London. In 2008, In the Heights was nominated for 13 Tony awards and won four including …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:10AM
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

INCOMING Preview: Smoking Apples and Little Cauliflower by Kate Wyver

Puppetry is all about movement. A group of puppeteers creating a show about an incurable muscle-wasting condition that takes away all mobility sounds like a paradox, but the deterioration of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:45AM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Feature: Q&A with Drew McOnie by Kate Wyver

Drew McOnie has started a new theatre-dance company, and its first show, Drunk, is currently playing at the Bridewell Theatre. Kate Wyver caught up with him…   Why have you chose…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:04AM

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