The first piece of the night was titled 'Arc', and as far as I was aware, told the story of three friends stuck on a raft in the middle of the sea. Though as we aren't lucky enough to have a sea in the Drill Hall auditorium, the performers had to make do with a grid in mid-air. Observe:
The three characters (who I'm imaginatively call green girl, pink girl and boy) were entwined in a love triangle.
The developing love between the green girl and the boy caused the pink girl so much jealousy she tried to push each of them off the raft, consequently the raft started rocking (rotating 360 degrees several times), allowing the performers to execute some fantastic acrobatics.
The second piece, 'Memento Mori', revolved around the idea of death as a dance. The pink girl and the boy returned - he, dressed head to toe in a white body suit with hands and face painted white, acting as death. This time, the raft had been substituted for a trapeze:
In this piece, she was fighting death, and via some more amazing tricks and precarious balancing acts, death always seemed to find a way to control her, and in the end I think the audeince are to assume she lost. Sniff.
Finally, we got to 'Every Action...' (my favourite). This was funny but still as impressive. Four strangers meet in front of suspended rope, and between them hoike each other up to mid-air and try to out-do their fellow performers with ever more impressive tricks.
And just as they begin to get the hang it, they lose the end of the rope and the show tantalizingly ends with this:
After lots of applause we were treated to a question and answer with the team which proved insightful and funny.
10/10
-Hilary Shepherd, Marketing Officer
If you liked Ockham's Razor, we think you will love Retina : Layers of Skin and Earthfall.
No comments:
Post a Comment