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- Danu Poyner
Circus Works is a surreal and slightly silly showcase of circus acts comprising mostly home-grown performers.
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- Carol Middleton
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
Rather than take the play somewhere new, Andre Previn has given us a very literal adaptation.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
There is an almost seamless interplay between classical theatre, physical theatre, dance and farce, with a fun breakdown of the fourth wall thrown in.
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- Stephanie Glickman
There are few dance pieces as well-crafted and well-realized as Lucy Guerin’s Structure and Sadness.
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- Danu Poyner
It takes a brave actor to do a one-man show, especially when that show is about grief and despair.
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- Bron Batten
Science is often excluded when examining the more ethereal realms of love and emotion. How can a discipline that seeks to rationalise and explain, offer insight into the largely mysterious questions of how we love who we love. And why?
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