Darkfield promoted site specific theatre even when we couldn’t actually go anywhere. Their neat answer was to get you using spaces in your own home or in permitted public places such as a park bench. Now they’ve gone back to an idea which they used prior to the great lockdown with a trio of short pieces taking place in converted shipping containers currently located in Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands.
‘Pushes the envelope in terms of form & content’: FLIGHT – Bridge Theatre
An intimate and overwhelming experience in spellbinding miniature, Vox Motus’ Flight at the Bridge Theatre offers 45 minutes of quietly exquisite storytelling that packs a powerful punch.
Being in the room where it happens: How quickly are theatre audiences going to return?
As theatre next week starts to finally edge cautiously out of a full lockdown of over five full months, plus only very intermittent appearances in the nine months before that, the question arises will the audiences be there for it?
NEWS: The world premiere of Nina Raine’s Bach & Sons at the Bridge Theatre will star Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale will play JS Bach in the world premiere of Nina Raine’s Bach & Sons, directed by Nicholas Hytner at the Bridge Theatre from 23 June to 9 September 2021 with opening night on 29 June 2021.
‘Provokes both sorrow & rage’: FLIGHT – Bridge Theatre ★★★★
Flight feels like proper theatre as we, alone in our tiny lonely booths, look out on a harsh world, transported with pity and terror.
FEATURED SHOW: Darkfield’s ‘deliciously eerie’, ‘breath-quickening’ Seance in its final week at VAULT Festival
Darkfield’s Séance is now in its final week in London as this year’s VAULT Festival winds to a close. Here’s a reminder of what some of the critics – including two Mates – have said about this spooky sensory sensation. Better get booking before it’s too late!
Terri trips: Darkfield’s Seance & Flight, The Animals & Children took to the Streets
I’ve been so enjoying working on Featured Show campaigns for 1927 Productions’ The Animals and Children took to the Streets and Darkfield’s Seance and Flight. Luckily, I also managed to see all three shows myself. Here’s a round-up of my on-the-night reactions to each.
GALLERY: Take a look at these awesome images of groundbreaking Goze-inspired show, Flight Paths
If your day is lacking a little awe, take a look at these production images from Flight Paths. The gallery of images depicting the show which fuses circus with narrative, music and the performers’ personal stories is awesome. Explore the gallery then book your tickets for this touring show!
‘A shipping container seemed ideal, as it’s easily transportable’: Glen Neath on how Darkfield’s Seance & Flight came to be
Shunt, a collective of theatremakers that had huge success with their site-specific productions around London Bridge from 2000 to 2010, has also spawned Darkfield, founded by former Shunters Glen Neath, David Rosenberg and Andrea Salazar. In our interview, Glen explains how Darkfield’s binaural work in shipping containers has evolved. Time to get booking!
Darkfield’s Flight joins Séance at VAULT Festival: Watch the trailer & see audience reactions
You’ll soon have not one but two sonic sensation shows from Darkfield to experience at VAULT Festival. On 20 February 2019, their second shipping container brings Flight to land outside the Vaults in London’s Waterloo. Watch the trailer – and see how audiences have been reacting in Edinburgh and on tour. Time to get booking!
Darkfield’s Séance begins at VAULT Festival: Watch the trailer & see audience reactions
Have you experienced sonic specialists Darkfield? Their hit container show Séance helps launch VAULT Festival this week. Watch the trailer – and see how audiences have been reacting on tour. These are twenty minutes you’ll never forget. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Darkfield park container hits Seance & Flight for two months at VAULT Festival
Wrapping up their first tour of the UK, and after a second sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, sonic specialists Darkfield bring their two hit container shows Séance and Flight to London for a two-month residency as part of the 2019 VAULT Festival. Time to get booking!
FLIGHT – Edinburgh International Festival ★★★★★
Masterful: Vox Motus’ Flight is an emotional and powerful work of art – an experience like no other that stays with you long after leaving Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre.
Rambert Dance Company: A Linha Curva plus other works
Now in their 90th year, Rambert continue to lead the dance world with their exhilarating and innovative dance works. Back in 1966, the company changed their artistic focus from classical to contemporary.