Review by Katie Shaw Cesca Echlin’s debut one-woman show is an entertaining, fast-paced, emotionally unhinged monologue delivered in three parts, that delves into the obsessive mind of our narrator, played by the exceptionally talented Abby McCann. Echlin’s writing is deeply poetic and earnestly crafted, peppered with charm and wit, making for an equal-parts warm-hearted, embarrassingly relatable,…
Gandini Juggling is an ever-evolving ensemble made up of a virtuosic core group of jugglers, they regularly expand to include up to 20 performers for specially commissioned events and performances. In 1991, Sean Gandini co-founded Gandini Juggling with Kati Ylä-Hokkala, and together they have been at the forefront of experiments into what juggling is and…
MimeLondon’s 2025 programme concludes with the London premiere of Dimanche by Belgian companies Focus & Chaliwaté at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre in Holborn. Set in the near future, this witty and tender production uses lo-fi special eZects, puppetry,miniature vehicles, and video to tell parallel stories of a family maintaining their Sundayroutine while ignoring climate chaos,…
This striking blend of theatrical mediums from the French theatre company La Pendue, created by Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet, sees puppetry, visual projection and live music combined in a retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairytale The Girl Without Hands. Performed by Charlier, who is accompanied by a one-man orchestra in the form of Martin Kaspar Orkesta, we…
