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Bodies in Time & Space - BIG picture performance
venue :: SWEET ECA: SWEET UPSTAIRS
see links :: http://www.myspace.com/bigpictureperformance
category :: Theatre
Reviewed date :: 08 Aug 2007 11.00

Comment: Performance-Workshop at edfringe.com and the Sweet 
website says its from a dance and physical theatre Company. 
I met one of the cast and it sounds very promising. 'A dance
of light and dark,' they say, so lets see who wins...

Review :: Barely time to get a shave before stumbling out into
the bright sunshine to what I thought I was seeing at the Sweet
venue, not a stones throw from my flat. But no - I have booked
myself into a performance workshop by mistake, which shows how
rushed I have been of late! Ok it happens, I try to make noises
about Reviewing but the whole room wants me to join in and I 
don't want to be a 'stick in the mud!' So I say, 'ok' and 
within moments we are all barefoot on the stage doing warm 
ups of some inner creativity stirring Zen kind! That's all fine
with me as my body needs a stretch due to the stupid o'clock
hours I have been spending hunched over a hot PC though I have
only had four hours sleep. I manage to find my 'inner monkey' 
and later, my 'inner unicorn' but I can't seem to do the 
uninhibited shouting parts nor the primal scream that comes
from being a Unicorn extending his erm horn! No matter, before
long the staff have blindfolded me and left me in a corner of 
the stage. This is actually quite pleasant and seems to sharpen
your remaining senses of perception no end. They surprise me 
by splashing water into my hands and not long after pressing 
a piece of modelling clay into it as well... It all goes on 
in that vein with movement, artwork, painting, mixed media, 
writing with your less dominant hand, the clay and some 
interesting interactions between your unconscious, your self
and the others. Everyone who signed up seemed very nice sincere
and arty; the debrief ends with a quick and painless presentation
exercise. It is a fun experience and a good way to unwind at a 
number of levels and start the day. If you can throw off your 
inhibitions then go for it. Worth attending if you are planning
on going to 'Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall.'

by John C Vassallo