Outlaw love

The Western is a well-trodden genre, defined as much by place and time as by character and plot. So much part of the American myth of freedom and self-sufficiency, it … Read More

The Ugly Noo Noo: Astounding cricket capers remain contemporary

There were probably few, if any, people who, when they gave The Ugly Noo Noo a standing ovation in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, thought it could be even … Read More

Aïo: Looking for a thread

Putting on a show requiring audience participation is risky. For a start, there needs to be a large enough audience, as well as a crowd that joins in, preferably slightly … Read More

Once Removed: A clear view of art world bollocks

Behind all the impeccably clean (sterile?) exhibition openings propped up with champagne or wine and addresses by eminents, the jet-setting to biennales on international shores, and auction prices that resemble … Read More

Vroom! Vroom! Performance rubber hits the art road

SBYA winner Angel-Ho gets festival’s engine revving Vroom! Vroom! Potato, potato! goes the familiar rev and idle of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle as the doors at the back of the theatre … Read More