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Dance in all its variety: Shinehouse Theatre’s Want to Dance Festival

May 4, 2023May 2, 2023 by David Mead

Over three packed days, artists from 15 countries presented 74 works at the company’s Wan Theater and 16 less traditional venues.

December 2, 2023April 24, 2023 by David Mead

Presently being restaged as part of Cloud Gate’s 50th anniversary celebrations, it is ninety minutes of magnificent dance, and magnificent theatre

April 21, 2023 by David Mead

A show brimming with creativity, imagination and surprise. Great fun and truly entertainment for the whole family.

April 20, 2023April 19, 2023 by David Mead

An artwork in themselves, visual artist reretan pavavaljung’s video projections would comfortably stand alone as an installation in a gallery

April 16, 2023 by David Mead

Combining traditional Pak-kuán and contemporary sounds with dance that mixes ritual, animistic energy and contemporary movement

April 15, 2023 by David Mead

An installation that combines moving video images and live performance. A new take on an old tale, but one with a decidedly modern edge

April 8, 2023 by David Mead

The circus merges seamlessly into the theatre and a work that has a deeply thoughtful, emotional core that pulls you in and never lets go.

April 8, 2023April 7, 2023 by David Mead

Two graduation shows, 25 short pieces, 23 of them by students. Plenty to admire, although some student works struggled and felt a little naive

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 by David Mead

Visually, it is insanely appealing and gorgeously lit. There are occasional, brief, brighter moments, but Metaphor is a dance in the shadows.

April 6, 2023March 27, 2023 by David Mead

Two fine programmes both featuring a reworking of Ihsan Rustem’s super, tongue-in-cheek Bolero and Tsai Po-cheng’s (蔡博丞) new Dreaminess

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 by David Mead

She explains that the work explores the complex layering of the various forms of decay, fading and loss to which we are forever exposed…