YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK IN CULTURE
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Dance & Physical Film Theatre
Tuesday 22 October 2013 in London
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 16 October 2013
TODAY IN LONDON psychical theatre co Neander, actor Toby Jones, a drag Catherine Earnshaw and Manga artist Akio Tanaka feature in the following TW-recommended events…
DANCE: Boy Blue Entertainment – The Five & The Prophecy Of Prana, Barbican, 22 Oct – 2 Nov
Japanese Manga artist Akio Tanaka drafts an innovative collaboration with the makers of Olivier award-winning 2007 show ‘Pied Piper’, creating a kind of moving comic strip combining hip hop, martial arts, and the narrative of five young hooligans and a karate grand master, who moonlights, as one does, as the boss of a secret peace corps. Details and tickets here.
DANCE: BLAM!, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 22 Oct – 16 Nov
A real stealth hit at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, physical theatricals Neander’s ThreeWeeks-rated ‘BLAM!’ finds a band of weary 9-5ers inventing an imaginary game-land peopled by aliens, heroes and cartoon villains. Think Python meets Tarantino meets ‘Die Hard’, and you’ve almost got it. Details and tickets here.
FILM: Oval Space Cinema Club presents Berberian Sound Studio, Oval Space, 23 Oct
This Peter Strickland-directed, Broadcast-scored movie, which was first sighted earlier this year, stars actor Toby Jones as a foley engineer. Commissioned to score a gory exploitation film titled ‘The Equestian Vortex’, he soon spirals into witchcraft, sexual intrigue and psychological chaos. Details and tickets here.
THEATRE: Wuthering Heights, Battersea Arts Centre, 22-26 Oct (pictured)
Peter McMaster’s acclaimed all-male take on Emily Bronte’s stormy love story makes a poignant point on what it means to be a man living in the world today. Details and tickets here.
