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Circus Theatre ThisWeek In London
Three To See on 1 Feb: I Am A Tree by Jamie Wood, Throwback, Nightlight
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 25 January 2017
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
I Am A Tree by Jamie Wood | Ovalhouse | 1-2 Feb (pictured)
“When I am still for any length of time, someone finds me and tells me about their life. My girlfriend says this makes me like a tree that all dogs want to piss up. Slow man tree.” This is an early, work-in-progress performance of this new show by Jamie Wood, who delighted us (and you too, possibly) with his “gloriously weird” (that’s what our reviewer said) show ‘O No!’ when he performed it in Edinburgh a couple of Fringes ago. See this page here for info.
Throwback | Jacksons Lane | 1-4 Feb
This show has also done well at the old edfringe, but in slightly more recent history, summer 2016. Young circus company Silver Lining specialise in aerial and acrobatic work, and use it in ‘Throwback’ to explore collective memory, nostalgia and things you can’t forget. On as part of – yes, you guessed it – London International Mime Festival. It really is full of good stuff. Head this way for details.
Nightlight | Tara Theatre | 1-5 Feb
This is about two teenage asylum seekers looking for places to hide from the threat of deportation, who find themselves spending a night together in an abandoned factory. They share their stories, their food, and their hopes for the future, but then a third person arrives, someone who might threaten their safety. Obviously topical, and I think this might be a good thing to take older teens to, given the youth of the protagonists. See the venue website here for more.
