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Circus Dance & Physical Theatre ThisWeek In London
Three To See On 12 Oct: Snakes and Giants, Swansong, Ceirw – Savage Hart
By TW Editorial | Published on Wednesday 5 October 2016
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
Snakes and Giants | Greenwich Theatre | 12-15 Oct
This is a play from TW favourites The Flanagan Collective, the company behind acclaimed shows as ‘Beulah’ and ‘Fable’. ‘Snakes and Giants’ fuses spoken word, dance and music to tell three narratives about love and belonging: A nation loses itself in the crowd, A defiant love breaks all bounds, A woman dances wildly on the cliff edge. Expect something rather beautiful from this delightful sounding two hander. Follow this link here to book.
Swansong | Arcola Theatre | 11-15 Oct (pictured)
And DugOut, another theatre producing company with a very firm TW stamp of approval, is behind this next show, which our reviewer up at edfringe this summer described as “rich with music, gallows humour and existential debates on the merits of humanity”. Funny, sharply written, and energetic, it’s apocalyptic in theme, set on a swan-shaped pedalo adrift a flooded planet. Intrigued? Head this way for more info.
Ceirw – Savage Hart | Jackson’s Lane | 12-15 Oct
I’m mildly spooked by the images accompanying the show listing for this, as it features humans with deer heads, but I think the subject matter for this piece – a creation of aerial artistry, ballet and circus – is really interesting. In a story reminiscent of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, a family of deer – slaughtered heads mounted in the dining room of a 19thC aristocrat – come back to life to make said gentleman rue his hunting-lust. See the venue website here to book.