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The Complete Deaths

Assembly Hall, Shoreditch Town Hall (****)

© Ludovic des Cognets, Cleopatra and the serpents

© Ludovic des Cognets, Cleopatra and the serpents

Everyone likes a clown and Spymonkey must be amongst the best. Certainly to fill the main hall in the beautiful arts centre that was once Shoreditch Town Hall takes some following. Amazingly this is my first viewing of them but their credits stack up. Continue reading

Absent

Shoreditch Town Hall, London

****

© Jim Stephenson

© Jim Stephenson

Absent by dreamthinkspeak. Copyright Jim Stephenson 2015.

`Immersive’ theatre is all the rage these days, a hold-all term that can cover a gamut of situations. At one time, it was even known as `promenade’. In dreamthinkspeak’s Absent, just about all are employed at one time or another. Promenade, installation, film, `Live Art’, and `plastic art’ all are on show in this fabulous recreation, set within the transformed Shoreditch Town Hall. Continue reading