The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart from us/ She was probably not a Robot - Stuart Bowden , Brighton Dome

This review was first published on The Public Reviews.

Creator and Performer: Stuart Bowden

Beards have long had associations with manliness. A sign of seriousness and maturity. When used with skill, they can also become a mask, heightening and hiding expression. This is the case with Stuart Bowden who, with expert sense of comic timing, uses his beard to full theatrical effect.

Why are we so embarrassed about talking about art?

We are sat in a circle in the beautifully cavernous Brighton Dome corn exchange, the survivors of a long day of talking, listening and exchanging. We were there for Devoted and Disgruntled, Improbable Theatre's established Open Space conference, to ask and answer the question 'What are we going to do about theatre?'