Blurred Lines - The Shed, National Theatre

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The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard

The Body of an American, Gate Theatre

Photo credited to Simon Dutson.

The Body of an American is a play about a photograph. We get to see the photograph multiple times throughout the opening of the play. We see it in pixels, distorted up and close. We see the version they printed and the version they didn't. We see it from the view of the photographer who took it, from the view of various bystanders and from the family of the body. The only person whose view we don't get is the view from the body itself.

Sensing Space, Royal Academy, London.

Kengo Kuma's installation smelt of Tatami Mats and Hinoki wood.

Last week I visited the 'Sensing Spaces' exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. I admit that I have no knowledge of architecture, other than as a frequent user, so I am reflecting upon the experience as a theatre maker instead.

Credible Likeable Superstar Rolemodel, The North Wall, Oxford.

Pinocchio, Indefinite Articles, The Old Market.

Picasso once claimed 'Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain one when you grow up.'. Children have an enviable reputation for big dreams. So by this reasoning the theatre is the perfect environment for their imaginations to flourish, in comparison to film and television, it leaves the most gaps, a story is called a 'play'.

Emil and the Detectives, National Theatre.

Picture from 59 Productions.

Emil and the detectives was a post new year trip arranged on the train up to London to visit some friends. In an effort to prevent ourselves from drinking all day we chose a show, met in the foyer with minutes to spare, ripped the tickets from the machine, ran in and plonked ourselves down before turning to each other with a look of horror 'This show is full of f*****g kids!'.

What's on in Brighton in January - February

Think it takes a little time for all services to resume in January, so this is a January - February hybrid 'What's on' Brighton.

What to see in 2014.

2014 is already in full swing and like everyone; bank balances are low and expectations are high, but it still doesn't hurt to dream. If you have made a conscious decision to spend less money on alcohol,  A few fine suggestions have sprung up already from Mark Shenton  and Lyn Gardner, so there is no point in me repeating them. Here are a few suggestions for the first half of the year (within booking distance), some of which are the last chance to see shows from last year which may have escaped your attention so far....

Ryoji Ikeda datamatics [ver.2.0] - Brighton Dome, Brighton.

This review was first published on the The Public Reviews.

Many of us, whether in our work or home lives, cannot avoid the presence of data. Even those in the creative or social industries must deal with grades or prices. However data, as a source of beauty, is not something shared by all. We may have surprised ourselves by admiring the beauty of particularly neat spreadsheet, but to consider data as the source of music is a rare and specialist pursuit.

Peaches does herself - Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange.

This review was first published on The Public Reviews.

Elementary school teacher seems like an unlikely first job for gender bending electronic musician and performance artist Peaches. However as is clear from her album The Teaches of Peaches, Peaches still has something of the educator about her.