A blog about art and the soul
By Joy Martin
It must go further still: that soul must become its own betrayer, its own deliverer, the one activity, the mirror turn lamp. (W. B. Yeats)
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The night after I saw Domestic Labour: A Study in Love by Cambridge theatre company 30 Bird, I dreamed that I was holding a vacuum cleaner to my ear like a conch shell and listening for the sea… The show begins with three women standing on the stage, each holding…
I just finished reading the novel Stoner by John Williams, and it is a real literary gem with many rich facets for contemplation (by the way, it's not about the love of 'Mary Jane' - the book's main character is called William Stoner)…but the most fascinating thing to me about…
I’ve written about the Live Art company GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN before. I saw their 2012 show Big Hits at the Cambridge Junction, and it was one of the most powerful pieces I had ever seen performed in the theatre up to that point. It took one element of my mind – the…
On Wednesday 19 February 2014, the live art company Made in China brought their show Gym Party to the Cambridge Junction. It was the first night of a national tour which will take them to 15 venues over the next 3 months, including the Edinburgh Traverse, Manchester Royal Exchange, Colchester…
#1: I’ve been watching ‘Girls’ recently, and as a result seeing a lot of Lena Dunham’s naked body -- Lena’s ass, breasts, stomach, arms, legs. And although the way her character physically inhabits her lush, lolling body is fascinating, what I find artistically exhilarating is knowing how closely the show…
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