This week saw the start of the Spring Weston Studio and what an exciting season it's going to be. It started with Analogue's Beachy Head on Monday night and then Protest Fudur last night. I thought I'd give you a flavour of some of the shows coming up.
Rosie Kay Dance Company will visit the Centre for the first time on the 23rd March. I have followed this company for the last few years having first seen her do a great piece of dance to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'I got a date with the night' (I love that song). I saw the work in progress performance of '5 Soldiers: The Body is the frontline' at British Dance Edition in February last year. Rosie was inspired by what certain professions put their body through for their career, such as dancers or soldiers. She spent time at rehabilitation clinics and thoroughly researched the piece - dedicated to the cause.
Then in total contrast on April Fools Day (no joke) it's Singalong Glee Club. Glee that we know off the tele actually started years ago with mainly working mens institutions / clubs getting together for a jolly old sing song. This is pretty much the same. David Benson leads the audience through various songs from the ages from football chants to songs from adverts. I saw it in Edinburgh, on my own, and thought there's no chance I'll be singing along but as soon as I got in there I was singing away - I even put a request in for Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.
I'm really excited about Citrus Arts returning to the Weston on the 7th and 8th April. 'Fly on the Wall' was a piece created as part of the Incubator Project in 2009 and since then Citrus Arts have been working hard to develop the piece into a fully staged piece. After Velvet Ensemble this is the first time we've helped an Incubator company after the main project with investment and rehearsal space.
Overall there are some greats shows coming up this season. Not to sound like a broken record but if you've never seen anything in the Weston I urge you to give a chance, just pick one show, you may pay as little as £8 and you'll get a great quality show, good atmosphere and you can even take your drinks in with you.
Hope to see you there and you do - come and say hi!
Lou
Overall there are some greats shows coming up this season. Not to sound like a broken record but if you've never seen anything in the Weston I urge you to give a chance, just pick one show, you may pay as little as £8 and you'll get a great quality show, good atmosphere and you can even take your drinks in with you.
Hope to see you there and you do - come and say hi!
Lou
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