Proximity
Mon, 6 Feb 2012, 07:46 amGordon the Optom1 post in thread
Proximity
Mon, 6 Feb 2012, 07:46 am‘Proximity’ is a Fringe Festival World First – a micro festival within the festival. Showing every Sunday until the 19th February, are groups of 12-minute performances at 3.00 pm, 4.00 pm and 5.00 pm. This unique approach has been co-curated by James Berlyn and Sarah Rowbottam, can be seen in the Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge.
Hydrosis I was shown into a stationery cupboard, and found Janette McGinty looking through some files. One hears about being caught in the stationery cupboard with the work colleague from Hell and here I was, cornered.
It soon became apparent that this young lady had a problem, which she wanted to share – or inflict – on me. She begged me to help her in her hour of need. I did the best I could under the circumstances, but was somewhat relieved when the buzzer went to say that the twelve minutes were up and it was time to move onto the next location.
There were twelve locations with twelve performers, all ready to work with you on a one to one basis. All are endeavouring to take you to a place that you may never have been before and giving you an experience to remember. Obviously this kind of performance is very demanding on the performer as they repeat their act 12 times per block of bookings.
I only encountered one act, but t was good fun although a bit daunting being trapped in a cupboard. I would like to highly recommend this series of shows, but unfortunately it was an instant sell-out.
‘Proximity’ is a Fringe Festival World First – a micro festival within the festival. Showing every Sunday until the 19th February, are groups of 12-minute performances at 3.00 pm, 4.00 pm and 5.00 pm. This unique approach has been co-curated by James Berlyn and Sarah Rowbottam, can be seen in the Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge.
Hydrosis I was shown into a stationery cupboard, and found Janette McGinty looking through some files. One hears about being caught in the stationery cupboard with the work colleague from Hell and here I was, cornered.
It soon became apparent that this young lady had a problem, which she wanted to share – or inflict – on me. She begged me to help her in her hour of need. I did the best I could under the circumstances, but was somewhat relieved when the buzzer went to say that the twelve minutes were up and it was time to move onto the next location.
There were twelve locations with twelve performers, all ready to work with you on a one to one basis. All are endeavouring to take you to a place that you may never have been before and giving you an experience to remember. Obviously this kind of performance is very demanding on the performer as they repeat their act 12 times per block of bookings.
I only encountered one act, but t was good fun although a bit daunting being trapped in a cupboard. I would like to highly recommend this series of shows, but unfortunately it was an instant sell-out.