132 stories by "Josephine Balfour-Oatts"
Review: Fulfilment, Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe4.0starsA family of black plastic totes litter the stage, their red mouths garish against the Underbelly stage. Three actors (Claire P…
Man of many talents, Jonathan Goddard talks to Josephine Balfour Oatts about his exciting new, Arthur Pita helmed dance piece, The Mother. Luckily, the pillar-box-red seating in Meeting Room…
Review: Breath Control: Osmosis, The Coronet Theatre3.0Overall ScoreSitting at the bar at The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill is like climbing inside a rare artefact. A one-of-a-kind doll's …
Josephine Balfour Oatts attends an event in which ex-Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Christopher Haydon talks about his and the role in general. There may be something about Rupert Go…
Review: ANNA, Dorfman Theatre 5.0stars Wires snake around hips and scatter across the shoulders, feeding into a set of headphones. Once fitted about one's ears, the audience are free to star…
Taking her acclaimed play, Superhoe to Brighton Fringe next month, as well as working on a 'top secret' TV series, Nicôle Lecky is busy. We caught up with her to talk social media breaks …
Review: Admissions, Trafalgar Studios4.0starsDaylight filters in through the blinds, light spilling into the heart of an exquisite kitchen. Crafted by Paul Wills, the set of Admissions looks…
Josephine Balfour Oatts talks to the co-creator of Fertility Festival, Jessica Hepburn about 'Project Baby', bringing the conversation into the 21st Century and climbing Mount Everest. Jessi…
Review: I is a strange loop, The Pit at the Barbican3.0Overall ScoreA fluorescent cube scorches The Pit, with white T-shirts and socks made stark against the gloom. In the electric hubbub, a…
Review: The Shape of the Pain, Wilton's Music Hall 4.0Overall Score An invisible mouth takes Wilton's Music Hall between its teeth. Its tongue licks at every millimetre of the playing space,…
Review: Predrinks/Afterparty, Drayton Arms Theatre80%Overall ScoreBottles of alcohol jostle against Schweppes and other colourful mixers. They crowd a coffee table littered with plastic cups…
Review: The Church Of The Sturdy Virgin, VAULT Festival3.0starsSodden theatregoers decorate Leake Street. The asphalt is damp with footsteps, and the evening chill, oppressive. Graffiti clam…
Review: Tesseract, Barbican3.0Overall ScoreA pair of 3D glasses are thrust into my hand: look for the orange box. I nod, the thick, red rims finding their way to the bridge of my nose. The b…
In the caffeine-scented offices of Mandy.com, Josephine Balfour Oatts shares a handshake and an encouraging conversation about the arts industry with CEO, Philip Large. A firm handshake, a s…
Josephine Balfour Oatts has a quick chat with Vicky Featherstone about new play, The Cane #metoo and positions of power and 2019’s very exciting programme. It is the final day of rehea…
Celebrating a decade of work, Scottee is returning with Hamburger Queen. He chats with Josephine Balfour Oatts about how, when it comes to ‘fatness’, society is the problem. Scot…
In a mysterious alcove deep within the Battersea Arts Centre, remnants of Punchdrunk's Masque Of The Red Death creep across the walls. The door is framed by licks of white paint " small, hap…
Lisa Carroll leads the way as our party vacate the packed Theatre Deli in Finsbury Avenue. We climb a winding staircase, the pallid concrete matching that of the high-rise office blocks rubb…
It seems that the whole world is demanding the attention of Indhu Rubasingham. In her office at the peak of the Kiln Theatre, the Artistic Director sits with a coffee cup in one hand and her…
Spots of time: Josephine Balfour-Oatts reviews a visually evocative production of Nessa Muthy's new play about caring for a relative with dementia
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On the terrace of the Barbican Centre, the wind blows decisively. The sky shifts, throwing shadows over the sun in unpredictable waves. Niamh Cusack brings the material of her cardigan close…
Josephine Balfour Oatts has a natter over email with Emma Rice, former Artistic Director of The Globe about her new company, Wise Children, passion for touring and the clowning schools of Pa…
Invisible women: Josephine Balfour-Oatts reviews Annie-B Parson's feminist dance response to Samuel Pepys' Diary
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A frozen horizon: Josephine Balfour-Oatts writes on a dance-theatre piece about life on a remote lighthouse.
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Paula Garfield's hands make perfect sense. They move swiftly, phonology flying about our circle. As one of the founders of the award-winning company Deafintely Theatre, she has helped to cre…
