Last night Mum, He-Who-Does-Not-Want-To-Be-Named (HWDNWTBN)
and I went to “Between the Lines”, a
whimsical amalgamation of circus, poetry and dance playing at BATS Theatre from
3rd to 14th February 2015. Originally performed outdoors
as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival the new and improved show at BATs has
a bunch of new acts, a bigger cast and of course wonderful poetry by Genevieve Fowler.
Circus has been experiencing a world-wide resurgence over
recent years as demonstrated by the success of shows like “EMPIRE”, which visited
New Zealand in late 2014. “Between the
Lines” is home-grown Wellington Circus originally conceived by Tess Munro
Pedreros and performed by Tess along with Evelyn Coulson, Andrea Knox and
Rebekah Jeromson.
Andrea’s Aerial Silks solo was a real highlight for me, the use of a wind machine to make the silks look like sheets blowing in the wind had a transformative depth that gave me that lovely tingly feeling I get when the art-magic happens. What the socks got up to when they were left out on the line at night was also a stand-out and anyone who has ever enjoyed the guilty pleasure of spinning on a Rotary Washing Line is sure to love the indulgent finale.
The performances were held together by the poetry, read by Genevieve, which explored laundry related themes such as domesticity, fashion and family. The poems were on-sale in zine form for a modest donation after the show - probably the best value poetry purchase I’ll make this year.
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