Slipper
24-03-2006, 11:08 AM
Booking now for this. This is by the company from Argentina that did De La Guarda which I missed. A critic commented on that as "Better than sex" so this should be pretty energetic.
Fuerzabruta opens with its keynote image: a man running endlessly on a speeding treadmill, desperately trying to keep up, while doors, chairs and walls are flung at him. The audience gathers around him since, as with Villa Villa, the show takes place in a vast warehouse with no seating. As we watch, he bursts through the obstacles, leaping with little joy, until he is gunned down, his chest exploding with blood. Then he is up again, through doors and into a cafe where a man sits, eating. The cafe’s tables and chairs are caught up on the treadmill, so the two performers must battle to prevent them from being snatched away and catapulted into the crowd.
Above us, a couple writhe around a water tank. She is inside, her flimsy clothing soaked through. He is trapped without, pressing his body against the Perspex wall to achieve some fleeting satisfaction. And so the show unfolds, at times using scenes from a nightmare, at times toying with erotically charged images. A huge glass pool descends on the audience and threatens to crush us, as girls splash playfully in their underwear. A vertical wall of foil cracks and waves while suspended performers cling to its undulations. Each scene could be the finale of a lesser show, but somehow the performers manage to top each one, satisfying the craving for a new visual fix every few minutes.
extracted from here
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2774-2041760,00.html
A review
The aerobatic mavericks behind De La Guarda make a much anticipated return to the UK this summer. From the first of June the Argentine company will be in residence at London's Roundhouse with a new piece entitled Fuerzabruta.
The experimental group have visited the country twice, both times enjoying rapturous responses from audiences entranced by their highly visual, frenetic, no-holds barred approach to visual theatre.
The new show's title, literally Brute Force, gives an idea of just where De La Guarda's creators are rooted on the creative barometer - their work is not for the faint-hearted.
The Roundhouse - in London's Chalk Farm - is the perfect setting for the highly charged atmsophere Fuerzabruta seeks to create. There's no seating so audiences are up-close-and-personal to the performers.
There's violence, eroticism and moments sure to make the assembled crowd gasp - at one point a huge glass pool, in which is encased a gaggle of splashing girls - descends towards the ground, threatening to crush them.
It's heart-in-the-mouth moments like this, combined with evocative lighting and thumping soundtracks, that promise to offer an experience that is anarchic and surreal. There's also a very deliberate intention to make audiences feel ever so slightly uncomfortable throughout the proceedings. Miss this show at your peril...
You will leave this show wanting more.
A powerful music score, strobe lighting, nudity (moderate), water (lots), scenes of a poetic, violent and beautiful nature and a whole lot of mess. It is an all-standing rave of a show. High heels are not advisable. Dress casual, you may get wet; you may get dirty. Bring friends and dancing shoes and prepare for sensory overload.
Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!
Fuerzabruta opens with its keynote image: a man running endlessly on a speeding treadmill, desperately trying to keep up, while doors, chairs and walls are flung at him. The audience gathers around him since, as with Villa Villa, the show takes place in a vast warehouse with no seating. As we watch, he bursts through the obstacles, leaping with little joy, until he is gunned down, his chest exploding with blood. Then he is up again, through doors and into a cafe where a man sits, eating. The cafe’s tables and chairs are caught up on the treadmill, so the two performers must battle to prevent them from being snatched away and catapulted into the crowd.
Above us, a couple writhe around a water tank. She is inside, her flimsy clothing soaked through. He is trapped without, pressing his body against the Perspex wall to achieve some fleeting satisfaction. And so the show unfolds, at times using scenes from a nightmare, at times toying with erotically charged images. A huge glass pool descends on the audience and threatens to crush us, as girls splash playfully in their underwear. A vertical wall of foil cracks and waves while suspended performers cling to its undulations. Each scene could be the finale of a lesser show, but somehow the performers manage to top each one, satisfying the craving for a new visual fix every few minutes.
extracted from here
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2774-2041760,00.html
A review
The aerobatic mavericks behind De La Guarda make a much anticipated return to the UK this summer. From the first of June the Argentine company will be in residence at London's Roundhouse with a new piece entitled Fuerzabruta.
The experimental group have visited the country twice, both times enjoying rapturous responses from audiences entranced by their highly visual, frenetic, no-holds barred approach to visual theatre.
The new show's title, literally Brute Force, gives an idea of just where De La Guarda's creators are rooted on the creative barometer - their work is not for the faint-hearted.
The Roundhouse - in London's Chalk Farm - is the perfect setting for the highly charged atmsophere Fuerzabruta seeks to create. There's no seating so audiences are up-close-and-personal to the performers.
There's violence, eroticism and moments sure to make the assembled crowd gasp - at one point a huge glass pool, in which is encased a gaggle of splashing girls - descends towards the ground, threatening to crush them.
It's heart-in-the-mouth moments like this, combined with evocative lighting and thumping soundtracks, that promise to offer an experience that is anarchic and surreal. There's also a very deliberate intention to make audiences feel ever so slightly uncomfortable throughout the proceedings. Miss this show at your peril...
You will leave this show wanting more.
A powerful music score, strobe lighting, nudity (moderate), water (lots), scenes of a poetic, violent and beautiful nature and a whole lot of mess. It is an all-standing rave of a show. High heels are not advisable. Dress casual, you may get wet; you may get dirty. Bring friends and dancing shoes and prepare for sensory overload.
Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!