Jason Whyte

Peeling back the onion

In a socialist workers paradise, no one, not even children, can be complacent. Fortunately, the Department of Propaganda and Agitation…

14 years ago

Still a bit green

According to director Iris-Edwige Gaillard’s notes, Banana Republic, a live performance in which a roving video camera relays certain aspects…

14 years ago

But who is Nina Simone?

I get excited by the idea of a cabaret show that promises to teach me something about an artist. What…

14 years ago

Brecht: Bilbao and Beyond – The society we permit ourselves

On a dim stage with only a piano and two chairs, veteran performer Chuck Mallett ambled on stage with the…

14 years ago

iRevelevant

Performer Mike Daisey presented The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs in the US in March 2012. Termed a “protest-play”…

14 years ago

Only if you do ‘Remember the days’

As carbon under the right conditions might form an appealing – but not always perfect – diamond, the elements of…

14 years ago

The snowballing weight of Hoy Polloy

Tribes originally offered protection from the elements and now afford a supportive space that allows us to be ourselves. An…

14 years ago

Until Tomorrow – song cycle

According to popular reckoning, the calendar of the Mayan civilisation tells us that 21 December 2012 is the last day…

14 years ago

Message or story?

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the eponymous prince calls Denmark a prison and when his childhood friends disagree he remarks "Why then…

14 years ago