Taylor's Dummies
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Taylor's Dummies is a physical theatre
production by the Gecko
theatre company. The play has scored rave reviews not only in local but national press, due to the sheer energy and intelligence that the performers utilise. The play uses dozens of witty techniques that distort the audience's perception and understanding, such as top-down views (a performer sits on the wall at the back of the stage), people running up walls and flying, and cleverly scaled sets.
The story is very abstractly told, and follows the story of Taylor (played by three performers) after a chance encounter with a beautiful woman. The plot then plumbs the depths of male desire, and also references Taylor's childhood. One effective scene is where one fully grown performer walks up to a huge door, creating the effective illusion that he is a child.
The sound and music to Gecko's production is also outstanding - the music is composed mainly of 1950's jazz, interspersed with intense, live drumming and even a doll of a baby singing 'Fly Me To The Moon
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Physical theatre
Physical theatre is used to describe any mode of performance that pursues storytelling or drama through primarily and secondarily physical and mental means. There are several quite distinct but indistinct traditions of performance which all describe themselves using the term "physical theatre",...
production by the Gecko
Gecko (theatre company)
The Gecko Theatre Company is an international physical theatre company based in the UK. Gecko was founded in 2001 by Amit Lahav and Allel Nedjari, who became co-artistic directors of the company . Their mission is to “serve as a launch pad for our audience’s imaginations, awakening their senses...
theatre company. The play has scored rave reviews not only in local but national press, due to the sheer energy and intelligence that the performers utilise. The play uses dozens of witty techniques that distort the audience's perception and understanding, such as top-down views (a performer sits on the wall at the back of the stage), people running up walls and flying, and cleverly scaled sets.
The story is very abstractly told, and follows the story of Taylor (played by three performers) after a chance encounter with a beautiful woman. The plot then plumbs the depths of male desire, and also references Taylor's childhood. One effective scene is where one fully grown performer walks up to a huge door, creating the effective illusion that he is a child.
The sound and music to Gecko's production is also outstanding - the music is composed mainly of 1950's jazz, interspersed with intense, live drumming and even a doll of a baby singing 'Fly Me To The Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
"Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets...
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