dream//life

'dream//life' by tidy carnage, The Bike Shed Theatre

A lover's embrace turns into the muscular spasms, a playful performance of 'Feeling Good' turns chilling and a strong couple dream of the life they had before motor neurone disease took its toll.

tidy carnage are a new collective of theatre makers who specialise in physical performances with lots of dance and movement - so of course I was very interested to see how they would portray a story about MND which, at its simplest, is characterised by the loss of movement. The result is a tear-wrenching juxtaposition of two lives before and after MND strikes using music, singing, dance and mime.

I know it's lovely and hot outside at the moment, but come 7.30 it's definitely worth heading down in to the Bike Shed theatre to catch this bijoux performance. It's only on one more week.

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dream//life is on Tuesday - Saturday, 7.30pm. There is also screening of 'I Am Breathing', a film about MND on Wednesday at 6pm right before the play.
Tickets £7-10