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More Beyond Reviews
"Shacklock has assembled a truly dynamic cast. They are charming, engaging, funny and devastating. You are always challenged by them and somehow feel very safe in their hands.
Beyond is about imagination and memory. Its genuine beauty, physical punch and superior storytelling make for an evening that will last with you long after the performers leave you."
The Public Reviews
"Beyond is very different. At times it made me laugh; it made me smile; it almost, but not quite, made me cry; it made me curious; it made me admire the sheer raw energy of the performers..."
Guide2Bristol
Beyond is about imagination and memory. Its genuine beauty, physical punch and superior storytelling make for an evening that will last with you long after the performers leave you."
The Public Reviews
"Beyond is very different. At times it made me laugh; it made me smile; it almost, but not quite, made me cry; it made me curious; it made me admire the sheer raw energy of the performers..."
Guide2Bristol
25 April 2012
Beyond Reviews & Audience Response
Beyond is now in full flow and we're already getting some wonderful reviews and feedback from audiences:
"Beyond is a truly extraordinary, powerfully unique theatrical experience."
Bristol Culture
"Beyond offers an exploration of audience-led theatre that anyone with a real interest in theatre will find too exciting to miss."
Local arts blogger Crysse Morrison
"Beyond is a truly extraordinary, powerfully unique theatrical experience."
Bristol Culture
"Beyond offers an exploration of audience-led theatre that anyone with a real interest in theatre will find too exciting to miss."
Local arts blogger Crysse Morrison
24 April 2012
23 April 2012
Beyond Begins
The opening night of Beyond is finally here!
It's fantastically exciting to finally show people what we've been working on for so long and what better way to get started than with a double header of performances - there are two showings tonight, one at 7pm and one at 9pm. Capacity for the show is limited so please remember to book in advance from through Bristol Old Vic.
See you at The Looking Glass!
It's fantastically exciting to finally show people what we've been working on for so long and what better way to get started than with a double header of performances - there are two showings tonight, one at 7pm and one at 9pm. Capacity for the show is limited so please remember to book in advance from through Bristol Old Vic.
See you at The Looking Glass!
20 April 2012
17 April 2012
Would you like to see the Beyond Morning Warm-Ups Continue?
"I cannot recommend highly enough this amazing sharing of process! It's so inspiring and just a perfect example of the way forward I think in this gloomy climate - a sharing of skills, expertise and an opening out of process. I'm totally inspired by it and am thinking of writing something similar into future projects that I run - I think we all should!!
"It has benefited me enormously on a personal & professional level. It's unlocked energy & creativity in me and I now see it as part of my practise for this period of time. I so much hope it can carry (I also am useless at going to the gym or doing anything 'exercise' related, so it's the only way I will resemble anything approaching 'fit'!!!"
Liz
If, like Liz, you'd like to see the Beyond morning warm-ups continue tell us why by emailing:
lbfrank@bristololdvic.org.uk
"It has benefited me enormously on a personal & professional level. It's unlocked energy & creativity in me and I now see it as part of my practise for this period of time. I so much hope it can carry (I also am useless at going to the gym or doing anything 'exercise' related, so it's the only way I will resemble anything approaching 'fit'!!!"
Liz
If, like Liz, you'd like to see the Beyond morning warm-ups continue tell us why by emailing:
lbfrank@bristololdvic.org.uk
12 April 2012
Rehearsal Diary – Week #5
And so it continues... I can't believe we are into week 5! We have all started to feel a twinge of something funny at the very sad realisation that in two and half weeks it will all be over! No!! We want to keep going beyond... I mean... there is always further beyond, and then there is beyond that... and you can even go beyond that. Basically beyond should never end. There is no end when it comes to Beyond.
The latter half of last week and the first half of this week has been a little quieter at morning class. Me thinks that chocolate eating may have been prioritised over super sweaty warm ups. But the Beyond team keep going. Good Friday and Easter Monday were both blessed with the usual Beyond style warm up and we will continue for the next week and a half. So if you haven't been yet... get down there quick! It's not every week that you can do a class, surrounded by delightful folk from all over town, for only a quid! And all of you seasoned warm up people - we look forward to sharing our last week with you. DanceSpace 10:00 - 11:30 every day (ooh except Thursday 19th which is going to be at 9:15am).
Things got a little crazy last Thursday and Friday and, following a request from one of our producers for more absurdity in the work, we really went somewhere else. And there was a lot of giggling. This week the performers have a week off (although that hasn't stopped them coming to morning class and checking in with me every now and then), so that my team of designers can take over the space and do their thing without being disturbed by flailing limbs, loud drumming and silly songs. The building is undergoing a bit of a transformation and I have to say it is all looking pretty darn exciting.
Some memories from the last week... ski float... the laughter waltz... shoes meant for two... pubescent teens... voices breaking... rope man kicks ass... a backflip suspiciously reminiscent of a cartwheel... some seriously uncomfortable lying down... people's private parts get revealed... a lot of talk about high heeled shoes... jobs list... real eye contact... putting the rubbish out... tantrums... tears... fears... growth... wonderful friendships... easter egg hunts... missing eggs... sewing.... sewing... sewing... transformations... lights... lights... lights... ambitious plans... the endeavour to keep going further beyond never falters.
So next week is our final rehearsal week. Eeeek! This means it is only 12 days until the first performance. Eeeek! If you haven't already, you had better get your tickets quick! There are only 50 available for each show and I would like to think this is something you won't want to miss.
Isabelle Cressy - Time has passed me by like the changing of season. At the beginning there was a suggestion of what's to come, in our heads we all knew the daffodils would be out by April. Then almost overnight spring has sprung and everything is awash with sounds, smells and colours more vibrant than I ever remember. Now here we are, four weeks of rehearsal down and I can't quite believe it. How has it been? Hilarious, frustrating, pregnant with potential not quite reached, but ultimately, liberating. Like caterpillars into and out of the chrysalis, we are about to take flight, there's a whole new world out there and it's going to be a sensory delight. The best thing is, anything can happen.
See you at morning class!
Karla x
The latter half of last week and the first half of this week has been a little quieter at morning class. Me thinks that chocolate eating may have been prioritised over super sweaty warm ups. But the Beyond team keep going. Good Friday and Easter Monday were both blessed with the usual Beyond style warm up and we will continue for the next week and a half. So if you haven't been yet... get down there quick! It's not every week that you can do a class, surrounded by delightful folk from all over town, for only a quid! And all of you seasoned warm up people - we look forward to sharing our last week with you. DanceSpace 10:00 - 11:30 every day (ooh except Thursday 19th which is going to be at 9:15am).
Things got a little crazy last Thursday and Friday and, following a request from one of our producers for more absurdity in the work, we really went somewhere else. And there was a lot of giggling. This week the performers have a week off (although that hasn't stopped them coming to morning class and checking in with me every now and then), so that my team of designers can take over the space and do their thing without being disturbed by flailing limbs, loud drumming and silly songs. The building is undergoing a bit of a transformation and I have to say it is all looking pretty darn exciting.
Some memories from the last week... ski float... the laughter waltz... shoes meant for two... pubescent teens... voices breaking... rope man kicks ass... a backflip suspiciously reminiscent of a cartwheel... some seriously uncomfortable lying down... people's private parts get revealed... a lot of talk about high heeled shoes... jobs list... real eye contact... putting the rubbish out... tantrums... tears... fears... growth... wonderful friendships... easter egg hunts... missing eggs... sewing.... sewing... sewing... transformations... lights... lights... lights... ambitious plans... the endeavour to keep going further beyond never falters.
So next week is our final rehearsal week. Eeeek! This means it is only 12 days until the first performance. Eeeek! If you haven't already, you had better get your tickets quick! There are only 50 available for each show and I would like to think this is something you won't want to miss.
Isabelle Cressy - Time has passed me by like the changing of season. At the beginning there was a suggestion of what's to come, in our heads we all knew the daffodils would be out by April. Then almost overnight spring has sprung and everything is awash with sounds, smells and colours more vibrant than I ever remember. Now here we are, four weeks of rehearsal down and I can't quite believe it. How has it been? Hilarious, frustrating, pregnant with potential not quite reached, but ultimately, liberating. Like caterpillars into and out of the chrysalis, we are about to take flight, there's a whole new world out there and it's going to be a sensory delight. The best thing is, anything can happen.
See you at morning class!
Karla x
11 April 2012
5 April 2012
Rehearsal Diary – Week #4
We roll smoothly into week four with just as much vigor as week one. Actually 'roll' and 'smoothly' are not really apt. What really happened is that we dived head first into the mass abyss of Beyond, at times we floated, at times we soared, at times we plummeted, but always hand-in-hand, just on the edge of being safe, always trusting that we will find our way. And we always do. And it feels so good. So very very good. We crack it and then we lose it and then we crack it all over again, but this time we really crack it, no doubt there will be some more losses, some more blind fumbling before the end, but at the moment we have clear sight surging us forward.
Morning warm ups continue to have been wonderful, with yet more people coming out of the woodwork. Where are you all coming from?! Today was the only day in four weeks that we didn't have anybody 'new' in the room. Seasoned warm up people only today and it meant we could push it even further. We are making some real friends with those that come regularly, and loving meeting those of you that pass by occasionally leaving a big sweaty puddle in your wake. So keep it up Bristol artists, we are running for another two and half weeks, so there's still time to pay your £1 and get super fit with the Beyond-ites!
Here's some things that spring to mind from the last week of the Beyond laboratory: breaking... fixing... power... being masculine... being feminine... laughing like never ever before... tears of joy rolling down many cheeks... sore abs (not from the sit ups but from the laughter)... the milkshake/cocktail... laughing heads on laughing tummies... bonding... trusting... a safe place... audience at the window... cake in the park... more jar revision... the unveiling of exciting design plans... there's going to be a solo... more jar rules... more jar culling... lengthy jar time... missing each other at the weekend... feeling violated... who touched our stuff?... someone nicked our flyer box... adding Izzie to jars... door banging... heart to hearts... check ins... growing up... reliving puberty... voices breaking... it was difficult becomes more difficult... four ticks... our first small audience... anxieties... performing... Fionn's wise words... middle of the night realisations... we must go beyond... we must go beyond... we must go beyond... be self... be in the present... experience... live... a new energy... a new understanding... a new audience... just being... we found something. Now we need to get silly again!
Thank you Beyond team for another incredible week - especially my performers who I continue to be humbled by every single day. You are a very very special group of people and I am so grateful for everything you are.
Jon - Technical notes become thin on the ground at this end of the process. The director sits bolt upright in the middle of the night and says 'we need to go beyond'. This morning as Bristol in all its shapes, moods and colours streams past the window we talk about what "it" is. 'Invent nothing deny nothing', 'invite being seen by seeing'. The best of the esoteric arsenal bubbles out of us as impassioned as the first time it was formulated. Its not just words, its a breathing commitment to uncover and uncover and uncover and then not stop. We do an American football style hands in the middle, everyone looking in the eyes of the others. There's no irony, its us making promises from the bottom of our heart to ourselves and each other, its an invitation to grace. We lunch, digest. Then we do it. The piece sings, it soars, it crashes and then laughs from the pit of its stomach. Its beautiful and dangerous and those few souls who saw it are bubbling with stuff to say fresh from the sea of experience.
Chek - Getting drunk on the experience allowing the work to absorb every part of you. Finding through listening. Trusting you will hear. Knowing there are places you are unwelcome and sacred constellations not to be intruded upon. I encounter boundaries, which confuse me. May be I didn't find the essence in time and I'm out. Searching for the epicentre, to go beyond the safe yet remain within the framework, the structure of the jar. Never free improvised explorations but further exploration of the essence of every jar we open. The more we search the more we find and the further we can go. I fight the fear and force myself to transmute fear to excitement. I grab the courage to go there but go further through the there. I can only share who I am at that moment where we meet. I always desire that encounter and cherish that moment and regret when that moment passes and I missed my chance with you. LET GO and find the next.
See you at morning class everyone!
Karla
Morning warm ups continue to have been wonderful, with yet more people coming out of the woodwork. Where are you all coming from?! Today was the only day in four weeks that we didn't have anybody 'new' in the room. Seasoned warm up people only today and it meant we could push it even further. We are making some real friends with those that come regularly, and loving meeting those of you that pass by occasionally leaving a big sweaty puddle in your wake. So keep it up Bristol artists, we are running for another two and half weeks, so there's still time to pay your £1 and get super fit with the Beyond-ites!
Here's some things that spring to mind from the last week of the Beyond laboratory: breaking... fixing... power... being masculine... being feminine... laughing like never ever before... tears of joy rolling down many cheeks... sore abs (not from the sit ups but from the laughter)... the milkshake/cocktail... laughing heads on laughing tummies... bonding... trusting... a safe place... audience at the window... cake in the park... more jar revision... the unveiling of exciting design plans... there's going to be a solo... more jar rules... more jar culling... lengthy jar time... missing each other at the weekend... feeling violated... who touched our stuff?... someone nicked our flyer box... adding Izzie to jars... door banging... heart to hearts... check ins... growing up... reliving puberty... voices breaking... it was difficult becomes more difficult... four ticks... our first small audience... anxieties... performing... Fionn's wise words... middle of the night realisations... we must go beyond... we must go beyond... we must go beyond... be self... be in the present... experience... live... a new energy... a new understanding... a new audience... just being... we found something. Now we need to get silly again!
Thank you Beyond team for another incredible week - especially my performers who I continue to be humbled by every single day. You are a very very special group of people and I am so grateful for everything you are.
Jon - Technical notes become thin on the ground at this end of the process. The director sits bolt upright in the middle of the night and says 'we need to go beyond'. This morning as Bristol in all its shapes, moods and colours streams past the window we talk about what "it" is. 'Invent nothing deny nothing', 'invite being seen by seeing'. The best of the esoteric arsenal bubbles out of us as impassioned as the first time it was formulated. Its not just words, its a breathing commitment to uncover and uncover and uncover and then not stop. We do an American football style hands in the middle, everyone looking in the eyes of the others. There's no irony, its us making promises from the bottom of our heart to ourselves and each other, its an invitation to grace. We lunch, digest. Then we do it. The piece sings, it soars, it crashes and then laughs from the pit of its stomach. Its beautiful and dangerous and those few souls who saw it are bubbling with stuff to say fresh from the sea of experience.
Chek - Getting drunk on the experience allowing the work to absorb every part of you. Finding through listening. Trusting you will hear. Knowing there are places you are unwelcome and sacred constellations not to be intruded upon. I encounter boundaries, which confuse me. May be I didn't find the essence in time and I'm out. Searching for the epicentre, to go beyond the safe yet remain within the framework, the structure of the jar. Never free improvised explorations but further exploration of the essence of every jar we open. The more we search the more we find and the further we can go. I fight the fear and force myself to transmute fear to excitement. I grab the courage to go there but go further through the there. I can only share who I am at that moment where we meet. I always desire that encounter and cherish that moment and regret when that moment passes and I missed my chance with you. LET GO and find the next.
See you at morning class everyone!
Karla
2 April 2012
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