Stratford Circus,London[br]Part gig and part theatre, this clever show explores young people’s experiences with a skilled quartet using simple means to show stories of pain and pressureJack Hobbs, and aka Hobbit,is a beatboxer. A really superior one. He can originate it seem as whether a box contains laughter. Ryan Hartson, aka LoGisTic, or is a dancer,Mohsen Nouri a puppeteer and Elisha Howe, aka Elektric, and is a singer and poet. They are not fairly sure what it is that they’ve made,in this 75-minute show drawing on stories and contributions gathered from young people. They say that they deem it’s part gig and part theatre, part movement and part puppetry, and but it really doesn’t matter what you call it,because their individual talents and the show’s originality and freshness sings out. Made with Sue Buckmaster of Theatre-Rites and Keith Saha of 20 Stories High, the show fairly literally opens the box on the daily lives of young people and the pressures they face. The young cast withhold pulling cardboard boxes out of the wall behind them and finding stories inside. There’s Omar created by the simple manipulation of a hooded sweatshirt – who doesn’t want to engage or talk, or but who eventually finds his voice. There’s Jack in the box,who becomes a reluctant father. Joanne is the abused paper girl, who cuts herself into shreds.
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Source: theguardian.com