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Recent theatre work / Video Art

Reviews of recent theatre work / video art at an international exhibition

video art
Excuses
Arte Laguna Prize

My video piece,
Excuses, one of a series of videos made as visual complements to a sequence of poems entitled Les Coffrets, was selected for the 19th edition finalists exhibition of the Arte Laguna Prize, which ran from 17 November to 18 December at the Arsenale Nord, in Venice, an amazing space and my second work to get selected for this prestigious event (following Premium in March 2023).

Arsenale Nord at night
Acknowledgements to my collaborators: videographer/editor Matt Parsons and Irish actor John Cormack.

Excuses 4 (SQUARE)
Still from the video

theatre writing
Geneva Convention
reviews

Reviews and audience feedback for my play
Geneva Convention, which was premiered at Brighton Fringe Festival last May.

“… a timely and urgent reminder of the power of theatre to discomfit. … Four women actors combine in Greek chorus, join hands, peel off, turn on each other … What’s wrought is spare, original, strange; at its deepest inconsolable. There’s a desire to unsettle and appal, a refusal to accommodate sensationalism. As this gets quieter, it shouts more loudly.”
(Simon Jenner, Fringe Review)

"A highly recommended watch! … the four performers echoing each other – completing each other’s sentences – storytelling … Hewitt’s experimentation with structure a welcomed feature of the show, something that works perfectly with our algorithmic world of distorted timelines.”
(Lucy Basaba, Theatre Fullstop)

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Photos © Peter Williams, 2024, taken at Lantern Theatre, Brighton

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AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
"Powerful & moving - a hidden gem of the Fringe! An incredible troupe of international performers.”
“Absolutely loved the show. I am spellbound.”
“A wonderful theatrical experience. Moving, painful, informative and also with humour. Amazing rhythms with the words and great thought-provoking performances.”
"Great acting and powerful staging. One of my highlights of the Fringe.”
“Beautifully choregraphed movement. ."
"Loved the stylised storytelling.”
“Great balance and textures, different languages. Music all so strong and melding so well together.”
“An amazing piece of theatre – theatre as it should be. Totally engaging and beautifully performed.”
"Four amazing actors. The techniques and the performances were fantastic.”
“Intense, deep and powerful. Strong images ..."

See the trailer here »

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