Blushing | Zen Zen Zo
Each performer was equally captivating, and they worked so cohesively together you could easily forget who specifically had just done what. Strikingly choreographed, with engagingly over the top movements and reactions. These were recognisably human, but also sometimes exaggerated beyond normal expression like a hall of mirrors, performed in a stylised way that made me lean into the action.
Blushing | Zen Zen Zo
Sometimes it felt like the two acted as friends, or sometimes lovers, in other scenes I felt as if they were reflections of self and shadow self., hidden desires pushing up through layers of societal expectations, repressions and social niceties. The chorus swung in and out and around the two as they journeyed through different trials of purity and expression, emancipation and repression.
The Tempest | Zen Zen Zo
The Tempest is a play in which none of the narratives have much substance. Instead, the focus is on the complexities of being human and the consequences of our actions. On the surface, the play appears like a world of magic, love and loss, but Bradley asks us to look beneath the surface.