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press quotes " Few are as able as Lloyd Newson to put a finger on the trivia and taboos of our lives and, without moralising, to turn them into urgently important, physically charged, humerous and poetic pieces of art which not only kills our stereotypical conceptions but also questions the performing arts, and dance in particular .... .... DV8 turns kitchen-sink realism into art of circus, bares patterns we know very well already, deep down, but makes us see the subtle changes ....
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.... The Happiest Day of My Life was led by a Kingsley Amis quote, 'Love teaches us who we are and what life is itself', followed by Newson's question, 'But are we prepared to accept the consequences of this knowledge?' The answer is left to us in the audience. The water is a glittering illusion around man's incurable loneliness." from Svenska Dagbladet Stockholm [première] |
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" Newson's production will be an event of the world theatre season this year .... .... The actors move and dance excellently - they are expressive types of personality. They are not extraordinarily beautiful, at least not if they are measured against what is shown in erotic or fashion magazines, but what is created is beauty." from Mlada fronta dnes Prague [previews] "A physical display of the highest class, tremendously funny and heart-rendingly beautiful." from Aarhus Stiftstidende Aarhus  |