When the words 'blistering', 'nihilistic' and 'wayward' are used to describe the shows in a festival then you’re in for a thrill. Some of the most diverse and inventive theatrical talent will gather in the city over the next few months for The Arches’ Behaviour Festival.
The festival, which is dedicated to live performance, aims to showcase cutting-edge artists from both the UK and across the globe.
Highlights include Ishbel McFarlane’s one-woman show ‘O is for Hoolet’, which explores the Scots language. Described as a 'dream dinner party', characters including Robert Burns, the playwright’s four-year-old self and a women met drinking in a park, debate and how our native tongue has been both taught and subdued throughout the years.
The Arches, Wednesday April 15–Friday 17 April.
Irene McFarlane
Venturing off-site, Amy Sharrocks’ ‘Museum of Water’, will take place at the Kibble Palace in Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Comprising a collection of publicly donated water samples with personal stories attached. It invites you to contribute your own exhibit to the museum. There will also be a free pop up bar serving only tap water at the event.
Kibble Palace, Friday April 17–Tuesday April 21.
Ruth Corney
Japanese contemporary artist Sako Kojima will be making her home in a cage for six hours a day at The Arches, chewing on sunflower seeds and paper in her free event 'The Reason Why I Become a Hamster'. It aims to comment on how today’s humans have much in common with caged hamsters.
The Arches, Tuesday May 5–Saturday May 9.
On the eve of the General Election, three females will convene to perform an energetic exploration of the voice using words from Conservative Party conference speeches in Nic Green’s 'Cock and Bull'.
Wednesday May 6.
There’s also the UK premiere of Chris Kondek and Christiane Kuhl’s ‘Anonymous P’, a theatrical experiment where your smartphone sets the scene.
Wednesday May 6–Thursday May 7.
Behaviour, The Arches, until Sunday May 17.
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