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Post by lawrunto on Nov 12, 2019 15:39:27 GMT
Vault Festival have launched some of their shows today -I’ve not lived in london whilst it’s on so never been but I’m moving in a few weeks and want to make the most of it! Anyone been before and give me some tips as to how to choose which shows to see??
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 12, 2019 20:58:26 GMT
I really like the festival as its fun and quirky. Always a bit potluck on the quality but thats part of its charm.
The venue is great. Very fringe. Nice atmosphere with a buzzing crowd and thankfully not formal in anyway
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Post by talkingheads on Nov 12, 2019 22:48:35 GMT
Yeah I always go and see some shows from the improv company The Free Association, their SORRY show is particularly good.
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Post by Dave B on Nov 12, 2019 23:08:50 GMT
Stagedoor has just emailed out a blast about 2 for 1 early bird tickets available through their app. Worth a look!
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Post by Dave B on Jan 31, 2020 22:41:00 GMT
Our first of half a dozen Vault Festival plays this evening. Something Awful Soph and her best friend Jel love scary stories. They hunt for the best ones on creepypasta sites, hunting the darkest online corners. But then strange and beautiful new girl Ellie turns up at school with a horror story of her own; a mysterious figure in the woods, the shadow of an axe. And when a girl in a nearby town goes missing, it seems their online monster’s come to life.
Something Awful is a new play from Vault Award winning and Off West End Award nominated team Tatty Hennessy and Lucy Jane Atkinson, inspired by the real true crime story of the Slenderman. It’s a play about what we should be scared of, and where the real monsters live.
It's not quite what it seems, it moves more towards a coming of age tale but unfortunately there isn't much original to it. It takes a lot from the Slenderman story. However the three young actors are really good and bring a lot to the script.
Good crowd around and the place was very busy.
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Post by Dave B on Feb 11, 2020 22:41:46 GMT
Two this evening. The 4th Country
Misunderstood, neglected and under-reported, Northern Ireland is just across the water but feels a million miles away.
Set in contemporary Northern Ireland, The 4th Country looks at the ways in which global political decisions impact the lives of ordinary people. Most of the stories that inspired The 4th Country only earned a single article in the British press. As old wounds heal, and new ones open, we see the extraordinary changes facing Northern Ireland through the lives of ordinary people.
Funny, really funny at times. A lot of fourth wall breaking with the cast also playing themselves in moments between scenes and notably at the start and the end of the play. Clever, possibly not quite as clever as it was aiming for. Strong cast who do well at their roles and at themselves.
The First
- "What do you think they’ll say?"
- "Whatever it is, it’ll all be wrong."
- "Maybe. We’re the most famous people alive right now."
- "Right now. Yes."
A spacecraft approaches Mars. They are The First.
Back on Earth, two writers compose two speeches. One if the mission succeeds. And another...
When things start to go wrong aboard just days away from the Red Planet, astronauts Rose and Simeon are faced with the prospect of being more alone than any two humans in history.
Meanwhile, experienced political hack Marcus and celebrated screenwriter Aisha must find the words to summarise a feat bigger than words, and a disaster that may never happen.
The actors double up, each playing an astronaut and a speechwriter back on earth and this is done really well. The transitions are good and the actors do well with it. I did enjoy the show but I also left thinking that it should be bumped from it's 60 min run time to about 90 minutes and be a low budget movie. I think it would suit that format a lot more.
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Post by Dave B on Feb 21, 2020 10:52:53 GMT
AtlanticOn the edge of the coast, there is nothing but horizon. Nothing but horizon, and a figure in the distance. In the distance—somewhere between you and the possibility of something different.
Emma and PJ are having trouble walking across a room. Perhaps they are lost, or confused, or scared to move forward. Or maybe it’s because they’re in the middle of the ocean.
ATLANTIC is a clown romance about division and drift. Created across Portsmouth and San Francisco, it’s a vintage aquarium fantasia about the tensions between humans and nations. Two people crash into each other, again and again. They push and they pull. The ground echoes with the shifting of tectonic plates. It begins to rain.
This is the debut show of international performance duo emma + pj. It is a love story made out of fragments from two homes by the sea. You might get wet.
Fab!
A long cavern in the vault, one actor at each end with a handheld mic... plugged into the speaker behind the other actor. They talk, the move closer, they move apart. The mics pick up heartbeats and blood pumping around the body. The sea is always there, there's a drip and then it's raining.
We really, really enjoyed this. The two actors are great. A natural, easy chemistry makes their relationship utterly believeable and you want them to overcome the distance and go for it. Slight pacing issues in a couple of places, there's a little lull once or twice but that's a minor quibble. Going to be very interested in anything else these two do.
NOTCH
A girl. An empty street. A half-eaten Subway.
And you. And you passing in the rain. Turning the corner when I saw you.
A.A. is moving from Eastern Europe to the promised land of Guinness and gift shops: Dublin.
Everyone says she’ll do well ‘cause she owns slacks and knows how to spell. But it turns out that you don't just grow out of working in retail. Or get on the property ladder. Or ascend the corporate ladder. Or own a ladder... without money.
NOTCH is new solo show about sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin, exploring the links between xenophobia, mental health and homelessness. Croatian writer/actor Danaja Wass draws on her own experiences of a capital that has become increasingly polarized and daunting for people who are seen as foreign, inadequate, alien or simply ‘other’.
Directed by Madelaine Moore LADYKILLER (VAULT Pleasance Award Winner 2019), ALGORITHMS, FATTY FAT FAT (VAULT Origins Award Winner 2019)
Dark, at times very dark but also very funny.. er darkly funny. A one woman show about, well about a lot of things but 'other' kinda covers it all. A bit of an odd one, the performance varies between great and flat - possibly as a choice. I really don't know about this one. I thought bits of it were great and other bits not so much. I think it might try to cover too much, a little bit of work and it could be great.
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Post by Forrest on Feb 21, 2020 23:25:11 GMT
Dave B I saw Notch on Wednesday night. (Were we in the same audience?) I wanted to love it (being Croatian myself, I secretly hoped it would be terrific enough to write home about!), but didn't. I thought it lost focus pretty quickly, it was cynical on an individual level rather than set to question the faults of the system (it was, I thought, almost quite aggressive and mean at times), the dramaturgy was pretty poor (it kept jumping from one thing to another, but with no clear narrative, just - seemingly - for the surprise effect of it) and her unhealthy obsession with her colleague made me cringe, especially during the description of that really odd scene (which, had she been a man, would have - I am certain - been called out as awfully distasteful). It also failed to, I think, give any voice to the immigrants, which it claims to aim to do, since the issues it did kind of deal with were actually universal (being a woman alone is always going to be scary, mental health issues are always going to be scary, people will be cruel to you if you are homeless regardless of your passport, and homelessness is, yes, always scary...). All in all, I failed to particularly enjoy it. Earlier during the festival I saw Joe Sellman-Leava's Fanboy, and loved it so much that I went back to see another one of his plays, Labels. And Labels turned out being one of the most phenomenal things I've seen in a while: it is such a beautifully told story of what being different and foreign is like in the UK; charming, sweet, fantastically performed, both gently funny and kind of sad, really really smart (in terms of the research that had clearly gone into it). It is also wonderfully imaginative, bringing to life many characters by one performer using voice impressions. It is just such a wonderful piece of storytelling, I'd love to see it again, but sadly it had a one-time only slot at the festival since it's not a new play. It has turned me into a definite fan of its author, though. If you come across Fanboy (it was a work in progress at the Vault, but should hopefully play elsewhere soon), I highly recommend that too.
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Post by Dave B on Feb 22, 2020 10:55:03 GMT
Dave B I saw Notch on Wednesday night. (Were we in the same audience?) .... All in all, I failed to particularly enjoy it. Nah, we went Thursday.
It's on another days's consideration, sitting a lot less well with me. In particular reading some reviews and some bits on Twitter, the later sexual assault wasn't clear to either of us and that wasn't handled or presented well. So I think that it needs even more work but I still think there could be something in it.
A shame, I first noted it for the Irish connection. Would have been better if we'd had a good Croat and a good Irish show!  |
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Post by zahidf on Jul 29, 2020 10:10:33 GMT
next years festival posponed to 2022
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Post by Dave B on Nov 2, 2021 10:12:03 GMT
Vault 2022 has just launched the first 15 or so events along with a new ticketing price and membership scheme. vaultfestival.com/events/? |
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Post by zahidf on Nov 2, 2021 11:27:42 GMT
Full line up announced Nov 23rd
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Post by cavocado on Jan 4, 2022 13:43:03 GMT
Just had an email to say this year's festival is cancelled. Very sad news.
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Post by Dave B on Jan 4, 2022 13:51:38 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 4, 2022 13:52:25 GMT
Absolutely gutted. I love this festival. Going down into those little alcoves by Waterloo. I really fear for the Edinburgh Fringe, assuming a decision on that will have to be made fairly soon.
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Post by stevej678 on Jan 4, 2022 14:00:00 GMT
I really fear for the Edinburgh Fringe, assuming a decision on that will have to be made fairly soon. Sad to see the Vault Festival cancelled and a shame that so many works in progress which were clearly Edinburgh bound won't get a try-out there. However, I think there's no chance that the Edinburgh Fringe will be cancelled this year, regardless of the temporary measures currently in place in Scotland. All the main Edinburgh venues are gearing up for a return to 'business as usual' this summer, are open to applications (unlike this time last year) for performances across their full range of spaces, and there's no realistic expectation that any significant restrictions are likely to be in place come the summer that would prevent it from happening. |
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Post by zahidf on Jan 4, 2022 14:03:20 GMT
Such a shame, I really enjoyed it in 2020, and was looking forward to it this year.
As to the Fringe in Edinbrugh, who knows what will happen. Scotland aren't exactly welcoming towards events happening it seems and I do worry they'll be keeping their social distancing Regulations in place 'just in case'
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Post by stevej678 on Jan 4, 2022 14:16:40 GMT
Such a shame, I really enjoyed it in 2020, and was looking forward to it this year. As to the Fringe in Edinbrugh, who knows what will happen. Scotland aren't exactly welcoming towards events happening it seems and I do worry they'll be keeping their social distancing Regulations in place 'just in case' The rules are currently in place in Scotland until 17 January, I think. While they might be extended for a limited period beyond that, it would surely be politically unsustainable for them to continue into the spring, never mind the summer. The outlook for the Fringe looks completely different to me this year compared to 12 months ago and March 2020. |
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Post by zahidf on Jan 4, 2022 14:23:48 GMT
Such a shame, I really enjoyed it in 2020, and was looking forward to it this year. As to the Fringe in Edinbrugh, who knows what will happen. Scotland aren't exactly welcoming towards events happening it seems and I do worry they'll be keeping their social distancing Regulations in place 'just in case' The rules are currently in place in Scotland until 17 January, I think. While they might be extended for a limited period beyond that, it would surely be politically unsustainable for them to continue into the spring, never mind the summer. The outlook for the Fringe looks completely different to me this year compared to 12 months ago and March 2020. I hope so, I really missed the Fringe the last 2 years and would love to do a week this year at full blast |
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