By Ben Walter
HyPe; Sidespace Gallery
HyPe; Sidespace Gallery
6.30pm Tuesday 22nd
May
The Sidespace Gallery proves a
surprisingly cosy venue for two theatrical performances developed
through the HyPe initiative, a program facilitated by the Salamanca
Arts Centre for the development of theatre with experimental and
cross-disciplinary tendencies.
Bijou's Secret,
written and performed by Fiona Stewart, is an arresting one-hander
exploring lost intimacies between three generations of women - an
immigrant French woman, Bijou, her alcoholic, academic daughter and
artistic granddaughter. Stewart is a compelling performer,
confidently inhabiting the three roles and switching between them
with ease; a slight adjustment of the hair serving as sufficient cue.
