**** (4 stars)
“Gripping and Taunt”
Award winning Canadian based contemporary arial dance company Corpo imago bring “Imago” to the 2025 festival in a performance that is gripping and taunt as it is capturing and engaging. Directed and Choreographed by Fabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughs, both formerly of the acclaimed Cirque Du Soleil, Imago is an exploration of the space between humanity of hanging on letting go between two souls tapped in dark netherworld.
Deploying an original cinematic Score by Nicolas Bernier combined with an expressive and dark lighting design from Sophie Tang this is a tour de force performance from Eowynn Enquist and Isak Enquist whose ariel work captures the audience from off as does their sublime physicality.
Its an engaging 40 minutes of work that takes the physical possibility of the human body to its extremes although for those who are claustrophobic this isn’t the show for you as the darkness envelopes both the performers and the audience and at times feels suffocating but that adds to the overall production that draws the audience in both visually and physically which is a real achievement.
The performance runs at 1pm and makes for transient lunch time treat and as you renter the sun filled light of the city once more it does leave you pondering what you have just watched, and its clear Imago is show that will long in the memory.
For lovers of physical theatre this is a show which will enliven you as much as entertain you and that’s why the company are packing them into the dark recesses of the assembly Roxy so be sure to grab a ticket and explore the realms of physicality yourself! Wonderful Stuff!
Imago, Central at Assembly Roxy Venue 139, for info go to: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/imago
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