Audience Feedback – Home at St. Bart’s Theatre, Reading as part of JUMP! 2016 (Scratch Night)
Did you, at any point, feel a sense of togetherness and/ or comfort with the other audience members, the dancers and/ or the space during the piece and if so, which particular moments?
I liked the way the personal reflections of home merged into symbolic packing of the suitcase.
[I] found the beginning discomforting! – uncomfortable, quite interesting feeling [and] slightly mad. Once together, I loved that you could experience each individual style and it worked well together like different cogs making a whole.
I got images of confusion, a desire to belong, images of mental anguish and mental health. Images – transportation [and] constant movement. Feelings – mental anguish [and] seeing familiarity. Enjoyed performance? Yes, perplexing. Improvement?…
I took this to be homelessness and the striving for a place to be.
A lot happening. Good dancing and [I] enjoyed the performance.
[I got] identities – young and female. [It] felt interesting and fascinating. I enjoyed the performance. It is good as it is.
A great use of the space.
[The] diversity between the five parts of the group and the ability to change focus to each individual was amazing. [It had] depth.
I saw this yesterday. Today, I enjoyed and understood and felt more connected to particularly the first sections. It was different because the audience didn’t move.
[A] lovely abstract piece, interesting concept.
…Curious and topical questions in our society. Excellent choice of theme. [I] loved separating space in first part, [I] loved listening. We too often hear but don’t listen. [It was] visual, auditory and physical. Thank you.
The girls had lovely voices to listen to in the beginning; especially when I couldn’t see them all.
The fact they were all dancing individually meant it caught my interest. You could watch it many times and see a different dance each time.
Interesting concept – different positions at the start were innovative.
[The dancers] all do different things but shared/ taught each other.
