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Access All Areas is an electrifying exploration of claustrophobia in relation to workplace expectations. Drawing on themes of exposure, isolation and escape Dennis recreates a persona of vulnerable dysfunction for each performance using idiosyncratic movement, spoken word and extended vocal techniques.

Working from this theme, a real-time composition is created that captures the complex interplay between language, movement, silence and percussive sound.

Toured: Perth (AUS), Sydney (AUS), The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow; Theatre Y Bont, Cardiff, Festival TRAMA, Porto, Portugal; Carolyn Caslon Centre, Paris; ANTI Festival, Finland; City of Women Festival, Slovinia; Experimentica, Cardiff; Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster

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“Dennis is simultaneously actor, dancer and musician…The piece is a model of economy, but its chief virtue is that it connects so strongly with everyday experience. ” The Australian

 

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