Audience & Promoter Feedback

Reveal Festival, Kings Cross

Susanna Roland, Reveal Festival Artistic Director:
We wanted to say a big thank you from all of us here at Reveal, to you and all your team for your exceptionally hard work on a truly inspirational show. The feedback at our end from people involved and audience members has been fabulous. People were turning up at other events the following weekend, eagerly telling us about the show they’d experienced the week before!

Audience:
Probably the most incredible piece of performance I've ever witnessed and participated in - what a triumph!
Brilliant both visually and dramatically. There was a lot of knowledge of local Kings Cross folklore built into the walk as well.

I like the creativity which shined throughout performance.

Spontaneous, exciting, original.
I enjoyed the performance and just wanted to let you know that was the best bit of street / fringe / straight theatre I have ever been to. In fact so good it defines its own genre and defies any conventional label one might try to put upon it. A real shame there were only two nights of performances. All my friends at work would love to come now I have described it to them.
The whole thing blew me away – moments that transformed places.

Great use of space – awesome.

The performances were brilliant.

I felt part of a community + liked it.

All of it was awesome + beautiful.

I felt full of wonder, like an excited teenager

It was absolutely amazing. And that doesn't do it justice. Thank you for the most thrilling, exciting, thought-provoking and innovative performance, it was really special and I am delighted to have been able to participate in it.

Thanks so much, we had a wonderful time

Very much enjoyed the performance as a whole/concept with very strong individual performances. Thank you.
 
10 out of 10

We thoroughly enjoyed the show and it provoked a lot of discussion over the rest of the weekend. I was able to reflect on my experiences and enjoy the experiences being presented.

It was like a hundred shows in one and I could have followed any of them all night.

It was a brilliant night and I hope you receive the critical acclaim that is surely deserved. A stunning evening.

I loved it in Kings Cross.

It was just immense, and awesome.

Loved it!

Very warm & funny

It was absolutely fantastic.

I have to congratulate everyone for putting this together, last night was absolutely righteous in every regard. That you managed to craft such a delicate experience with such supreme confidence whilst negotiating such diverse locations was a feat in itself. I've seen innovative theatre in my time, but I think I was witness to a proper happening last night. My companion and I were totally transported, magical, and proof that theatre is a living art form once you get it out of its moribund comfort zone.
Can't thank you all enough.

From the word go in the front room it was clearly about MY personal musical journeys.

In shock and awe – I have never been so inspired and moved and scared and it was amazing in every way. You have my utmost respect and adoration for what you've created.

It made me want to carry on pursuing my dreams.

I was related to location, music and the idea of revolution.

Just to let you know HOW MUCH I ENJOYED the performance on Saturday - an absolute treat and such great use of Kings Cross. I have passed some of the venues a hundred times without seeing them.

Many thanks for the exciting and thought provoking performance.

That was my theatre night. I won’t forget it as long as I live.

For me, before today, Kings Cross had been a transport interchange. A historic one as well as a current one, with the canal included, but it was a facility rather than a community. I'm sure that it's the same for many people, and there isn't really any reason that it should be otherwise. This event has showed me peaceful streets close to the main thoroughfares; gardens, alleys, semi-derelict buildings and rejuvenated ones. It has shown me (some of) Kings Cross, or revealed it to me - hence, intentionally or not, there is a good resonance with the name of the festival.
As a Kings Cross resident I loved the different sets and loved seeing those parts of Kings Cross that I have never seen before - especially the church!!!

White Night Brighton

Audience:
It was great to be using Brighton is such a new way, it was really exciting to be in public, part of something special and not knowing where we would end up next.

Wow, that was fantastic!!! The best piece of interactive theatre i have ever experienced i would say...everyone was buzzing off it. Its difficult to choose one thing as I loved so many things..no really! But overall I would say that what I loved was the way in which the audience became players in the performance. This was a superbly interactive performance & although I had no idea what I was letting myself in for when I turned up, by the end of the show I felt like I was ready to fight the cause. I’m sure I had my own idea of what my revolution was about but on every level I was amongst others that were fighting a cause. Both audience & players were united, quite seamlessly. My emotions were stirred deeply by this & that to me is brilliant theatre; when you are really experiencing the drama in your own body.

It felt like a love song to Brighton and it made me view my city in a new way. It used parts of it that I neglect and kept surprising me. I have to also mention the tiny art that was on the pebbles. It was an unexpected treat.

I liked the feeling of being on a journey of discovery. 
I felt moved and delighted by this performance and I’ll never forget it. I’ve never been to a performance like that, it felt very special.
I loved that it assaulted you on all levels, from the dirty gritty encounter with the riot police to the night-walking with Brighton's sea breeze catching your face. I loved being led into a dark and dirty toilet to witness one of the greatest, captivating, utterly compelling performances of my life. And the Cello was hauntingly beautiful...And the busker brilliant in playing.

It was really inspirational –

I liked the energy and originality.

Thanks to all, the best Theatre I've seen in years, if you had asked us to set cars on fire on London road I think we all would have done it. Brav-o

I loved feeling like an active part of the performance. I also liked the feelings/memories that the show evoked

What an amazing experience! One song bringing so many people together or ten songs bringing one persons life to light! Truly a brilliant night!

I like that the performers addressed us directly and sometimes individually. It made us feel really included.

Through the use of direct communication, lots of eye contact, and a plethora of social and personal memories being triggered by music, projection, atmosphere and text, I was made to feel relevant and an essential part of what was happening – my history was tied up in everyone else’s history.

The most stunning part of the show was its ability to put you in a moment of action, which felt totally alive and real. The actors and directors ability to keep your focus held on one scene until the next was built up literally on top of you was very impressive.

I liked the constant energy and element of surprise, a great journey. 

I thought the structure of the piece was really strong – it definitely made me look at London Road area in a different light!
Just awesome – the most thrilling theatre experience I’ve ever had.

I liked the constant surprise element, as performances took place in unexpected places

I liked the intimacy, the energy, the spaces used and the interaction throughout.

I loved the riot police section, I loved the experience of the casino and more intimate monologues that were presented in this environment.  I loved an earlier opening section with performers in the function room above hair and hounds, (bedroom and performers in windows).

Brilliant! You guys did an amazing job! Very impressed (and I'm not easily impressed).

I loved the audience participation

I would like to say that 1000 Revolutions restored my faith in Theatre and left me feeling energised and excited about theatre, art, music and politics. I am a 46 year old woman, who is an artist, midwife and mother and i felt so inspired that i felt i had to ask if it was possible to be one of the volunteers in the next performance of 1000 Revolutions.

The whole concept was great. I am not easily blown away but this totally did.

It was fantastic! Thank you. It was inspired from start to finish, really really enjoyed it.

I liked the vitality of the whole experience which primarily stemmed from the performers but was also a product of a well structured event.

I loved the excitement of being led into secret places, the feeling of being part of a gang, of being talked to almost one to one.

I really liked the chaotic feeling, and exploring places where I’ve never been, or just seen from the outside. I had a lot of fun.

Loved how it was so interwoven with the energy of Brighton.

I liked the constant energy and element of surprise, a great journey. 

I liked the urgency in the performance along with the car park scene which was very true to life and felt illicit and thrilling.
As a piece that was, at least on the surface, reflective about the changing nature and power of contemporary music, Periplum supplied the essential other ingredient, cultural context, which is almost enough on its own. But I was also inspired by the lack of sentimentality therein and the laudable wish to press on…

I loved the show - Connection to the audience - especially when you were hijacked in small no’s to various places with a performer: a van, a car, an intimate space /room.

I was surprised and delighted by the energy and commitment and authenticity of the performers. (The guy who played the successful rock star at the club when we were taken "backstage" was brilliant.) The garage rave was inspired (for me, memories of tabloid hysteria about raves in the 80s mixed with the climax of Close Encounters of the Third Kind), the police line raised complex feelings (thrill but also thoughts of the miners' strike in the early 80s) and the walk in the park was lovely and light and loopy.

The scene with the riot police is amazingly powerful.

I was very pleased to experience the performance as a whole; a unique and valuable experience.

The show was brilliant. Truly brilliant. Loved being part of it and loved Brighton a little more. Please take it to Greece. And to the rest of the world.

I felt very involved, from sending in a track that meant a lot and these turning up on the roulette table – to dancing, chatting and seeing smaller tableaux.

Felt so involved was fantastic as is Periplum’s style, Long may it continue and develop.

I was in a group of fellow explorers. 
I really related to this view of music’s power and impact. The energy and emotion I’ve felt was beautifully conveyed in the show.

The history was my history.

I FELT IT!! I had goose bumps, i was moved to tears, to dance, to riot!

I adore this type of theatre and believe it is so lacking in the art world. I loved that it was about the town I love and mine and many others experience of living here.

I related to the show very much on many levels.

I loved it.

I knew a lot of the music from my own life, and I was moved by the music and the locations. The performer interaction with us made it all the more exciting.

There was a real effort to get the audience involved, which I enjoyed.

I felt an integral part of it – I felt like we all were.  So much of the content I could connect to personally – music, memories, historical aspects of Brighton and the party-protest scene.

I loved it, I felt like I was integral to the show as the show itself, complete interactive and fun.

Some episodes directly connected me to personal memories.

I felt a sense of belonging.

Overall quite amazing feelings and connections.           
I felt like I was a part of this group that loved the town and made me think about the times I've had and think yeah this is a good town good people.

I related closely to the show, not because of the Brighton connection but because of my own personal involvement in that scene on a National level. The characters and general atmosphere are pretty much the same anywhere so it's not tied to the place.  

The show resonated powerfully with me and left me longing for my misspent adolescence!

There was something very special about 1000 RPM, it captured a very particular time for me, a time when I was first becoming a political individual, and took me back to a place of utopian and idealistic ambitions.

It was very exciting. We didn’t know what was going to happen next and it was all so quick and fun that we didn’t even have time to guess what was next. Everyone was very friendly and we felt like a gang, especially at the end when we all marched along with our placards. The placards were great, I wanted to keep mine. The riot police scene was awesome and I loved the man with the lamp on his head.

Fantastic – best ever experience of audience movement, because you kept the audience just the right size. The main performers who asked us to follow them were wonderful too.

I loved it, particularly the rush and the small dark spaces!
I loved every performance space. There were times I was shocked, unified, laughing, dancing and reflective. I thought that the actors really brought the tension to those spaces.

It was exciting, you never knew what to expect.

Running around behind London road was great fun.
It was great! Lots of energy and lots of fun.  The energy and drive was maintained superbly by the performers whilst moving between one static scene and another so that the very act of moving (running, walking, dancing, marching) became as much a part of the evening as everything else.

Excellent, the movement kept you guessing - where am I going next.

Worked very well - the psycho-geography was absolutely great.
Very very good ,I thought it worked very well and despite having lived and worked in that area of Brighton I was still disorientated!
It was a good journey round a relatively well contained area. We didn’t walk too far without some interaction.

Fun, exciting, well guided.

I enjoyed it, there was a genuine feeling of not knowing what was going to happen next and looking forward to being surprised. 
 
I thought you moved the audience really well.
We moved from venue to venue in what seemed an effortless flow (although i'm sure it was crazy behind the scenes).
The time went really quickly, it all made sense and I liked the way the performers directed people with a sense of urgency, constantly maintaining the energy.    
Twas wonderful...thank you...was left buzzing all night!
I would just like to thank you for such a great experience at no cost.
Great locations, strong performances, really glad I did it
Thanks people - that was brilliant.

I thought it was terrific…

Thanks for a truly original experience, we loved it. It felt like a love song to our fair city. I will always remember where I was when the revolution happened.

Great show!

The best piece of interactive theatre I have experienced, maybe I am just too ready for a revolution but after 1000 revolutions I felt like at least I had my chance to play one out without causing myself any major damage!  Thought provoking, delightful,  dynamic, beautifully paced. Creative: musically, artistically, performances. Surprises…& more…… (& you could have a fag on the way!)

Fantastic energy from the cast, wonderful night out and I wanted more!!!

I thought it was ace.

Thanks, it was my anniversary surprise for my girlfriend and i don’t think it could have been more fun.

I felt it was a great night out.

Thank you so much for the time and energy that went into this show. It was the absolute high light of ‘White Night’, head and shoulders above anything I else I saw that night.

I thought the whole piece was very well planned. An extremely intelligent piece of theatre which enabled me to participate on so many levels both past and present.

In one word, 'exhilarating'. Thank you for a wonderful performance.

Overall, a very strong experience.

This production lived up to its name – it was a brilliant concept with great action.

A very ambitious, engaging and relevant show. Well done

You had me carrying a placard in the streets and I have never done that! I left feeling invigorated. All in all: fantastic! Well done and thank you :-)

Reading

Audience:
I liked the professional approach of the cast – that left me with a sense that I was being included in the experience, rather than being judged on my response.

I enjoyed my tour of Reading on Friday evening.
 
I loved the concept and the shape of the performance: a chain of unexpected events fuelling the highs and lows of a rock’n’rollercoaster.

I really enjoyed the many thrills offered: the scene in the bedroom with Venus and the interaction with the busker and the stall vendor. The presence of the van and the street photo shoot with the band members against the wall were both hilarious. The use of the space in the park and car park was intriguing and unique. I was also very moved by the singing inside the barge. It was amazing how you could create that intimate atmosphere in such a short time!

I liked the sense of excitement from the “promenade” style performance – of going out on the town with mates, being part of a gang with the other audience members.

Thanks for such an amazing head spin of an evening ...
Part white knuckle roller-coaster ride of what Reading town has to offer, strangely making one feel more at ease & at home in our fine surroundings... especially with making some NOISE!!! Part cosy & nourishing folklore revelations set inside boats, along the river-banks, hanging out of car-parks & underground in bars ... so many unexpected inches of town beautified by captivating passionate performances... reminding us that "EVERYTHING IS MUSIC"... Loved the clips of so many old tunes & references & singing along too.... BIG REspect

Thank you very much for an enjoyable and thought provoking evening!

There was so much to take in it felt like one run was not enough.
As it was, it felt very ephemeral, brief and very exciting, just like a ride or a firework display. Can I see it again, please?