Vamos Theatre is the UK's leading full mask company. Founded in 2006 by Artistic Director Rachael Savage, the company create work which goes straight to the hearts of audiences, beautifully balancing the light with the dark to tackle complex subject matter in accessible ways - and all while showcasing the fantastic craft of mask theatre.... Continue Reading →
Review: Vamos Theatre’s A Brave Face (Touring)
Saturday 27th April 2019 at the Carriageworks, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Brave Face is Vamos’s latest work and it stands out primarily as a play much darker than its predecessors. It’s also much more subtle and thought-provoking in its ambiguity and dramatic ending. The play is based on two years of research with ex and serving... Continue Reading →
Review: Best of BE Festival 2018 at Harrogate Theatre
Friday 9th March 2018 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BE Festival is billed as ‘Birmingham’s genre-bending European arts festival’ and The Best of BE Festival which is currently touring the UK features the top three voted-for shows from the BE Festival. The festival requires performers to restrict their pieces to no more than 30 minutes, paving... Continue Reading →
Review: Best of BE Festival – André and Dorine at Harrogate Theatre
Friday 9th March 2018 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spanish company Kulunka Teatro’s André and Dorine is a gorgeously feeling piece of full mask theatre. One of three pieces touring the UK in The Best of BE Festival, this performance covers an expansive narrative of great depth and development in just thirty minutes. Despite its dainty... Continue Reading →
Review: Vamos Theatre’s Finding Joy (Tour)
Thursday 12th October 2017 at the Carriageworks, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Vamos Theatre have been lifting spirits and breaking hearts with their full mask shows since 2006 and they are now the UK's leading full mask theatre company. They have audiences belly laughing and crumpling into tears through their adept and emotional physical storytelling which skilfully uses... Continue Reading →
Review: Vamos Theatre’s The Best Thing
Leeds Carriageworks Theatre, Wednesday 4th May, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Best Thing is another very clever piece from Vamos which delicately balances humour with true tragedy. I first discovered the phenomenal talent of this full mask theatre company a good few years ago in Liverpool. Although I'd already been a fan of puppet and masked theatre... Continue Reading →