Review: LIQUID SKY, Tramway, Glasgow

Liquid Sky is the first performance where I have been handed earplugs upon entry and warned that the show will be quite loud. The music has been composed by Sue Zuki and is performed live to accompany the laser show.

As the piece begins, aerial artist Aedín Walsh creeps across the catwalk in the centre of the room and starts to play with the lights and shadows onstage. Walsh then take to the ceiling on a rope and performs a mesmerising aerial routine- while blindfolded, to pulsing beats.

The performance is absolutely stunning and the laser effects are spectacular. The lasers create a sky effect and the artist dips in and out below the clouds. Liquid Sky runs at around 45 minutes but as the piece is so utterly captivating it feels much shorter. Discounted tickets were offered for children aged 10-16 and it was nice to see that this pricing encouraged families to come along as this was definitely performance art that would appeal to all ages.

The programme states that the piece is inspired by Doris Lessing's feminist Sci fi novel 'The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five', about a matriarchal utopia. The wordless storytelling combined with the hypnotic music and incredible laser show very much reminded me of something you would see at 2am at Glastonbury!

Liquid Sky is part of the Take Me Somewhere festival.

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