During the summer 2010, Electric Hotel was presented at Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Brighton Festival, Bristol Mayfest, Sadler’s Wells and Stockton International Riverside Festival. I had the chance to see it in Bristol but missed it… and now I wish I hadn’t! Here’s why:

Electric Hotel from Ben Dowden on Vimeo.

Electric Hotel is a lonely, bizarre and beautiful outdoor spectacle; a uniquely designed, fly-by-night hotel brought to vivid life through dance and sound by the team of David Rosenberg (director and co-founder of Shunt) and Frauke Requardt (choreographer, Pictures from an Exhibition at Sadler’s Wells/Young Vic) with Borkur Jonsson (designer, Woyzeck at Barbican, Metamorphosis at Lyric Hammersmith).

Sitting on the outside looking in, the audience snatch glimpses of the do-not-disturb lives unfolding behind the floor to ceiling windows. Wearing headphones to eavesdrop on the internal spaces of the building they watch the residents in their private rooms: the natural habits, the unnatural fantasies and housekeeping of wildly varied quality. The privilege and thrill for the voyeur is seeing the bigger picture.
Arnolfini, Bristol (Arnolfini website)

Here are some of the reviews and views about the show:

London Theatre Blog Review
Guardian Review
The Independent Review
This Is London Review

Hopefully the show will be repeated…

For more information about David Rosenberg and Shunt, please visit the Shunt website.