Theatre Review - Aven
Prepare to get wet – Fuerza Bruta: Aven [Johan Persson] IT’S 10 years since Argentinian troupe Fuerza Bruta was last seen at the Roundhouse. Their new show has a distinct club theatre vibe with DJ sets before each performance. Fuerza Bruta was founded in 2003 by the team behind De La Guarda, who I remember seeing in the same venue in the 1990s. Created by Diqui James, with music score by Gaby Kerpel, Aven blends spectacle, percussive rhythms, circus skills and physical performance to terrific effect. The exuberant drummers who open the show set the overall tone, as does the inflatable globe that travels above our heads with several human bodies resembling giant grasshoppers clinging to the side. Later they start running around it, bringing a whole new meaning to globe-trotting. Expect to be showered with confetti and water. One of the most exciting pieces, visually, involves a small transparent swimming pool suspended overhead – a woman thrashes about in the water while a man on the u