Kerry Irvine

Artistic Director of Scene Pool & of the Research and Projects Performance Initiative at Brunel University, Kerry Irvine, comments on Psychosis by Thomas John Bacon...

"...his was a deeply evoking and difficult piece of work that was sensitive, moving and beautiful, yet disturbing and ugly. Thomas is an exceptional artist who is able to develop a state of trance within the auditorium that cannot help but provoke a visceral response from the audience. I found Thomas to be a dedicated and highly professional artist and practitioner, whose work is challenging, insightful and engaging. His commitment to his practice is evident in how his work pushing boundaries within the theatre discipline and his own artistic journey. Working with Thomas you get a sense that he works with great instinct and has a commitment to his practice that has an almost spiritual value. I respect Thomas as an artist and would programme his work again without hesitation and highly recommend any student of theatre to see his work...."

The Armenian Genocide

Updates

Apologies for the delay in posting but after Psychosis, lecturering, illness, depression, a Butoh Showcase with my students, directing Pinter's Celebration and a live art show or two, plus my own research commitments ... (deep breath) here is finally a quick break down of what is new:

• There are two new international festival bookings on the horizon for my solo career as an artist that I hope to announce in the coming months.  
• I am directing 6 performances of the play 100 at the Taylor Theatre in mid-May.  
• My HND students are stepping into the world of live art for the first time with a night of personal studies on the Human Condition that I am curating at the Meantime Gallery, Cheltenham on the 1st May. 
• My own research is continuing and progressing well - currently at the proposal stage and in its 4th major redraft I am starting to become happier with it!