Performer: Matthew Dunster

HeadSpace Dance’s trio of works, If Play Is Play, is energetic, touching, funny and emotional. The four strong performers prove that a small ensemble is in no way a hindrance to a diverse and interesting programme of works, or to an excellent performance.

Haunting scenes and brooding prose make Handspring Puppet Company’s Crow a shadowy addition to this year’s Greenwich + Docklands International Festival. Layered with dark imagery, Handspring, in collaboration with Ben Duke’s Lost Dog dance company, presents a winding take on Ted Hughes’ Crow, splicing his poetry with movement and intricate puppet representations of the crow.