In this interview with Ben Kulvichit, the writer-director duo discuss their show Wild Swimming, symbiosis, and why emerging artists need to make mistakes.
Ben Kulvichit
Articles by Ben Kulvichit
25 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Coma by Glen Neath and David Rosenberg
By Ben Kulvichit
Woozy half-consciousness: Ben Kulvichit writes on Darkfield’s latest shipping container show.
20 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Civilisation by Jaz Woodcock-Stewart with Morgann Runacre-Temple
By Ben Kulvichit
A day in the life: Ben Kulvichit writes on Antler’s fusion of theatrical naturalism and contemporary dance.
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: For now we see through a mirror, darkly by Ultimate Dancer
By Ben Kulvichit
Glitching GIFs: Ben Kulvichit writes on Ultimate Dancer’s dazzling multimedia dance performance.
15 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Footnotes and Phrases by Lewys Holt
By Ben Kulvichit
Am I overthinking this? Ben Kulvichit writes a footnoted response to Lewys Holt’s duo of performances.
9 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Life is No Laughing Matter by Demi Nandhra
By Ben Kulvichit
Scalpel-like precision: Ben Kulvichit writes on Demi Nandhra’s solo exploration of depression.
8 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: La Reprise by Milo Rau
By Ben Kulvichit
A theatrical thought experiment: Ben Kulvichit writes on Milo Rau’s discomfiting meditation on a murder.
30 July 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: Summer Rolls at Bristol Old Vic
By Ben Kulvichit
Say cheese: Ben Kulvichit reviews Tuyen Do’s finely wrought domestic drama, the first Vietnamese-British play to be seen on a UK stage.
20 July 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: The Color Purple at Birmingham Hippodrome
16-20 July
By Ben Kulvichit
‘I’m beautiful and I’m here’: Ben Kulvichit reviews Tinuke Craig’s soulful, stirring production of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s famous epistolary novel.
9 June 2019
Reviews • Cardiff • National
Review: Neither Here Nor There at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
7-9 June
By Ben Kulvichit
You and I, here and there: Ben Kulvichit responds to Jo Fong and Sonia Hughes’ participatory piece by setting a timer for six minutes.
19 May 2019
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Louder is Not Always Clearer at Bristol Old Vic
By Ben Kulvichit
Getting the message across: Ben Kulvichit writes on communication and clarity in Mr and Mrs Clark’s show made with deaf performer Jonny Cotsen.
20 April 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: The Half God of Rainfall at Birmingham REP
16-20 April, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit
Improbable feats: Ben Kulvichit writes on heroes and villains in Inua Ellams’ new play, which fuses Greek and Yoruba mythology.
10 March 2019
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Richard III at Bristol Old Vic
1-9 March, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit
The sum of its parts: Ben Kulvichit reviews Headlong’s touring production, starring Tom Mothersdale on fine villainous form.
13 February 2019
Reviews • Cardiff • National
Review: BLUE at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
5-16 February
By Ben Kulvichit
A familiar family: Ben Kulvichit writes on Chippy Lane Production’s new play and its echoes of 20th Century American playwrights
8 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: NOW19 Week 4 – Cuteness Forensics/ Ways to Submit at the Yard
5-9 February
By Ben Kulvichit
‘A sharp, metallic taste you’re not expecting’: Ben Kulvichit writes on strangeness and power in the Yard’s double-bill of live art by Tim Spooner & Tom Richards and Ira Brand.