Review | TOM - Wilkie Branson

  • Shirley Ahura

In this long-form review, I reflect on the brave and inspiring visual leap of the imagination that is Wilkie Branson’s TOM, performed at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells.

TOM is a one-man quest for self (re)discovery captured in an ambitious dance-for-camera installation that presents visual storytelling through a multi-focal lens of digital animation, design and dance.
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'The hinterland is juxtaposed with the concrete jungle, and by some interesting twist of fate, is also contingent on it. Both worlds remain inextricably linked and mutually dependent for each other’s survival.'
Wilkie Branson’s Tom had its world premiere at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, from the 15 to the 17 November 2018