- Pity the hapless men who went on dates with artist Laurie Long; while they were flirting, she was recording them on a miniature camera and a hidden microphone. The Dating Surveillance Project opens at the BCA Gallery, Bedford on 7th January.
- The Full Monteverdi is a capella group I Fagiolini's exploration of Monteverdi's fourth book of madrigals, radically reinvented as a music theatre piece about relationships unravelling; startling and intense, it is revived at Dartington Arts on 16th January.
- Revolution, war and queues figure in Soviet Times, a fascinating trawl through the photographic archives of the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, showing at the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester from 7th January.
- Blind Summit, the company behind the enchanting bunraku puppets in the ENO's Madam Butterfly, give Low Life, their heartbreaking, Bukowski-inspired picaresque, its London premiere at the BAC from 17th January.
- Presenting 35 triple bills of contemporary dance, the Resolution! festival is a lucky dip; new choreography can be baffling. At its best, though, the festival, which runs from 5th January at the Place, London, reveals some extraordinary artists at the start of their careers.
Under the radar
Low-frequency listings
January 22, 2006
