Status Anxiety and Piece of Mind

In a break with theatrical tradition, choreographer Emma Jayne Park wants us to keep our mobile phones on during Status Anxiety, the first half of this double bill. This is so we can "tweet and Facebook and tell everyone about it while it's happening". The team have also set up a communal Facebook page on a laptop inside the theatre, where 'Like', 'LOL' and 'Comment' are projected onto a screen, inviting interaction. Florent Gonthier looks crestfallen when no-one jumps in to praise his "seven percent body fat" abs, then later loses his rag after a sinuous passage of break-dancing doesn't get the attention he thinks it deserves.

Park's piece uses creative tricks to explore the way social media can bloat egos and dampen human interaction. The cast's hip-hop training lends a creepy silkiness to their movements, and there are some clever observations on the way we build Hollywood-style narratives into romantic relationships. It's intelligent, quirky theatre, but feels slightly like an assembling of parts rather than one fluid whole.

Ashley Jack's Piece of Mind cast may be young but their slick posturing is filled with serious menace in this exploration of sociopathy. The lights flicker on and off as they confront us with sour-eyed poses. One by one they curiously probe the chairs they are sitting on, break into patterns and come together like fractured parts of the same threatening creature.

Hip-hop dance is no longer the property of beat-battles; here, savvy young choreographers are showing what else it can do.