Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – Thursday 12th March 2026
Reviewed by Rachel Clark
3***
Hidden is brought to the theatre by Motionhouse and described as a jaw dropping dance circus. As much as a appreciate the hard work and the amazing fitness levels of the performers it wasn’t for me. Yes the set was clever with the imagines projected to the screens and in the beginning how the dancers moved around to the scenes, then the screens mainly went and the dancers performed the dances using a frame, and they were clever and got into positions I could never even try, and I do applaud them for that, but for me the act we just a bit too long as it was much of the same thing.
Hidden takes place over two acts, act one – Descent into the Darkness which was an hour and then a 25 min interval and followed by a 30 mins for Act two – Finding the Light.
Making Hidden was a personal journey for the Kevin Finnan MBE. He was aware of what felt to him a lot of darkness and division of the world, when making the show he was touched by the stories of the wildfires in Canada, floods in Spain and other conflicts around the world. In times of crisis we need each other, and it is often ‘Hidden’.
I did enjoy the start of the act where the Motionhouse had been to a school and worked with boys that some had never danced/performed before – they where great and big round of applause for them.
If you are into dance, gymnastics it is for you, you will most definitely enjoy it.