Come As You Really Are review – Heaven is a Ford Escort clad in swirly carpet!
From yarn bombers to doll modifiers to wood turners, this joyous show – put together by Hetain Patel and Artangel – features 14,000 pieces by diehard hobbyists in one giant gleeful celebration of personal creativity
March 2022
Everybody move! The trailblazing dancers of Candoco – in pictures
Candoco Dance Company are on tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary. We look back at performances by the acclaimed company’s mix of disabled and non-disabled dancers
July 2021
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Stuffed Tokyo super-rats and Isaac Julien’s abolition hero – the week in art
A vibrant survey of the Olympic capital in art and a 10-screen video devoted to anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass – all in your weekly dispatch
November 2019
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Austria's feminist agitator and Renaissance bling – the week in art
How artist Hetain Patel went from Spider-Man fan to Spandex-clad star
September 2018
Contact Young Company and Hetain Patel: Oh Man review – masculinity bites
Young performers deliver snapshots capturing the challenges and impacts of male behaviour in a fresh and brashly comic devised show
March 2018
Candoco Dance Company review – compelling document of human possibilities
Disabled and non-disabled performers tackle political correctness and prejudice with mischievous humour
November 2016
Hetain Patel: American Man review – men behaving badly
Hetain Patel both swaggers and sashays in his deeply unsettling satire on misogyny
Hetain Patel: American Man review – dystopia finds itself Trumped
Patel’s superhero is back, disguised as a white man, but this show’s commentary on sexism and racism lacks depth
How Hetain Patel shape-shifted from Spider-Man to 'bad Obama'
He has aped superheroes, written over himself in henna and based a performance around his moustache. Now, accidental dancer Hetain Patel has imagined a post-presidential rampage
August 2016
Dance blog
52 Portraits: a year of solos capturing dancers' fears and freedom
The choreographed portraits in a video series featuring Zenaida Yanowsky, Robert Cohan and Jonzi D create an impressionistic portrait of the profession
December 2014
Candoco Dance Company review – smart show skips through the unsayable
Mining conversations with the disabled and non-disabled dancers, Hetain Patel’s Let’s Talk About Dis tackles physical difference with guile and confidence, writes David Jays
May 2014
Hetain Patel: American Boy review – a superfan's superhero tribute
Hetain Patel: 'I'm 33 – should I still want to be Spider-Man?'
November 2012
Hetain Patel: Be Like Water – review
Hetain Patel and Yuyu Rau's double act skillfully explores fluid identity, with kung fu sequences embracing gestures from east and west, writes Judith Mackrell
