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I’m Sarah-Jane Watkinson – an independent producer based in Birmingham working with companies in the UK and Spain, developing and touring contemporary, devised work. Photo: Look After Your Knees by Natalie Bellingham. Credit: David Lindsay.

Swimming Pools

A new project by Sleepwalk Collective Wrestling fearlessly with the demons of the early 21st century – rampant capitalism, toxic masculinity, internet boredom – Swimming Pools is about how we might live together in the blinding brightness of the future.  Across a series of imagined swimming pools, arranged like the ascending levels of a retro videogame, a…

Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer

Altered Skin We all present different faces to the world, but some are more different than most. In this funny and visually stunning one-man show, Shane Shambhu reveals the secret life he kept from his school friends, growing up in the cultural melting pot of East London. Follow Shane’s transformation from ‘fat kid’ to international…

When We See Ourselves

Twenty years on, Vanessa and Aravindan look back at the day their families met for the first time and what began as an unexpected romance became strained by cultural difference.  Their 21st century relationship is set against the life of 18th century botanist Carl Linneaus, whose early attempts to classify all living things had far-reaching…