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…
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…
We’ve Got Each Other by Paul O’Donnell The almost entirely imagined Bon Jovi Musical. With the modern jukebox musical traditionally comes a multi- talented cast, a live band (or orchestra if you are lucky), opulent sets and decadent costumes, extravagant dance routines, dramatic key changes and the odd hydraulic lift or two. We’ve Got Each…
Kourtney Kardashian, an opera (kind of…) UK dates 2019 Battersea Arts Centre, London, 27 February – 2 March Axis Arts Centre, Crewe, 6 March HOME, Manchester, 7 – 9 March Kourtney Kardashian is a love/hate letter to outrageous luxury and artistic genius and also the joyous, dreadful punchline to a joke that’s worn so thin that you…
Is there really no such thing as bad publicity? Let’s find out… It feels like the people who irritate us the most are the ones we all talk about, no matter how shocking they get. So, Uncanny Theatre have decided to beat them at their own game and have a go at being famous for…
Lose yourself in the music. Dive into the darkness. Dance till death do us party. PARTY is an immersive dance piece for unconventional spaces created by BEACHES, a collaboration between iara Solano (Basque Country, Spain) and Daniela Perez (Tocatins, Brazil). It is performed with an audience of 10 who are “plugged in” via wireless headphones and…
A new work by Sleepwalk Collective Sleepwalk Collective is an award winning live art and experimental theatre company creating intimate performance experiences between the UK and Spain. They make fragile, nocturnal works for theatres and other spaces, emerging from a fascination with pop culture, junk, intoxication and the mysteries and complexities of our relationships with…
Locus Amoenus – ATRESBANDES theatre company Every step we take, we are struggling to reach paradise, an idyllic place where everyday problems disappear. We dream about our vision of paradise, struggling to get a little closer. This struggle is a journey and we often forget to look at the landscape along the way. Three strangers…
Commissioned by HOME in Manchester and Festival TNT – Terrassa Noves Tendències/CAET, Barcelona. Its first performances were at HOME as part of ¡Viva! Spanish arts festival in April 2016, followed by Summerhall at Edinburgh Fringe 2016 and had its Spanish premiere at Festival TNT on 30 September 2016. ALL IN UK tour 2017 Monday 23rd…
It’s time to talk about the D word… Death. A bit grim, isn’t it. Morbid, macabre and even unmentionable, but does it have to be that way? Drawn together by their shared fear of death, “thanatophobes” Lucy Nicholls and Antonia Beck invite you to embark on a journey of discovery, contemplation and courage. Take time…