Ruddigore - Opera North

Performing and touring the North throughout October and November 2024 with Opera North in their re-staging of Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan.

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Credits

Director, Jo Davies; Revival Director, James Hurley; Choreographer, Kay Shepherd; Conductor, Anthony Kraus; Costume, Gabrielle Dalton; Set, Richard Hudson.

shed-ache - aKa Dance Theatre

"shed-ache is a seriously silly dance theatre show that transports little people and their grown ups to a world that sits somewhere between reality and make believe. Two dancers and a shed on wheels get up to all sorts whilst faced with down pores, lava floors and socks falling out of the sky."

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Credits

Choreographer, Jen Grant, Joe Garrett; Performers, Joe Garbett, Ania Varez, Annie Kelleher, George Bishop.

Life's a Pickle

"Life's a Pickle" is an LGBTQ+ dance work that delves into the journey of growing up and discovering one's identity in the world. The project explores the internal struggle between playfulness and resilience, encapsulating the challenges and triumphs of navigating one's path."

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Credits

Choreography and Performance, Julie Caspurro, George Bishop.

Blackbird - Alesandra Seutin

"As if Nina Simone’s spirit came back to see the world she left behind. That the Mississipi Goddam chants were somehow still relevant. And that the strange fruits had dropped but were still rotting on the ground. Lord have mercy on this land."

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Credits

Choreographer, Alesandra Seutin; Music, Azizi Cole; Lighting, Mark Baker; Costumes Georgia Cooper, Kate Genever.

The Unbearables - Sita Ostheimer

“We easily take things and facts for granted, calling them true and fixed in their meaning only because we have access to them. We confound growing collective intelligence with a growing access to knowledge

and information. The same with human relationships. We do not understand each other better simply because our social networks are more complex. Confrontation with another human being implies courage, stamina. Not being afraid, neither of emotional distance nor closeness. It means taking responsibility.”

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Credits

Choreographer, Sita Ostheimer; Assistant, Jonathan Sanchez; Music, Tony Birch; Lighting, Barnaby Booth; Costumes, And Walker.

Vertical Road - Akram Khan Company

With a specially-commissioned score by long-term collaborator and composer, Nitin Sawhney, Vertical Road draws inspiration from the Sufi tradition and the Persian
poet and philosopher Rumi. Exploring man’s earthly nature, his rituals and the consequences of human actions, Vertical Road becomes a meditation on the journey from gravity to grace.

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Credits

Choreographer, Akram Khan; Rehearsal Director, Konstandina Efthymiadou; Music, Nitin Sawhney; Technical, Richard Fagan; Lighting, Jesper Kongshaug; Costumes, Kimie Nakano, Melissa Parry.