"Original, inspired and fantastically talented" Total Theatre
"F’ing excellent, Like watching Nureyev and the Divine David on mushrooms! Book now, like NOW" G Scene
"Cultured magpies" Exeunt Magazine
"I love it... I’m literally craning my neck to get closer to the stage" British Theatre Guide
"A subversive delight" ***** The Stage
"No-one makes work anything like this" - BachTrack
PRESS
FOR NATURAL BEHAVIOUR
"Deft, funny and utterly absorbing, a ravishing selection of short dance pieces that make their points about queerness and inclusivity with wit, passion and power. It’s fabulous.”
The Observer
"Rich, thoughtful, ridiculous and quite wonderful… hugely poignant and hugely silly.”
**** The Guardian
"A masterful balance of humour, entertainment and critical social commentary… Thick & Tight exemplify how to embrace accessibility as a choreographic tool, rather than a logistical afterthought."
Dance Art Journal
“Unlike anything I have seen…Thick & Tight are exploring and pushing the form into new and unexpected spaces… a unique piece of art, thoughtful, considered, and unassuming.”
**** London Theatre
“From the profound to the profane…Thick & Tight have created an evening that speaks to everybody.”
**** Reviews Hub
“I see a lot of shows but this one will stay with me for life… This is how you create a show that includes everyone and makes something richer, smarter, and genuinely original as a result. A landmark piece.”
***** Substack
“Natural Behaviour is a funny, outrageous, and beautiful show…I was not expecting just how brilliant the interpretations of nature, humanity, and social issues would be.”
****/* A Young(ish) Perspective
“Thick & Tight clearly created an all-embracing rehearsal space free from judgement in which this work has come to fruition. Their hopeful production will stay with me for some time as I ponder what it means to exist as nature intended us to."
****/* Northern Arts Review
“Thick and Tight are excellent at what they do, and here with Natural Behaviours they once more provoke and entertain in one smooth performance. For an evening of dance which is unusual and compelling, this is well worth a visit."
**** North West End
“A spectacular night of expression that is both moving and hilarious"
Abundant Art
“A wide variety of interpretations on the theme, the individual sections varying widely from minimalist contemporary dance to pantomimic farce"
*** Reviews Hub (Lowry)
“A truly insightful and entrancing display of technical prowess, queer collectivity and the wonders of the natural world that I believe everyone should endeavour to see."
**** Jadar
FOR PAPILLONS
WITH MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE
"When the pair danced together, their personalities shone – Perry as sharp as a knife, Hay-Gordon expressively dynamic. [Thick & Tight's] work speaks but doesn't shout. Commands attention but doesn't bombard. It’s interesting and hypnotising… thank god for them."
Gramilano
"The palpable sense of collegiality and mutual respect was as heartwarming as the music-making... the whole was invariably more than the sum of its parts."
**** The Guardian
"Papillons is an extremely interesting exploration on how we find meaning
through art and music. It is beautifully constructed, with a view to being as
welcoming and accessible to everyone. There is nothing pretentious, nothing elitist,
as is often the case for classical music. Here we see something that aims to set
about a change in how we view the arts in general. It is refined, experimental, and
showcases some of the very best talent in Britain today."
**** A Young(ish) Perspective
"Access is not an addition to the work. It is the work. Not in the sense of simplification or accommodation, but in the shaping of attention itself: how it is directed, how it is shared, how it is allowed to move. The result is something deceptively rare and, quite frankly, tragically novel these days. A work that is formally rigorous, structurally precise, and yet fundamentally open. An invitation fully realised."
**** LeftLion
"Papillons’ grandeur is communicated through gentleness, humanity and care... As different as we all are, we can always find a shared point of overlap, there’s always integration in our humanity and our art."
Young Critics Collective (Z. Lam)
"there was an intimacy between the performance and the audience, as though the boundaries between them had been softened... Papillons is a breath of fresh air that experiments with how classical music can be experienced. "
Young Critics Collective (J. Fisher)
FOR SHORT & SWEET
“The night is filled with political messages laid on parody and satire and expressed through dancing, miming and lip syncing by a series of performers who fill the stage with energy and pure talent. The cast does not shy away from calling out misogyny, racism, games of power and power abuse, while there is also a big appreciation to the purity of love and being in love as expressed in poetry and art... Each part is a bold and relevant piece of contemporary art, with the well thought design of the set and costumes, and the crafty lighting creating a game of shapes and shades that does not go unnoticed”
**** Fairy Powered Productions
FOR A NIGHT WITH THICK & TIGHT
OTHER PRESS
"An unlikely concoction of surrealist parody, lip-syncing, drag and some heavenly contemporary dance... The vignettes Thick & Tight create have humour and travesty, but they can also be dark, unsettling and genuinely moving. The aesthetic might seem niche, but the themes are universal, cutting from high camp to something very human, and the use of dance elevates what could have been a clever skit into something much richer."
The Guardian
“Aesthetic visionaries with a singular approach”
Lea Anderson
"These sublime & joyous slices of bentertainment reward repeat viewing”
Simon Casson, Duckie