"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
ROMANCING THE APOCALYPSE
Following their resounding success at London International Mime Festival 2019, Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry return as Thick & Tight with a programme of brand new works combining dance, mime and queer culture.
Apparitions of infamous and remarkable characters from contemporary history take shape throughout the evening: Winston Churchill, Marlene Dietrich, Andy Warhol and a two-headed Barbara Cartland as well as the British film maverick Derek Jarman and French literary icon Marcel Proust. Thick & Tight strive to unveil these lives in new, explosive and thought-provoking ways, offering a full and raucous evening of entertainment revealing our shared humanity.
Thick & Tight are joined by artists from Corali Dance Company, UK leaders in dance by artists with learning disabilities and fabulous soloists: Harry Alexander (Michael Clark Company), Vidya Patel (BBC Young Dancer South Asian finalist) and Edd Arnold (BalletBoyz, Russell Maliphant) with design by Tim Spooner.
© Darren Evans
Romancing the Apocalypse is co-commissioned by London International Mime Festival and Edge Hill University & MDI for LEAP 2019.
Supported by Arts Council England, Sadler's Wells, The Place through Choreodrome and Trinity Laban.
If you are D/deaf, deafened or hard of hearing and would like to read the show text in advance, a full transcript is available below.
Press for Romancing The Apocalypse
★★★★★
The Stage
"Thick & Tight pull a blinder with their latest showcase of lip-syncing physical portraiture, so deft in its blend of parody and pathos."
