As 2019 gets underway, the Rural Touring Dance Initiative (RTDI) will tour a fresh selection of shows created by dance companies whose work has been enjoyed on both national and international stages and can now be seen in to village halls and rural venues across the UK. Shows are offered in the form of 'menus' so local promoters are able to select the work that best suits their venue. This year's menu will bring an eclectic mix of dance adaptations of classic novels, fairytales and Shakespeare, Northern adventures and Windrush stories to an ever-growing audience who might not otherwise have the opportunity to see them. The initiative is a partnership between the National Rural Touring Forum, The Place, China Plate and Take Art.
LOST DOG's 'searingly witty' (SeeingDance) 'Juliet & Romeo' toured the UK during 2017 to packed houses and critical acclaim. Broadly based on Shakespeare's deeply pessimistic teenage love story, this 'highly entertaining, extremely amusing and occasionally quite tender evening of theatre and dance' (Times) is performed by Lost Dog's Artistic Director Ben Duke and Solene Weinachter. This clever, funny production explores contemporary culture's celebration of youth and how it creates unrealistic expectations around love, sex and relationships.
Lost Dog's new show Juliet and Romeo has swept across the UK with enormous success and is stopping off in Liverpool for one night only on Friday 9 November at the Capstone Theatre, as part of Leap Dance Festival 2018.
This autumn Jacksons Lane puts female artists at the forefront. In an industry still fraught with gender imbalance, this season is packed with bold, disruptive and feminist work by the world's most thrilling circus artists and theatre-makers. Three shows - Raven, Lola and Thunder Road - are exclusively written, directed and performed by women; every show but one has a female protagonist, and female directors and performers outnumber male equivalents.
LOST DOG's "searingly witty" (SeeingDance) 'Juliet & Romeo' opened to packed houses and critical acclaim at a two week run at Battersea Arts Centre in London earlier this year. Broadly based on Shakespeare's deeply pessimistic teenage love story, this "highly entertaining, extremely amusing and occasionally quite tender evening of theatre and dance" (Times) is performed by Lost Dog's Artistic Director Ben Duke and Solene Weinachter. This clever, funny production explores contemporary culture's celebration of youth and how it creates unrealistic expectations around love, sex and relationships. The Guardian described the show as "smart, subversive and sexy".
Choreographer Ben Duke, composer Orlando Gough, health professionals and survivors of traumatic brain injury have collaborated on a poignant movement and song production that asks who we become when we lose a part of ourselves. Some of the most profound questions that preoccupy survivors of stroke and other traumatic brain injuries touch on hopes of regaining the lost faculties that are core to their identity, including speech, song, movement and dance. In Stroke Odysseys, stroke survivors perform alongside professional musicians, singers and dancers to tell their stories: of who they are, who they were, and the journey they're on.
In the culmination of a three-year arts and health research project, choreographer Ben Duke, composer Orlando Gough, health professionals and survivors of traumatic brain injury will be collaborating on an odyssey of self-rediscovery. Some of the most profound questions that preoccupy survivors of stroke and other traumatic brain injuries touch on hopes of regaining the lost faculties that are core to their identity, including speech, song, movement and dance: through dance theatre Stroke Odysseys will explore the sense of self and agency that comes into question when a part of you is lost. The piece will be performed by a mixture of professional musicians, singers and dancers, and stroke survivors.
Today, Elaine Paige and Alexandra Burke announced the nominations for the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, UK's most prestigious stage honours. The 2018 awards are set to be an exciting occasion with original new work dominating the categories and a significant number of artists receiving their first ever Olivier nominations. Catherine Tate will host the Awards at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 8 April and they will be broadcast to the UK and worldwide.
LOST DOG, run by Artistic Director Ben Duke, presents 'Juliet and Romeo - A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage', broadly based on Shakespeare's deeply pessimistic teenage love story, and performed by Ben Duke and Sol ne Weinachter.
Writer/actor/dancer Ben Duke turns his attention to love and marriage in Lost Dog's new production which performs in London in February and March and around the UK next autumn. Joining Ben in his ruminations on what would have happened to Romeo and Juliet if they'd lived is dancer Sol ne Weinachter.
On Friday 18 August Rambert, Britain's national dance company, return to the stage at the National Theatre following the hugely successful take over at last year's River Stage Festival. Join Rambert for an eclectic range of free performances from the world of contemporary dance.
Five free weekends of the best and brightest entertainment from the UK's leading arts and culture organisations once again arrives on London's South Bank this summer; The Glory, HOME, Manchester, WOMAD, Rambert and the National Theatre each 'take over' the River Stage for a weekend throughout July and August.
Five free weekends of the best and brightest entertainment from some of the UK's leading arts and culture organisations will once again arrive at London's South Bank this summer; The Glory, HOME, Manchester, WOMAD, Rambert and the National Theatre each 'take over' the River Stage for a weekend throughout July and August.
Ovalhouse, together with BraveNewWorlds present TRINITY - a visually stunning, design-led performance staged in a derelict gothic chapel in Peckham's Asylum.
My World Has Exploded A Little Bit is an acclaimed new play telling a deeply personal story of love and loss by Ovalhouse's Associate Artist Bella Heesom and Olivier Award-winning director Donnacadh O'Briain.
Ovalhouse's exciting Summer Season explores three powerful themes - migration and what it means to 'belong', the nature of violence in our society, and love and loss. By continuing to present challenging and inspirational theatre that speaks to a world beyond the mainstream, Ovalhouse acts as a vital home for boundary-pushing art, artists and audiences with an eye on the future.
LOST DOG, the highly entertaining dance/theatre company is fronted by its Artistic DirectorBEN DUKE whose one-man show, 'PARADISE LOST (LIES UNOPENED BESIDE ME)' has been performing to critical acclaim and capacity audiences for over a year.
?LOST DOG, fronted by its highly individual, accomplished Artistic Director BEN DUKE, recently hit the jackpot with 5 star reviews and capacity audiences for the coruscating dance/theatre production 'Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)' which has been gaining momentum since its premiere at Battersea Arts Centre in May 2015. The final dates in the spring 2016 tour are at Wilton's Music Hall, July 19th to 24th.
