Rian - T2126974868Described as "one of the most daring and highly original dance theatre companies in the world" (The Times) Fabulous Beast makes its second visit of the season to Sadler's Wells for Sadler's Sampled with Rian, a celebration of Ireland's roots and traditions which recently received a Bessie award for Outstanding Production. Choreographer and founding director of Fabulous Beast Michael Keegan-Dolan is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist, and has established a reputation for his dynamic and innovative approach to theatre. In one of his most celebrated works, he collaborates with one of Ireland's most successful musicians Liam O Maonla? of Hothouse Flowers, drawing inspiration from O Maonlai's 2005 solo album Rian, which means 'mark' or 'trace' in Irish. A moving and uplifting experience, Rian sees Keegan-Dolan and the cast of eight dancers and five musicians tap into Irish traditions with influences from faraway places to evoke a timeless vision of the real indescribable nature of things. Set to O Maonlai's beautiful score, which mixes Irish sounds with elements of world music, Rian "has a shared, spontaneous warmth... It really does feel like a party on stage" (The Independent). | |
| 20 Jun 14 to 21 Jun 14 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L0535747393 |
The Rite of Spring/Petrushka - T01451350411Keegan-Dolan reimagines his Olivier-nominated version of The Rite of Spring, which premiered at the London Coliseum in 2009 to great critical acclaim. Named as one of a few accounts that has truly realised Stravinsky's vision alongside those of Vaslav Nijinsky, Kenneth MacMillan, Pina Bausch and L?onide Massine, it has been described as "inspired" (The Times). The evening is completed by Keegan-Dolan's new interpretation of Petrushka, composed by Stravinsky in 1911. Performed by the exquisite dancers of Fabulous Beast, both pieces together create an intoxicating double bill of dance theatre that honours the searing modernity of Stravinsky's music. Running time: 1hr 40mins (including one 20min interval)Presented byDance Touring Partnership. Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan. Music Stravinsky. | |
| 2 May 14 to 3 May 14 | Playhouse, Nottingham :: V457 listing details L0943915402 |
| 29 Apr 14 to 30 Apr 14 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0673597278 |
| 25 Apr 14 to 26 Apr 14 | Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L871358846 |
| 19 Apr 14 | Grand Opera House, Belfast :: V548 listing details L042715613 |
| 15 Apr 14 to 16 Apr 14 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L514832697 |
| 11 Apr 14 to 12 Apr 14 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L01768740578 |
| 8 Apr 14 to 9 Apr 14 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824 listing details L01823835231 |
| 4 Apr 14 to 5 Apr 14 | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V568 listing details L1898331760 |
| 1 Apr 14 | Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool :: V518 listing details L1250957486 |
| 11 Apr 13 to 13 Apr 13 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L01698358076 |
Rian(NNF2012) - T1582222128With three Olivier Award nominations under his belt, choreographer and founding director of Fabulous Beast Michael Keegan-Dolan has established a reputation for his dynamic and innovative approach to theatre. Here he collaborates with one of Ireland's most successful folk rock musicians, Liam ? Maonla? of Hothouse Flowers, drawing inspiration from ? Maonla?'s 2005 solo album Rian, which means ?mark' or ?trace' in Irish. A delightfully innovative fusion of two very different disciplines, Irish traditional music and Irish contemporary dance/theatre, Rian has dazzled audiences in Dublin and London and has also been nominated for the Judges' Special Award in The Irish Times Theatre awards 2011. ?an extraordinary piece of dance theatre that manages to be both seamless entertainment and a rich insight into Irish culture' The Irish Times This performance will finish at approximately 21:30Producer Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. Producer Sadler's Wells. Performer Liam O Maonlai. | |
| 24 May 12 to 25 May 12 | Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L53126470 |
James, Son of James - T01936276487James, Son of James is a story of accidental heroism, hero worship, sadness, love, power, betrayal and revenge, told through dance, song and comedy. James returns home for his father's funeral having been away for eleven years. He is late and misses the burial, but becomes embroiled in the lives of ten characters: the local politician, his wife and their son, the policeman and his wife, a farmer, a doctor, a merchant, his daughter and a young woman from the east. English tour supported by Arts Council England and Culture Ireland. Fabulous Beast is grant aided by the Arts Council of Ireland. Running time 90 mins Age guide - 14+. Contains some strong language and adult themes.Producer Dance Touring Partnership. Producer BITE08. Producer Dublin Theatre Festival. Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan. Design Merle Hensel. Lighting Adam Silverman. Music Philip Feeney. Sound Alexis Nealon. Performer Milos Galko. Performer MIck Dolan. Performer Emmanuel Obeya. Performer Daphne Strothman. Performer Rachel Poirier. Performer Neil Paris. Performer Khamlane Halsackda. Performer Cliodhna Hoey. Performer Lorena Randi. Performer Simon Rice. Performer Vladislav Soltys. | |
| 2 May 08 to 3 May 08 | Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L030979667 |
| 16 Apr 08 to 19 Apr 08 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L0274261816 |
| 11 Apr 08 to 12 Apr 08 | Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L0429187868 |
| 11 Apr 08 to 26 Apr 08 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L379317592 |
| 8 Apr 08 to 9 Apr 08 | Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield :: V962 listing details L1212576551 |
| 26 Feb 08 to 1 Mar 08 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0933066136 |
| 21 Feb 08 to 23 Feb 08 | Playhouse, Nottingham :: V457 listing details L861767384 |
| 15 Feb 08 to 16 Feb 08 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L01332392802 |
| 12 Feb 08 to 13 Feb 08 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L01327117384 |
| 5 Feb 08 to 9 Feb 08 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L1367921405 |
The Bull - T0186773912The production is based on the great Irish epic An Tain Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle-Raid of Cooley), which recounts a long, bloody war fought over a celebrated bull. Keegan-Dolan transposes this gem of Irish sagas to the savage underbelly of contemporary society. A cast of runts, imbeciles, egomaniacs, masochistic deviants and impotent catamites squabble and conspire in the bogs and towns of an Irish-tinged world in which corruption, deception and adultery are at the heart. Age guidance 16+. This production contains nudity and explicit material and language. 90mins/no intervalProducer BITE07. Producer Dublin Theatre Festival. Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan. | |
| 21 Feb 07 to 3 Mar 07 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L1540560739 |
The Flowerbed - T1874231916A Romeo and Juliet for our time, this version depicts a suburban nightmare as feuding families come to blows over the flowerbed that separates their domains. These horrors make the Montagues and Capulets look like beacons of respectability and compatibility as love, sex, drugs and gardening are battled over by the neighbours from hell. In Keegan Dolan’s characteristic style the physically daring confrontations clash with moments of tenderness and lyricism in what is a fiercely imaginative retelling of the famous tragedy.Producer BITE. Company Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. Director Michael Keegan Dolan. Choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan. Design Rodney Grant. Music Philip Feeney. | |
| 20 Jun 06 to 8 Jul 06 | The Pit, Barbican Centre, West End :: V372 listing details L02019343881 |
Giselle - T986502359The hit of the 2003 Dublin Theatre Festival, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre brings a radical reworking of Giselle to the Barbican. Taking the story that inspired the ballet as its starting point, Keegan-Dolan's Giselle is transported onto a stage soaked in aggression and violence with moments of haunting tenderness. Set in the fictional town of Ballyfeeny, this is a moving two step between the forces of laughter and disaster, a grim social tragedy peopled by phoney cowboys, line dancers and ghosts.Author Michael Keegan-Dolan. Director Michael Keegan-Dolan (Michael Keegan-Dolan (Theophile Gautier). Design Sophie Charalambous. Lighting Adam Silverman. Music Philip Feeney. | |
| 23 Feb 05 to 5 Mar 05 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L01115308863 |
