Child (KInd) - T01779176592An eerie forest of towering trees and menacing cliffs reveals bizarre and disturbing scenes that hold within them the fears and dreams of a girl caught up in traumatic situations. Uncannily conveying the body language of the young while swirling around the borders of reality, Child features a mezzo-soprano as a child and seemingly elastic dancers who emerge from the scenery in endlessly surprising moves. The Olivier Award-winning Belgian group follows earlier, much admired productions of Mother and Father at the Barbican with the final part of its family-themed trilogy. Developed from impressions of childhood shared by the whole company including co-directors Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier, the last instalment results from their fascination with the human psyche and the construction of identity. | |
| 22 Jan 20 to 25 Jan 20 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L0625846901 |
Father (Vader) - T1893810374The phenomenal choreography and enigmatic visual imagery of Peeping Tom plunge viewers into the realm between fantasy and reality in this empathetic, swirling and surprising portrait of ageing. Towering walls surround the visiting room of a care home where an elderly man, also a father, counts his final days. Revealed in shifting scenes that speak of isolation, divinity, ridicule and melancholia, we learn more of his complex identity and lived experiences. As people and objects move around the figure, we are drawn into hallucinatory moments in which memories make way for something far less lucid. Astonishing dance, song and live music are interwoven into this incisive and compassionate piece. Father forms the first part of the company's surreal trilogy on families echoing their own reminiscences, mysteries and hopes.Director Franck Chartier. DramaturgGabriela Carrizo. Sound Raphaelle Latini. Sound Ismael Colombani. Sound Eurudike De Beul. Sound Renaud Crols. Sound Yannick Willox. Lighting Giacomo Gorini. Costume Camille De Bonhome. Design Amber Vandenhoeck. Performer Leo De Beul. Performer Marie Gyselbrecht. Performer Hun-Mok Jung. Performer Maria Carolina Vieira. Performer Simon Versnel. Performer Brandon Lagaert. Performer Yi-Chun Liu. | |
| 30 Jan 19 to 2 Feb 19 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L2064242188 |
Mother (Moeder) - T0197056107Peeping Tom evoke a dreamlike universe, at once disturbing and oddly humorous, to explore an archetypal figure familiar to us all. A production of astonishing physicality that defies characterisation. Taking audiences into a series of recognisable spaces, including a museum, studio and maternity ward, this non-narrative work draws on the memories of director Gabriela Carrizo and her performers to trigger disquieting reflections about motherhood. Suffering, desire, fear, life and death are unexpectedly intertwined in Mother (Moeder), which shies away from neither the subconscious nor the stuff of nightmares, reflecting the unstable atmosphere of a David Lynch film. The soundscape has a cinematic quality, sometimes amplified to disconcerting effect. It is matched by surreal visual imagery and choreography of rare imagination where bodies bend, flip, isolate and contort. Peeping Tom's 32 rue Vandenbranden, seen at the Barbican in 2015, subsequently won the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production. 'Their talent is terrifying,' concludes Le Monde. | |
| 24 Jan 18 to 27 Jan 18 | The Pit, Barbican Centre, West End :: V372 listing details L01997349429 |
32 rue vandenbranden - T1430220637Cinematic set design and jaw-dropping physicality combine to create an unforgettable piece of dance theatre that plunges spectators into a foreboding universe of cold, wind and ice. Two rickety trailer homes sit within a snow-covered landscape, left wholly exposed to the elements under a wide-open sky. Here, the young people of a small mountain community succumb to their subconscious fears, overcome by a pervading sense of loneliness they cannot escape. Six performers contort, bend, jerk and levitate in dizzying scenes of hypnotic movement. Bodies transform and shake to the sound of an unsettling soundtrack, including Bellini, Stravinsky and Pink Floyd sung live by a mezzo-soprano. Belgian dance collective Peeping Tom has toured internationally with this uncompromising show, impressing audiences with the ingenuity and hyperreal quality of its work. Running time: 1hr 20mins. Age guidance 12+Director Gabriela Carrizo. Director Franck Chartier. Performer Seoljin Kim. Performer Hun-Mok Jung. Performer Marie Gyselbrecht. Performer Jos Baker. Performer Maria Carolina Vieira. Performer Eurudike De Beul. | |
| 23 May 16 to 25 May 16 | Home Theatre, Manchester :: V1858052535 listing details L1533541970 |
| 19 May 16 to 20 May 16 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L01832873961 |
| 28 Jan 15 to 31 Jan 15 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L1677217111 |
