5 Soldiers - T1365038303A thrilling and humane portrait of army life telling the stories of five men and women serving on the front line told through Rosie Kay's trademark intense physical and athletic dance theatre. Deeply realistic, stark and thrilling, 5 Soldiers offers no moral stance on war, but instead questions what it is that we ask of our soldiers? | |
| 26 Nov 23 | Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool :: V518 listing details L1088341969 |
| 14 May 23 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L01977982698 |
absolute SOLO II - T39798735A triple bill of solos looking backwards and forwards at award-winning Birmingham choreographer Rosie Kay's personal experience as a female in dance. 21 years on from her first ever solo show ‘Absolute Solo‘ which she performed in the 1999 Edinburgh Festival, and six years since last appearing on stage herself, Kay returns to performing with a triple bill of solos. Her new work, ‘Adult Female Dancer', was created in the 2020 lockdown and explores the deep emotional connection between her life and dance. Now, as an older dancing female, she has something to say about the female body and the experience of being female and being on stage. Part autobiography, part socio-anthropological study, Kay uses ideas of performance, identity, sex and gender to explore her new dancing spirit. The triple bill also includes an archive film of the international award-winning ‘Patisserie' (1999) and Kay's first public performance of ‘Artemis Clown' (originally commissioned by Eliot Smith Dance Company). | |
| 24 Jul 21 | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L0420204259 |
Fantasia - T2137175434Fantasia uses dance and science to create an exquisite performance of pleasure, beauty and finesse. Fusing choreography with neurological research, it questions what it is that makes dance beautiful to experience. Delve deeply into a soundtrack of Vivaldi, Purcell, Beethoven and Bach, and revel in the vision of three bold female dancers as they discover love, loss, emotion and joy. With truly sumptuous costumes that defy expectation, join us on a journey of music, delight and fantasy.Choreographer Rosie Kay. Director Rosie Kay. Producer James Preston. Design Louis Price. Costume Louis Price. Music Annie Mahtani. Lighting Mike Gunning. Performer Shanelle Clemenson. Performer Harriet Ellis. Performer Carina Howard. | |
| 21 Nov 19 | Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds :: V0157226077 listing details L0259108503 |
| 8 Nov 19 | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough :: V949 listing details L2070420168 |
| 1 Nov 19 | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh :: V633 listing details L092484545 |
| 8 Oct 19 | Capstone Theatre, Liverpool :: V0538369222 listing details L0165043635 |
| 25 Sep 19 to 26 Sep 19 | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L982005364 |
5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline - T0454807917In 2008, Birmingham based choreographer Rosie Kay joined the 4th Battalion The Rifles, to watch and participate in full battle exercises, and visited the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre for our Armed Forces. What came of these observations is an award-winning, five-star work, performed offsite at Yeomanry House, Bloomsbury. 5 SOLDIERS offers no moral stance on war. Instead, through Kay's trademark intense physical and athletic dance theatre, it questions what it is that we ask of our soldiers and explores how the human body remains essential to war, even in the 21st century, | |
| 2 Apr 19 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824 listing details L0883733711 |
| 7 Feb 19 | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough :: V949 listing details L916589071 |
| 5 Feb 19 | Perth Theatre, Perth :: V637 listing details L01902370942 |
| 31 Jan 19 to 1 Feb 19 | Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury :: V925 listing details L0554058536 |
| 13 Oct 17 to 14 Oct 17 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham :: V143 listing details L1825618881 |
| 6 Oct 17 to 7 Oct 17 | Mercury Theatre, Colchester :: V37 listing details L0848896475 |
| 14 Sep 17 to 15 Sep 17 | Hull New Theatre, Hull :: V934 listing details L0241014922 |
| 7 Sep 17 to 9 Sep 17 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L01457600998 |
| 11 Aug 17 to 26 Aug 17 | The Fringe Office, Edinburgh :: V1059 listing details L872914609 |
MK Ultra - T1766821526Taking its name from the LSD-fuelled experiments conducted by the US Military in the 1950s and 1960s, MK ULTRA looks at the rise of conspiracy theory amongst young people and in particular the theory that these experiments have continued in the realms of pop music and fashion. After extensive online research into conspiracy culture and interviews with 16-25 year olds from the Midlands, Kay and Curtis developed a hypothesis that ponders whether the lack of trust in politicians and established political systems has given rise to alternative theories of power and control. Hypnotic video design alternate with documentary-like sections of Curtis' signature montage style, creating a kaleidoscope effect on audiences, both brainwashing and playful. The show features costumes from Lady Gaga's designer Gary Card, a gold mirrored stage, hypnotic triangular projections by Louis Price, a pulsing soundtrack of American trap music and a mesmerising score by electro-acoustic composer and University of Birmingham lecturer Dr Annie Mahtani.Choreographer Rosie Kay. Director Rosie Kay. Other Adam Curtis (creative collaborator). Producer James Preston. Music Annie Mahtani. Costume Gary Card. Design Louis Price. Design Louis Price (video). Lighting Mike Gunning. DramaturgTessa Walker. | |
| 10 Nov 18 | Capstone Theatre, Liverpool :: V0538369222 listing details L02107877001 |
| 8 Nov 18 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01760753618 |
| 26 Oct 18 | Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817 listing details L1583606273 |
| 23 Oct 18 | The Customs House, South Shields :: V575 listing details L01094725120 |
| 16 Oct 18 | Strode Theatre, Street :: V917 listing details L01809448869 |
| 2 Oct 18 | G-Live, Guildford :: V0839845247 listing details L0924220414 |
| 28 Sep 18 to 29 Sep 18 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824 listing details L249851301 |
| 28 Sep 18 to 29 Sep 18 | Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 listing details L01111683548 |
| 20 Sep 18 to 21 Sep 18 | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L0751914231 |
MK Ultra - T02121635577World Premiere. Enter the hypnotic world of MK Ultra. Rosie Kay's new work is a high energy, supercharged mash-up of thrilling dance, music and imagery. It is inspired by the bizarre realm of pop culture mind control conspiracies. | |
| 11 May 17 to 12 May 17 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L926169535 |
| 3 May 17 to 4 May 17 | Home Theatre, Manchester :: V1858052535 listing details L583647051 |
| 5 Apr 17 | Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L0813124745 |
| 17 Mar 17 to 18 Mar 17 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham :: V143 listing details L01012087074 |
Double Points: K/Motel - T367871854Two athletic, intelligent and technical dance duets from Best Independent Company (National Dance Awards) Rosie Kay Dance Company. | |
| 21 Oct 16 | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh :: V633 listing details L0420570132 |
| 19 Oct 16 | Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury :: V925 listing details L2085201631 |
| 11 Oct 16 | Beacon Arts Centre (formerly Arts Guild Theatre), Greenock :: V1047 listing details L01874495170 |
| 15 Sep 16 to 16 Sep 16 | mac birmingham - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham :: V146 listing details L2087317057 |
5 Soldiers - The Body is the Frontline - T8355737175 Soldiers - The Body is the Frontline is a moving, dramatic and unique work that looks at how the human body remains essential to war, even in the 21st century. This show provides an intimate view of the training that prepares our soldiers for the sheer physicality of combat, for the possibility of injury, and the impact conflict has on the bodies and minds of everyone it reaches. This visceral piece has a powerful physicality, moments of humour and is full of honesty, all inspired by input from serving and former soldiers. | |
| 29 Apr 16 to 30 Apr 16 | The Tramway, Glasgow :: V621 listing details L2045544634 |
| 13 Jun 15 to 14 Jun 15 | Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre), Brecon :: V1067 listing details L832400412 |
| 5 Jun 15 to 6 Jun 15 | General, York :: V01314402172 listing details L476055486 |
| 29 May 15 to 30 May 15 | Home Theatre, Manchester :: V1858052535 listing details L0670249052 |
| 23 May 15 to 24 May 15 | General, General :: V1268 listing details L1502276368 |
| 14 May 15 to 15 May 15 | Dance City, Newcastle Upon Tyne :: V916524193 listing details L0167019886 |
| 7 May 15 to 9 May 15 | General, Inner London :: V1231 listing details L091511100 |
There is Hope - T2077715203Expect humour, black comedy, athletic performances and, in true Rosie Kay style, some unexpected and extraordinary moments of dance and theatre. The time is 2012, the world is about to end. There is one ticket off this so-called poisoned planet. Do you take it? Who escapes? And where are we all going? There is Hope explores faith, belief, ritual, and the confi nes and claustrophobia of an international cast of incredible performers and musicians. They journey through a universe of heavens, hells and purgatories - worlds of beauty and of the bizarre. There is Hope is a timely, pertinent and exciting work that speaks of today. With the riots of 2011 still fresh in everyone's minds, what kind of world are we living in right now and, arguably, is there hope? | |
| 30 Apr 13 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L752329879 |
| 16 Apr 13 | Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield :: V972 listing details L1401450035 |
| 11 Oct 12 | Theatre Royal, Winchester :: V782 listing details L856140362 |
5 Soldiers - The Body in the Frontline - T017322107925 Soldiers - The Body Is The Frontline is a powerful dance-theatre production that explores the physicality of modern warfare, and the idea that despite modern military technological advances we still use human physical violence as a threat, a deterrent, a weapon. Typical of Kay’s brutal and athletic style, this timely, provocative and extremely hard-hitting work investigates how the soldiers are physically trained and the physiological impact it has on them. Rosie Kay spent over a year securing a period of research with the British Army. 5 Soldiers comes out of a combination of this experience as well as the deep knowledge of the body a choreographer brings to this type of activity. | |
| 14 May 11 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L01160589207 |
| 1 Apr 11 | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V160 listing details L0251500073 |
| 10 Jun 10 | Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton :: V918 listing details L01367215743 |
| 3 Jun 10 | Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier :: V868 listing details L1067752411 |
| 1 Jun 10 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L1405517093 |
| 27 May 10 | The Civic, Barnsley :: V959 listing details L157038559 |
| 26 May 10 | The Customs House, South Shields :: V575 listing details L0439596407 |
| 20 May 10 to 21 May 10 | General, Inner London :: V1231 listing details L438968078 |
| 20 May 10 to 21 May 10 | The Rifles Club Drill Hall, Inner London :: V299020444 listing details L558757930 |
| 19 May 10 | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull :: V935 listing details L22678355 |
| 14 May 10 | Dartington Arts, Totnes :: V902 listing details L075321437 |
| 13 May 10 | Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury :: V925 listing details L334427196 |
| 5 May 10 | New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth :: V769 listing details L0381452883 |
| 27 Apr 10 to 28 Apr 10 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0643693973 |
| 23 Apr 10 to 24 Apr 10 | Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L1013221159 |
Double Points: K and Supernova - T01919616493Double Points: K is set against a soundtrack of dub step, electro and classical music. This explosive, sensual and dynamic duet combines the beauty of pure movement with the thrill of dancers pushing themselves to the edge. Two dancers seem drawn together in a unique universe, delicately balanced on the edge of time and space. Breaking free with an explosion of energy, the two find a new way to communicate, spiralling with split second timing around each other. As the energy and pace grows, the dancers seem to fly; elegantly at first and then strutting and rushing across the whole space. Supernova is the rare occurrence when dying stars vibrate like giant speakers before exploding in a spectacular blast. Taking inspiration from time, space, energy and matter, Rosie Kay translates huge cosmic ideas into the physical, the personal and the emotional. Supernova is a journey of five extraordinary female dancers who translate the macro into the micro sensations inside us all. | |
| 27 Mar 09 | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V160 listing details L0208549723 |
| 3 Mar 09 to 4 Mar 09 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L02100203622 |
The Wild Party - T062756919The Wild Party is a night to remember! With a feeling of 'anything can happen' a live jazz band takes to the stage alongside an extraordinary cast of multi-talented actors and dancers. Based on the incredible poem of the same name by jazz poet Joseph Moncure March, this piece captures the spirit, the debauchery and the sleaze of the golden age of jazz, bringing it right up to date with narrative, live music, stunning choreography, physical theatre and boundless energy. Be touched as a love duet conjures up the romance of Fred and Ginger... Laugh out loud at the tragic shenanigans of a failed clown... Be afraid as the party gets out of hand and more is spilt on the carpet than red wine...Combining the talents of award-winning choreographer and performer Rosie Kay, with dramaturg Ben Payne and acclaimed jazz composer Hans Koller, The Wild Party promises to be a night out that you'll certainly remember in the morning... Run time 1hr 30minsChoreographer Rosie Kay. DramaturgBen Payne. Music Hans Koller. | |
| 4 Apr 08 to 5 Apr 08 | The Place Theatre, Inner London :: V240 listing details L330519396 |
| 3 Apr 08 | Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L791954387 |
| 8 Nov 07 | Arc Theatre, Trowbridge :: V881281219 listing details L1275098874 |
| 26 Oct 07 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0917410840 |
A brief encounter with Rosie Kay - Asylum - T0485057731Two dancers confront their identities in a landscape of lost baggage and personal belongings in this intimate duet by Dance Umbrella newcomer, Rosie Kay. Struggling onto the stage with an almost comic overload of plastic bags, the dancers [Guilherme Miotto] and [Rosie Kay], slowly shed their defences ending in a whirling waltz of pain, want and need. Asylum was inspired by themes of exile and relocation arising from Rosie's work with local asylum agencies, research on Bosnian refugees and interviews with Serbian asylum seekers. It is a thought-provoking piece of dance theatre: personal, angry and passionate. The dancers perform with exceptional, heartfelt energy as they literally push themselves to the edge. | |
| 4 Oct 07 to 5 Oct 07 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1024584108 |
Honey You're a Pig/Patisserie/Asylum - T02001241610Fast rising star of the dance world and regionally renowned dancer and choreographer Rosie Kay presents a mixed bill of strong, engaging and highly entertaining live dance. This international award-winning (Solo Dance Theatre Festival, Bonnie Bird UK Choreography Award, Creative Class Channel Four) choreographer is building a substantial UK reputation, working recently with Birmingham Royal Ballet and still reeling from a five star sold out run at the Edinburgh Festival. In this triple bill, be amused by the absurd domestic discord of the smash hit duet Honey You’re a Pig, be engaged by the award winning solo Patisserie that has toured Europe to rave reviews, and then be moved by the emotional journey of the highly evocative Asylum. Combining an international cast of the world’s top ballet and contemporary dancers, musicians and directors, this mixed bill is a superb chance to see the vast range of work of one of the hottest new talents around. | |
| 18 Feb 06 | mac birmingham - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham :: V146 listing details L1799210985 |
Honey You're a Pig/22/Asylum/The Wild Party - T01347531923A mixed bill of live dance and dance film. Be amused by the absurd domestic discord of the smash hit duet Honey You're a Pig. Be transfixed by the film 22, a collaboration with two top film directors Ravi Depress and Michael Baig-Clifford. Be moved by the emotional journey of the highly successful dance Asylum. And finally sit back and enjoy the dance and jazz extravaganza that is the short film, The Wild Party.Choreographer Rosie Kay. | |
| 1 Nov 05 | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V160 listing details L01468723481 |
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| 5 Jun 15 to 6 Jun 15 | Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L01323522162 |
