Details

Down at the end of Lonely Street - or Smedley Lane, as they call it in North Manchester - choreographer Claire Cunningham and her ensemble of leading disabled performers invite you to join them for a drink at a Cheetham Hill social club as they pull back the curtain on the glittering world of the Elvis tribute artist. Fresh from a crash course in Elvis-ing and intimate conversations with a range of tribute artists, Thank You Very Much takes to the floor in witty and revealing fashion. The company pull on their rhinestone-studded jumpsuits to ask: are we caught in a trap? Who have we been trying to be all our lives? Has it ever been our choice? And is anyone ever truly incomparable?

Creatives/Company

Author: Claire Cunningham
Producer: Manchester International Festival
Choreographer: Claire Cunningham
Director: Dan Watson (associate director)
Design: Bethany Wells
Lighting: Christopher Copland
Sound: Matthias Herrmann
Music: Matthias Herrmann
Costume: Shanti Freed
Dramaturg: Luke Pell