We are delighted to announce the six artists who will be creating new short performances in this year's programme. Performances 02 May - 16 June. On sale from Monday 15 April. The idea behind THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME is to encourage performers to develop new performance modes in front of small enthusiastic audiences. We particularly want to encourage performers who engage with the future, the becoming or “not yet” of subject matter and mode of performance.
CATHERINE ALEXANDER
Is That All There Is? | 02 - 04 May
ERIC NGALLE CHARLES
Rituals of the Molikilikili | 09 - 11 May
CHRISTOPHER ELSON
This Museum is a Spaceship | 16 - 18 May
LUKE HEREFORD
Perfect Places | 23 - 24 May
ELIN PHILLIPS
Nythu | 13 - 15 June
AKEIM TOUSSAINT BUCK
Sanc | 13 - 15 June
Before we begin, join us this Thursday for the prologue - tea, cake, and Once Upon a 2024 - a short performance by the students from RUBICON DANCE.
ONCE UPON A 2024 develops on some of the themes of The Rising Damp & Other Tails, a duet that Marianne made as part of the Shape of Things to Come series at Volcano in 2023. Set on a stormy night in the depths of a raging housing crisis, this immersive performance retells Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid as a tragic and exploitative love story between a merman and an estate agent.
The cast and co-creators of Once Upon a 2024 are on the cusp of a new chapter of their lives; in September they will each leave home to start full-time dance training in cities all over the UK. Once Upon a 2024 is a danced reflection on what it means to be young and to dream in the context of the ongoing cost of living crisis.
Free entry - donations to Rubicon.