Assembly Hall
SCOTTISH PREMIERE
The boundaries between reality and myth crumble in Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s imaginative new dance work.
Combining Arthurian cosplay and contemporary dance, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young present their ‘beguiling and completely bonkers’ (The Times) new dance work, following their Olivier Award-winning piece Revisor.
Set in a crumbling community hall, a group of medieval re-enactors gather for their Annual General Meeting. However, things are not looking good. Membership has taken a nosedive, debts are creeping up and the group has become divided into opposing factions. Unless something drastic happens, the re-enactment society will be shut down forever. But as the meeting progresses, the lines blur between past and present, reality and myth. Ancient forces have woken and it becomes increasingly clear that the quest to save their society from dissolution is a matter of life and death.
Kidd Pivot’s award-winning productions seamlessly blend dance and theatre. Jonathon Young’s recorded text is married with Crystal Pite’s razor-sharp, witty choreography to create a genre-defying piece woven together by two masterful storytellers.
a beautiful, mind-boggling triumph... the absolute cutting-edge of dance theatre… beg, borrow and steal to get a ticket
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Crystal Pite Choreographer & Director
Jonathon Young Writer & Director
Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani & Meg Roe Composers & Sound Designers
Jay Gower Taylor Set Designer
Nancy Bryant Costume Designer
Tom Visser Lighting Designer
Cybèle Young Video Designer
Eric Chad Show Control and Sound Programmer
Eric Beauchesne Assistant to the Creators
Cast: Brandon Alley, Livona Ellis, Rakeem Hardy, Gregory Lau, Doug Letheren, Rena Narumi, Ella Rothschild, Renée Sigouin
Meg Roe Voice Director
Voices
Ryan Beil Dave
Marci T. House Gail
Alessandro Juliani Boyd
Meg Roe Bonnie
Gabrielle Rose Glenda
Amanda Sum Mae
Vincent Tong Woody
Jonathon Young Shaun
Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Théâtre de la Ville, Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara, National Arts Centre, Seattle Theatre Group, Canadian Stage, DanceHouse, Danse Danse, Le Diamant & Electric Company Theatre.
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