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Thick & Tight are a dance duo whose work incorporates mime, drag and cultural
reference. After being commissioned by Kings Place for the Noh Reimagined Festival,
and with an invitation to train with artists in Noh and Kyogen Theatre in Japan, their
Residency explored how these art forms can be incorporated into their own work,
and where their practices overlap and diverge.

Residences taking place later this year
Emily Levy
What if feeling disconnected is the one thing we all really share? This immersive
multimedia project, featuring voices and stories from around the world, blurs
boundaries between concert, film and theatre, as well as blending classical, folk, and
experimental sounds.

Join the Din: Change!
“Change!” combines original jazz and contemporary dance and is inspired by the
exploration of the human condition through its adaptation to change, in which
musicians and dancers communicate through interplay and improvisation.

Nadine Benjamin: Beam
Beam is an autobiographical, multi-disciplinary piece that explores how storytelling
through different artformscan demonstrate the influences music and opera have had
on Nadine’s life journey and the world that she creates in.
Shruthi Rajasekar & Reylon Yount
Award-winning practitioners of the traditional art forms of their ancestors – Shruthi
in South Indian Carnatic voice, and Reylon in Chinese traditional yangqin (hammered
dulcimer) performance – they plan to use their Residency to create a 15-minute piece
that integrates vocals, yangqin, and piano, to tell a shared story about the diasporic
self-in-process.

Thabo Mkwananzi
Zimbabwean soul singer Thabo brings image, sound and scent together into a multi-
sensory and immersive performance that strives to transform the gig experience
through surround-sound, perfume infusions and responsive visuals.

Ulita: Sister
‘Sister’ is the latest project from Ulita – a show about siblings who live on opposite
sides of the world. To the brother, a painter struggling with anxiety, his sister is
infallible. She’s a natural storyteller, and has always used her tales to protect him
from pain and sadness. But storytelling walks a fine line with lying, and now the
elaborate world she’s built around the two of them is beginning to crack.

Tickets are free but booking encouraged and will be available soon

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