Tuesday 11 May 2021

NEWS: Sadler's Wells announce new shows.


 Sadler’s Wells Announces New Shows

We are delighted to announce new shows at Sadler’s Wells, including performances at the Peacock Theatre, which has been closed since March 2020.

Following our reopening with socially distant performances at Sadler’s Wells from 17 May, we are looking forward to welcoming you back to our theatres at full capacity in the coming months – a hugely exciting next step on our journey towards recovery.

Choreographer and performance artist Christopher Matthews presents a Wild Card in late June. In September, Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists Hofesh Shechter and Akram Khan present world premiere performances, and our production of Message In A Bottle returns to the Peacock Theatre, where its run in 2020 was cut short by the pandemic. Also in September, the Peacock Theatre hosts Breakin’ Convention Presents: The Ruggeds and Motionhouse’s new production, Nobody.

The new shows announced for September will be on sale at full capacity. All performances and any social distancing measures are in line with UK Government guidance. We will continue to monitor this guidance and keep audiences informed if any changes to the programme or social distancing have to be made. Covid-19 safety information can be accessed via the website here.

Tickets for all newly announced events are on public sale from Tuesday 25 May at 10am via www.sadlerswells.com. Booking opens to members from Friday 21 May at 10am.
 

Wild Card: Christopher Matthews / formed view                          
my body’s an exhibition                                                                   UK PREMIERE  
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 June 2021 
Tickets: £20
 
Choreographer and performance artist Christopher Matthews curates an immersive event featuring movement-based installations scattered throughout the building, inviting audiences on a self-guided journey of discovery. The event explores themes of gender, class structure, intersections of the classical and contemporary, icon vs self, and pop culture.

Taking the Janet Jackson lyrics “my body’s an exhibition baby” from the song Feedback (2008) as inspiration, audiences are invited to explore the role of the spectator when observing the body as an object. my body’s an exhibition features over 20 works by international performance makers and visual artists, including video, photography, collage, sound, text and live movement installations. The event includes the world premiere of Matthews’ own work My Body’s Number 1 as well as his work for gallery spaces, Lads.

Co-Produced by Sadler’s Wells and Christopher Matthews


 


Hofesh Shechter Company                                            WORLD PREMIERE            
Double Murder  (Clowns/The Fix)
Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 September 2021 
Tickets: £15 - £45
  
A thrilling new double bill by internationally celebrated choreographer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Hofesh Shechter, presenting two distinctly contrasting pieces for our times.

With a sarcastic nod to our ever-growing indifference to violence, Clowns unleashes a whirlwind of choreographed anarchy, asking how far we are willing to go in the name of entertainment. Shechter’s new creation, The Fix, brings a tender, fragile energy to the stage. Double Murder is a raw, human and compassionate piece where violence, tenderness and hope are all laid bare through Shechter’s achingly beautiful, cinematic lens.
 
Hofesh Shechter is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist

Double Murder is a Sadler’s Wells Co-production



Breakin’ Convention Presents: The Ruggeds                       PEACOCK THEATRE
Between Us                     
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 September 2021  
Tickets: £18 - £40  
 
Celebrating the most innovative artists working in hip hop today, Breakin’ Convention Presents showcases b-boy world champions The Ruggeds.

You have family and you have friends. But what if your friends are your family? The Ruggeds have become their own kind of family, not by DNA but by trust and shared experiences. Following a UK and US tour of Adrenaline with Sadler’s Wells Breakin’ Convention, Between Us is the company’s second work and invites audiences into their home to discover what makes them tick. With a mix of music, acrobatics, physical theatre, humour and dance, the ties that bind them together are unraveled.

The Ruggeds’ unique dynamism has won them worldwide recognition at international championships, including NBC’s World of Dance. Past collaborations have featured world-famous artists Justin Bieber, Rita Ora and Afrojack, and Martin Garrix.




Motionhouse                                                                                     WORLD PREMIERE
Nobody
Wednesday 22 – Saturday

Tickets: £18 - £45

Fast-moving and highly physical, Nobody explores the tension between our inner lives and how we make sense of the world around us. Motionhouse’s dance-circus style combines with mesmerising choreography to tell this uplifting story.  

Digital projections and the shape-shifting set create an environment where nothing is quite what it seems, following seven characters on their journey of self-discovery. Nobody is a visual adventure, and a relevant and moving show that resonates with the times we live in. 





Kate Prince/ Sting                                                              PEACOCK THEATRE
Message In A Bottle                
Wednesday 29 September – Sunday 17 October   
Tickets: £25 - £65 

Message In A Bottle, produced by Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK, is the latest dance theatre show from triple Olivier Award-nominee and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince (Some Like it Hip Hop, Into the Hoods). The show, which premiered in 2020, is set to the hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company. 

The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings must embark on a perilous journey in order to survive.

With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, Message In A Bottle tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope. Its soundtrack includes Every Breath You TakeRoxanne, and Walking on the Moon


Kate Prince is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist

A Sadler’s Wells & Universal Music UK Production co-produced with Birmingham Hippodrome and The Lowry, Salford. Research and development supported by The MOVEment.

Supported by Garfield Weston Foundation

 


English National Ballet                                                               WORLD PREMIERE     
Creature by Akram Khan  
Thursday 23 September – Saturday 2 October 2021  
Tickets: £15 - £75 

Renowned choreographer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Akram Khan returns to create a second full-length production for English National Ballet following the success of Giselle. Creature is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classic Woyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing on themes of abandonment, isolation and the fragility of the mind, Creature is the tale of an outsider and the search for belonging.

Creature is a Co-Production between English National Ballet and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (OBV) Co-Producer: Sadler’s Wells, London Production Partner: The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater. Production Sponsor: Cunard
 
Akram Khan is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist

English National Ballet is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Company

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