ABOUT

About Us:

Wayward Thread is a dance and physical theatre company

Rooted in hip hop dance, we champion stories of compassion, identity, and the challenges of a changing world

Creating award-winning art at the boundaries of hip hop, contemporary dance, and theatre

Artistic Director

Si Rawlinson is a mixed-heritage British Chinese artist, Artistic Director of Wayward Thread, Resident Artist at Curve Theatre, and former Associate Artistic Director of the National Portfolio Organisation, Kakilang.

A theatre-maker and choreographer with a background in dance, his practice is interdisciplinary, mixing dance, theatre, and comedy. His work has been performed at leading venues, including Sadler’s Wells, Southbank Centre, Barbican, The Place, Birmingham Hippodrome, Nottingham Playhouse, and Curve. 

Si’s recent shows - Citizens of Grief (2026), Saving Face (2023), How to Be a Sociopath (2022), and Hand Me Down (2021) - form a body of work that questions cultural misgivings and perspectives of health.

He has performed on stage and screen, working with acclaimed artists including Gary Clarke, Alesandra Seutin, and Requardt & Rosenberg, performing in feature films (Marvel/Disney, Conjuring), and in the West End production My Neighbour Totoro, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Olivier-Award-winning stage adaptation.

"Boundary-breaking dance art chiming for change"

Kate Hagan, The Wonderful World of Dance

“Urgent, slightly scary — and very sexy.”

The Financial Times

 “Gorgeous muscular movement”

Jonzi D, Breakin’ Convention

“Arresting drama”

The Guardian