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 is current Movement Captain and original cast of the West End / Barbican / Royal Shakespeare Company's 6x Olivier-Award-winning stage adaptation, My Neighbour Totoro 2023/2027.

Choreographer for Kakilang production HOME X, a digital and live hybrid-live video game and theatre show 2022/2023 - winner of the Arts Council’s Digital Culture Awards 2022.

Choreographer of Spirit Level, led by classical composer Blasio Kavuma, which was awarded the George Butterworth prize 2018 from Sound and Music NPO.

Recent Wayward Thread productions - 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, as well as performing in major feature films (Marvel/Disney, Conjuring).

"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