RED INK

An artful, pulse-quickening, and at times darkly funny mix of hip hop, contemporary dance, and physical theatre

In Red INK, three citizens try to find their voice in a world where politics and power shape reality, where speaking the truth can make you an enemy.

From acrobatic break, to giant calligraphy - bodies fly and ink runs in this show about the desire for change at odds with the desire to live.

CAST AND CREATIVES

Dancers: Si Rawlinson, Marius Mates, Helder Delgado

Music: Kidkanevil, Simon McCorry, Hauschka, Jan Brzezinski, Si Rawlinson

Costume: Isabella Van Braeckel

Company Manager: Stephanie Bergé

Produced by Step Out Arts

"Boundary-breaking dance art chiming for change"

Kate Hagan, The Wonderful World of Dance

“Gorgeous muscular movement”

Jonzi D, Breakin’ Convention

“Spectacular to watch… provides the audience with an explosive experience that they will never forget.”

★★★★ Review by Jamie Williams, A Younger Threatre

Red INK is the third show in the ‘Ink Series’. The first in the series, Finding Words was developed at Breakin' Convention's 'Open Art Surgery' 2016, and was performed at Sadler’s Wells 2016. The second in the series, called ‘Ink’, was supported by Curve Theatre and Southbank Centre 2017.

This was showcased for Southbank Centre's China Changing Festival 2017 and Curve Theatre's Inside Out Festival 2017.

The show's development has been supported by Chinese Arts Now (now Kakilang), Nearly There Yet theatre's Dare to Devise platform, and Bedford Creative Arts.

Project supported by National Lottery Grants - Arts Council England.

Southbank Centre, Purcell Room - London - China Changing Festival (2018)

Rich Mix, London - Can Festival (2019)

Attenborough Arts, Leicester (2019)

Artdance Festival, Gibraltar (2019)

Bedford Place Theatre (2019)

Theatre Deli, Migration Matters Festival, Sheffield (2019)

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) 3pm (2020) - postponed

Dancebase, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2020) - postponed

Curve Theatre, Leicester (2023)

The Place, London (2023)

Age: 12+

Duration: Running time 42 mins (no interval)