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A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

@theobserveruk

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Bullyache’s dark depiction of the shadowy global elite

“The dance is fantastical, precise, detailed, saving the piece from falling into clich�e. The people performing this contemporary rite are both perpetrators and victims; the darkness is visible and corrosive; the dancing sublime. Bullyache are a company to watch.”

Article by @sarahcromptonwriter
Photos by @ave_zz

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_

@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Performers @oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci @bullyache_
Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Set build @hsds_ltd
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000
Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Produced @metalwater.co
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell

Supported by @weareunltd @labiennale @sadlers_wells@attenboroughctr @studiowaynemcgregor @kamila_serkebay

We have been picked by @studiowaynemcgregor to present our new work as part of the Venice Biennale Danza 2025. We want to say a huge thank you to Wayne, the team, everyone we’ve worked with this year.

This last year, next year, and BULLAYCHE as a whole has felt a bit surreal. This is two friends running a dance/music/arts company, working class people navigating a ridiculous desire to make our idea of whatever a theatre show is lol. It wouldn’t have happened without all the love we’ve been shown

“A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND” will premiere
24th & 25th July 2025 @labiennale

We have been picked by @studiowaynemcgregor to present our new work as part of the Venice Biennale Danza 2025. We want to say a huge thank you to Wayne, the team, everyone we’ve worked with this year.

This last year, next year, and BULLAYCHE as a whole has felt a bit surreal. This is two friends running a dance/music/arts company, working class people navigating a ridiculous desire to make our idea of whatever a theatre show is lol. It wouldn’t have happened without all the love we’ve been shown

“A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND” will premiere
24th & 25th July 2025 @labiennale

“WHO HURT YOU?”

FINAL TICKET RELEASE
We were sold out and we have managed to squeeze in more seats….

JULY 20th @boldtendencies 8pm

Directed, Scored and Choreographed by BULLYACHE
Jacob Samuel & Courtney Deyn

Ass. Choreographer & Rehearsal director @lewiswalker_x

Performers @oscarjinghuli, @barbs.co.uk
Performance & String Arrangement @magnuswestwell

Production @nancymayroberts @metalwater.co
Management @drlmfr

Lighting @__laurie____loads__
Costumes @lambdog1066
Dramaturgy @afroteddyrob
Production Design @sophie_cundale

Additional Music Contributors
Bobbie @inabobbieworld

RnD & Additional Contributors
Connor Scott @_connorjs
Folu Odimayo @folu__o
Sam Hall @some.hall

Filmed by @willhazell

Supported by
@acegrams
@boldtendencies
@studiowaynemcgregor
@enoa_community
@brittenpearsarts
@fabric.dance
@soundingchange_uob
@accharitablesettlement

BULLYACHE have been on La Fomo’s radar for a while. We included them in our listings countless times.

We sat down with Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel, the artist duo behind BULLYACHE, to talk about how it began, what’s coming up at Sadler’s Wells East tonight, and making performance that refuses to sit neatly in one form.

🎟️ One more show was added on Saturday 9 May at 2pm after the rest sold out… told you to get your tickets early 🔥🔥.

@bullyache_

Interview by La Fomo
Filmed and edited by @selim_fadhlaoui

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📌 BULLYACHE: A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
Thursday 7 May – Saturday 9 May
@sadlerswells_east

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_
@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000

Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x

Performers
@bullyache_
@oscarjinghuli
@sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank
@pierreloupmorillon
@giacomoluci

Produced by @flo_trioux
—

Not sponsored.

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

London May 7th - 9th (SOLD OUT)
@sadlerswells_east

Berlin June 26th - 27th
@sophiensaele

video
@zeel_freel @tildax_x_ @lamaskarade @sinisaaaaa @k_______ku_ @trocadera_2000

@oscarjinghuli @sam_dilkes @yang_fl_frank @pierreloupmorillon @giacomoluci

New date added to @sadlerswells_east

Saturday 9th 2pm

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_
@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000

Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x

Performers
@bullyache_
@oscarjinghuli
@sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank
@pierreloupmorillon
@giacomoluci

Produced by @flo_trioux
Production Manager Andy Downie (they

Set build @hsds_ltd
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell
Outside Eye / Dramaturgy @alastair_curtis

Commissioned by
@sadlerswells_east
@weareunltd
@labiennale
@lesbrigittines

Supported by
@attenboroughctr
@studiowaynemcgregor
@kamila_serkebay
@themandrakehotel
Fiona Garratt

New date added to @sadlerswells_east

Saturday 9th 2pm

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_
@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000

Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x

Performers
@bullyache_
@oscarjinghuli
@sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank
@pierreloupmorillon
@giacomoluci

Produced by @flo_trioux
Production Manager Andy Downie (they

Set build @hsds_ltd
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell
Outside Eye / Dramaturgy @alastair_curtis

Commissioned by
@sadlerswells_east
@weareunltd
@labiennale
@lesbrigittines

Supported by
@attenboroughctr
@studiowaynemcgregor
@kamila_serkebay
@themandrakehotel
Fiona Garratt

New date added to @sadlerswells_east

Saturday 9th 2pm

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_
@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000

Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x

Performers
@bullyache_
@oscarjinghuli
@sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank
@pierreloupmorillon
@giacomoluci

Produced by @flo_trioux
Production Manager Andy Downie (they

Set build @hsds_ltd
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell
Outside Eye / Dramaturgy @alastair_curtis

Commissioned by
@sadlerswells_east
@weareunltd
@labiennale
@lesbrigittines

Supported by
@attenboroughctr
@studiowaynemcgregor
@kamila_serkebay
@themandrakehotel
Fiona Garratt

New date added to @sadlerswells_east

Saturday 9th 2pm

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_
@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000

Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x

Performers
@bullyache_
@oscarjinghuli
@sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank
@pierreloupmorillon
@giacomoluci

Produced by @flo_trioux
Production Manager Andy Downie (they

Set build @hsds_ltd
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell
Outside Eye / Dramaturgy @alastair_curtis

Commissioned by
@sadlerswells_east
@weareunltd
@labiennale
@lesbrigittines

Supported by
@attenboroughctr
@studiowaynemcgregor
@kamila_serkebay
@themandrakehotel
Fiona Garratt

New date added to @sadlerswells_east

Saturday 9th 2pm

Direction, Music & Choreo @bullyache_
@jacobfsamuel & @courtney_my_real_name

Art direction @sinisaaaaa
Set @tor_tor_tor_studio
Costume @lamaskarade
Lighting design @trocadera_2000

Rehearsals director @lewiswalker_x

Performers
@bullyache_
@oscarjinghuli
@sam_dilkes
@yang_fl_frank
@pierreloupmorillon
@giacomoluci

Produced by @flo_trioux
Production Manager Andy Downie (they

Set build @hsds_ltd
Documentation @collezionenancydelroi
Mentoring Katie Mitchell
Outside Eye / Dramaturgy @alastair_curtis

Commissioned by
@sadlerswells_east
@weareunltd
@labiennale
@lesbrigittines

Supported by
@attenboroughctr
@studiowaynemcgregor
@kamila_serkebay
@themandrakehotel
Fiona Garratt

If you’ve been searching for something fearless, this is it.

BULLYACHE'S A Good Man is Hard to Find invites you into a world we’re rarely allowed to witness up close.

Visceral, sharp and impossible to ignore, this is physical poetry that draws you in and lingers long after.

@bullyache_

📆 7 - 9 May
🎟️ sadlerswells.com/east

#BULLYACHE #AGoodManIsHardToFind #ContemporaryDance #DanceTheatre

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

Premieres 7th, 8th & 9th May @sadlerswells_east

Tickets for Thursday & Friday have almost gone Saturday there are still seats

BULLYACHE | 22/05/26
🔗 ticket link in bio
@bullyache_

BULLYACHE is a London-based performance and music group working at the intersection of live art, club culture and dance-theatre. Their hyper-sensory works combine choreography, sound and theatrical staging into immersive environments that move between concert, performance and ritual.

Since forming in 2021, they have quickly gained recognition within contemporary performance contexts, including being named Artists to Watch 2026 by Frieze and receiving the international commission at the Venice Biennale Danza, where they premiered A Good Man Is Hard to Find.

At Hyperreality, BULLYACHE present a music-driven iteration of their performance practice: a saturated collage of guitar ballads, electronic textures and staged presence that deliberately blurs the boundaries between festival spectacle, club energy and contemporary performance.

#NOWNESSpicks: BULLYACHE directs and choreographs a surreal short film for London post-punk band Dry Cleaning’s latest release 🌀 ⁠
⁠
A surreal, slow-motion visual, featuring movement artists Nicole Nevitt and Sam Dilkes in a head-spinning choreography, the film takes over the unseen spaces of The Mandrake, shot during BULLYACHE’s artist in residence series at the London hotel ⁠
⁠
Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS 🎥⁠
⁠
Directors & Concept @bullyache_⁠
Choreography @bullyache_ ⁠
Performers @nicnevitt @sam_dilkes⁠
Director of Photography @willow.hazell⁠
Gaffer @briantohtoh⁠
Spark @georgiaamarshalll⁠
Spark @eugenevoodp⁠
1st AC @robertshaw_oneword⁠
2nd AC @thatwentsouthsofast⁠
Camera Trainee @abmormont⁠
Colourist @grey__moth⁠
BULLYACHE management @drlmfr⁠
Access Support @daizegking⁠
Location @themandrakehotel⁠
Sam wears @LaMaskarade⁠

grief in progress

we will be performing this work one last time in London this year. @thealbanyse8 for @queerscore

April 10th come see x

thanks to
@straytukay for the look
@diasporas_now
@icalondon

They burn the guilt and keep the system.

In A Good Man is Hard to Find, BULLYACHE moves through spaces shaped by ritual, control and unspoken rules, revealing what so often goes unseen.

@bullyache_

📆 7 - 9 May
🎟️ sadlerswells.com/east

#BULLYACHE #ContemporaryDance #DanceTheatre

They burn the guilt and keep the system.

In A Good Man is Hard to Find, BULLYACHE moves through spaces shaped by ritual, control and unspoken rules, revealing what so often goes unseen.

@bullyache_

📆 7 - 9 May
🎟️ sadlerswells.com/east

#BULLYACHE #ContemporaryDance #DanceTheatre

They burn the guilt and keep the system.

In A Good Man is Hard to Find, BULLYACHE moves through spaces shaped by ritual, control and unspoken rules, revealing what so often goes unseen.

@bullyache_

📆 7 - 9 May
🎟️ sadlerswells.com/east

#BULLYACHE #ContemporaryDance #DanceTheatre