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Please join us at @southbankcentre ‘s Clore Ballroom for a sharing of new work, created during our residency with the @philharmonia_orchestra . We will present an informal symposium, exploring the intersection between music, identity and movement. There will music by Ravel & Kurtág played by members of the orchestra as well as guest soprano Ruby Hughes and dancers @_annieedwards and @harryaalexander .

Join us from 6pm until 6.50pm next Thursday 4th June. You can book tickets through a link in our biog.

Images by Marina Vidor/Philharmonia Orchestra

STORIES | The Queer Birders ⁠
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Local LGBTQIA+ community group, Queer Birders Norfolk are encouraging people of all abilities and experience to enjoy birding, whether online, from a window, or out in nature. ⁠
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In 2025, Queer Birders spent two inspiring weekends with Thick & Tight performers Dan Hay-Gordon, El Perry and dancer Annie Edwards exploring birds through movement and choreography, to inform the powerful, fiercely queer and deeply inclusive show, Natural Behaviour…⁠
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Read the full interview on the STORIES section of our website and...⁠
⁠
Make sure you catch NATURAL BEHAVIOUR this Festival⁠
⁠
🗓️ Friday 22 May⁠, Saturday 23 May⁠
📍 The Playhouse⁠
🎟️ link to tickets in bio

📸 @rosiepowellfreelance (1 & 2)

STORIES | The Queer Birders ⁠
⁠
Local LGBTQIA+ community group, Queer Birders Norfolk are encouraging people of all abilities and experience to enjoy birding, whether online, from a window, or out in nature. ⁠
⁠
In 2025, Queer Birders spent two inspiring weekends with Thick & Tight performers Dan Hay-Gordon, El Perry and dancer Annie Edwards exploring birds through movement and choreography, to inform the powerful, fiercely queer and deeply inclusive show, Natural Behaviour…⁠
⁠
Read the full interview on the STORIES section of our website and...⁠
⁠
Make sure you catch NATURAL BEHAVIOUR this Festival⁠
⁠
🗓️ Friday 22 May⁠, Saturday 23 May⁠
📍 The Playhouse⁠
🎟️ link to tickets in bio

📸 @rosiepowellfreelance (1 & 2)

STORIES | The Queer Birders ⁠
⁠
Local LGBTQIA+ community group, Queer Birders Norfolk are encouraging people of all abilities and experience to enjoy birding, whether online, from a window, or out in nature. ⁠
⁠
In 2025, Queer Birders spent two inspiring weekends with Thick & Tight performers Dan Hay-Gordon, El Perry and dancer Annie Edwards exploring birds through movement and choreography, to inform the powerful, fiercely queer and deeply inclusive show, Natural Behaviour…⁠
⁠
Read the full interview on the STORIES section of our website and...⁠
⁠
Make sure you catch NATURAL BEHAVIOUR this Festival⁠
⁠
🗓️ Friday 22 May⁠, Saturday 23 May⁠
📍 The Playhouse⁠
🎟️ link to tickets in bio

📸 @rosiepowellfreelance (1 & 2)

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

Images and reviews of the award-winning NATURAL BEHAVIOUR by @thicktightdance .

The show is being presented as part of the brilliant @nnfest on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May at @norwichplayhouse .

Co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by dance artists @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor and @azara.is.azara . Don’t miss out seeing this critically acclaimed work while it’s in Norwich!

Please note that there is a Touch Tour at 6.30pm before the performance on Saturday 23 May.

#dance #drag #theatre #norfolk nature

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

@thicktightdance are coming to Norfolk & Norwich Festival (@nnfest )with their award-winning show NATURAL BEHAVIOUR! Catch them at @norwichplayhouse on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May.

Somewhere between a variety show and a biology essay come alive, Natural Behaviour is a queer look at what it means to be natural or unnatural, highlighting the essential role of diversity in all life.

Thick & Tight’s distinctive mixture of dance, satire, impersonation and poetry aims for the outrageous, the beautiful, the hilarious and the profound.

The line-up in this evening includes two moths, a pantomime horse, the dust in Quentin Crisp’s room, some flies on the wall, a lamenting songbird, a blade of grass and a lesbian seagull.

Thick & Tight’s co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by some remarkable dance artists including @azara.is.azara @_annieedwards @jahmarleybachelor

REVIEWS:

‘Deft, funny and utterly absorbing, a ravishing selection of short dance pieces that make their points about queerness and inclusivity with wit, passion and power. It’s fabulous.’
The Observer

“I see a lot of shows but this one will stay with me for life… This is how you create a show that includes everyone and makes something richer, smarter, and genuinely original as a result. A landmark piece.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ @substack

‘This is a show that’s rich, thoughtful, ridiculous and quite wonderful…hugely poignant and hugely silly.’
★ ★ ★ ★ @guardian

‘A unique piece of art, thoughtful, considered, and unassuming’
★ ★ ★ ★ @londontheatrereviews

Natural Behaviour was awarded Achievement in Dance at the UK Theatre Awards 2025 and ranked no.1 Best Dance Show in the @guardian for 2025

#dance #theatre #norfolkandnorwichfestival #queer #ecology

Video filmed by @rosiepowellfreelance . In the video are also the artists @luigi_lyon and @coralidance who will unfortunately not be joining us on this leg of the tour.

Gen X Gen Z is opening Disrupt festival at @cambridgejunction tomorrow! We have loved working on this beautiful show by @tinkflaherty and Abra Flaherty, which previewed at @southbankcentre last autumn and was just on as part of @caravan_farnhammaltings at Brighton Festival. Come if you can!

Tom of Finland. Breastfeeding. Men. Raving at the Hacienda decades apart. Just the usual parent-child catch-up. For Tink (parent) and Abra (child), it’s just another Tuesday. Gen X Gen Z is a parent-child reckoning, where Tink and Abra ask “without you, who am I?” - eavesdropping into their real-life conversations about parenting, being parented and becoming who you are, no matter your age, with your family as your witness.

Cambridge Junction
14 May
7.30pm

Hope to see you there x

@artsadm @weareunltd

Working with @thicktightdance on Papillons has taught us a lot about accessibility in the arts. Our senior producer Jonas and Dan from Thick & Tight chat through how access has been integrated into the show, as well as The Camberwell Incredibles’ involvement.

Making art accessible is always a work-in-progress. @weareunltd have some great resources, including information about the social model of disability on their website. Rather than considering people’s impairments, it considers the barriers put in place by society and infrastructure.

@tinkflaherty acted as access consultant on the show, using their wealth of knowledge to guide us.

The final performance of Papillons is tomorrow at @rncmlive and will also be relaxed! Hope you can join us.

[ID: montage of the artists in a video shoot setting and clips from the rehearsals]

Additional video footage credits: @mikeskelton_ and @camilla_greenwell

Snippets from wonderful reviews for ‘Papillons’ from last week 😊 It has been wonderful to share this piece with audiences and understand how this unique collaboration has landed with people. We have received the most brilliant, insightful and generous feedback from the Q&As. Massive thanks to our collaborators @manchestercollective @chaines.official @laura.vd.heijden and the @camberwell.incredibles for all your brilliant work. We weren’t sure how the work would land, and we understood there was risk to what we were aiming for, but so glad we pursued! For those of you that have seen the show, please do share your thoughts with us.

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance from our show at @southbankcentre as part of Multitudes Festival last week. Thanks to everyone who came to see us in Birmingham on Sunday. Come catch us in Nottingham at @lakesidearts on 6th May and Manchester at @rncmlive on 9th May.

Reviews from @ayoungishperspective @guardian @gramilano

#photo #dance #classicalmusic #review #theatre

Snippets from wonderful reviews for ‘Papillons’ from last week 😊 It has been wonderful to share this piece with audiences and understand how this unique collaboration has landed with people. We have received the most brilliant, insightful and generous feedback from the Q&As. Massive thanks to our collaborators @manchestercollective @chaines.official @laura.vd.heijden and the @camberwell.incredibles for all your brilliant work. We weren’t sure how the work would land, and we understood there was risk to what we were aiming for, but so glad we pursued! For those of you that have seen the show, please do share your thoughts with us.

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance from our show at @southbankcentre as part of Multitudes Festival last week. Thanks to everyone who came to see us in Birmingham on Sunday. Come catch us in Nottingham at @lakesidearts on 6th May and Manchester at @rncmlive on 9th May.

Reviews from @ayoungishperspective @guardian @gramilano

#photo #dance #classicalmusic #review #theatre

Snippets from wonderful reviews for ‘Papillons’ from last week 😊 It has been wonderful to share this piece with audiences and understand how this unique collaboration has landed with people. We have received the most brilliant, insightful and generous feedback from the Q&As. Massive thanks to our collaborators @manchestercollective @chaines.official @laura.vd.heijden and the @camberwell.incredibles for all your brilliant work. We weren’t sure how the work would land, and we understood there was risk to what we were aiming for, but so glad we pursued! For those of you that have seen the show, please do share your thoughts with us.

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance from our show at @southbankcentre as part of Multitudes Festival last week. Thanks to everyone who came to see us in Birmingham on Sunday. Come catch us in Nottingham at @lakesidearts on 6th May and Manchester at @rncmlive on 9th May.

Reviews from @ayoungishperspective @guardian @gramilano

#photo #dance #classicalmusic #review #theatre

Snippets from wonderful reviews for ‘Papillons’ from last week 😊 It has been wonderful to share this piece with audiences and understand how this unique collaboration has landed with people. We have received the most brilliant, insightful and generous feedback from the Q&As. Massive thanks to our collaborators @manchestercollective @chaines.official @laura.vd.heijden and the @camberwell.incredibles for all your brilliant work. We weren’t sure how the work would land, and we understood there was risk to what we were aiming for, but so glad we pursued! For those of you that have seen the show, please do share your thoughts with us.

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance from our show at @southbankcentre as part of Multitudes Festival last week. Thanks to everyone who came to see us in Birmingham on Sunday. Come catch us in Nottingham at @lakesidearts on 6th May and Manchester at @rncmlive on 9th May.

Reviews from @ayoungishperspective @guardian @gramilano

#photo #dance #classicalmusic #review #theatre

Snippets from wonderful reviews for ‘Papillons’ from last week 😊 It has been wonderful to share this piece with audiences and understand how this unique collaboration has landed with people. We have received the most brilliant, insightful and generous feedback from the Q&As. Massive thanks to our collaborators @manchestercollective @chaines.official @laura.vd.heijden and the @camberwell.incredibles for all your brilliant work. We weren’t sure how the work would land, and we understood there was risk to what we were aiming for, but so glad we pursued! For those of you that have seen the show, please do share your thoughts with us.

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance from our show at @southbankcentre as part of Multitudes Festival last week. Thanks to everyone who came to see us in Birmingham on Sunday. Come catch us in Nottingham at @lakesidearts on 6th May and Manchester at @rncmlive on 9th May.

Reviews from @ayoungishperspective @guardian @gramilano

#photo #dance #classicalmusic #review #theatre

@_connorjs is back as Sid Vicious ‼️

Punk pin-up. Murder at the Chelsea Hotel. Sex Pistols bassist. Delinquent. Innocent. Vicious. Kid.

Catch Sid tomorrow as part of ‘You Are Here’ at the @southbankcentre , “an epic, one-off pop-culture spectacular that invites you on an electrifying journey through 75 years of British music, dance, theatre, fashion and film” directed and designed by Danny Boyle, Carson McColl, Gareth Pugh and Paulette Randall.

“Scott is a masterful performer, thrashing and shooting wide-eyed expressions as if mid-concert, effortless with physically demanding choreography.”
The Stage

Choreography & Direction: @thicktightdance (Daniel Hay-Gordon & Eleanor Perry)
Sid Vicious: Connor Scott
Costume Design: Pam Tait @taitpam
Hair & Makeup Design: Darren Evans @dazzaroid
Lighting Design: Lucy Hansom @lucyhansom
Music: Frank Sinatra, Sid Vicious, Jon Hassell & Brian Eno

Originally co-commissioned by London International Mime Festival & Duckie. Supported by Arts Council England, The Lowry, Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre, London Performance Studios & Rambert School

#sidvicious #youarehere #southbank #lipsync #dance

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Adding the finishing touches to Papillons in tech rehearsals ✨ On Thursday, we debut the show on the @southbankcentre stage as part of Multitudes Festival, before heading to Brum, Notts and finally our home in Manchester 🫶

We’ve learned so much from our wonderfully talented collaborators: @thicktightdance, cellist @laura.vd.heijden and composer & spectrogram wizard @chaines.official.

Can’t wait to show you what we’ve made: a beautifully unique show featuring movement, music, storytelling and mixed media from the Camberwell Incredibles 💜

🦋 Papillons tour: tickets in bio
30.04 London @southbankcentre
03.05 Birmingham @royalbirmcons
06.05 Nottingham @lakesidearts
09.05 Manchester @rncmlive

Costumes and screen design by @tspooner0
Lighting design by @_bglighting and lighting programming by @charly_dunford_

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Beautiful photos and stills from Super8 film of @thicktightdance ‘s Dan & El, captured by the incredible @camilla_greenwell 📸 for their new show PAPILLONS

‘Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.

At its heart of the show is Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Sept Papillons’ (Seven Butterflies) 🦋 – an exquisitely brittle and luminous set of seven miniatures for solo cello. Papillions is the French for butterflies. As their habitats deteriorate, butterflies are losing their colour. How do we appreciate something in a time of loss?’

@thicktightdance are extremely lucky to be working in collaboration on this project with the brilliant @manchestercollective , composer @chaines.official , cellist @laura.vd.heijden and the arts collective the @camberwell.incredibles .

Catch Papillions as it tours the UK this spring to @southbankcentre (30th April) @royalbirmcons (3rd May) @lakesidearts (6th May) & @rncmlive (9th May)

Last few tickets for the Southbank performance (as part of Multitudes Festival) so do book through link in our biog if you’d like to come!

#photo #dance #cello #papillion #theatre

Big news!! @thicktightdance are creating a brand new show: Camp as Christmas! They will be performed the show at @southbankcentre ‘s Purcell Room for a 3 week run! Come on down from 10th December - 3rd January for a revue-style cabaret show featuring a classic nativity cast including the Virgin Mary, Father Christmas, Reform UK, Judy Garland, Three Unwise Men, Sarah Ferguson, Pigs in Blankets, the Devil, Little Donkey and Baby Jesus … oh and don’t forget Liza! Expect show tunes, the avant-garde, quick changes and possibly a carol. Always camp, a little bit Christmassy.

Starring in these roles are @thicktightdance own Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry, with incredible guest performers.

Thick & Tight are no strangers to acclaim. Their 2022 show Short & Sweet was called a ‘dazzling and witty variety show’ by The Stage in a five-star review. Now, Camp as Christmas is Thick & Tight’s latest full-length show after winning an Offie for the Cabaret category and Achievement in Dance at the UK Theatre Awards.
The atmosphere will be celebratory, inclusive and queer, striking a few festive notes while adding a good dollop of irreverence and subversiveness to the conventions of the season. Are you coming down the chimney or not?

Camp as Christmas is designed by @tspooner0 , @dazzaroid and Nao Nagai with additional designs by Sheila Hay and Claire Ashley.

Thick & Tight is a dance theatre company based in the UK, co-directed by Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry. Combining dance, mime, lip sync, drag and satire, they make queer-focussed work which entertains, whilst challenging elitism and stigma in the arts, and in wider society.

Tickets have just gone on sale and are already selling well so get a gaggle together quick for a Chrizzy treat and book soon!

The show is produced by @michaelkitchinn & @evevegliohuner

📸 Photographer and stylist of amazing main image by Darren Evans @dazzaroid

Big news!! We’re creating a brand new show for later this year, Camp as Christmas!

We will be performed the show at @southbankcentre Purcell Room for a 3 week run! Come on down from 10th December - 3rd January for a revue-style cabaret show featuring a classic nativity cast including the Virgin Mary, Father Christmas, Reform UK, Judy Garland, Three Unwise Men, Sarah Ferguson, Pigs in Blankets, the Devil, Little Donkey and Baby Jesus … oh and don’t forget Liza! Expect show tunes, the avant-garde, quick changes and possibly a carol. Always camp, a little bit Christmassy.

Starring in these roles are @thicktightdance own Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry, with incredible guest performers.

Thick & Tight are no strangers to acclaim. Their 2022 show Short & Sweet was called a ‘dazzling and witty variety show’ by The Stage in a five-star review. Now, Camp as Christmas is Thick & Tight’s latest full-length show after winning an Offie for the Cabaret category and Achievement in Dance at the UK Theatre Awards.
The atmosphere will be celebratory, inclusive and queer, striking a few festive notes while adding a good dollop of irreverence and subversiveness to the conventions of the season. Are you coming down the chimney or not?

Camp as Christmas is designed by @tspooner0 , @dazzaroid and Nao Nagai.

Thick & Tight is a dance theatre company based in the UK, co-directed by Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry. Combining dance, mime, lip sync, drag and satire, they make queer-focussed work which entertains, whilst challenging elitism and stigma in the arts, and in wider society.

Formed in 2012, Thick & Tight have presented work at venues including Sadler’s Wells, Wilton’s Music Hall, The Tate, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and here at the Southbank Centre who commissioned the work. Thick & Tight are Associate Artists at @the_lowry and @philharmonia_orchestra Artists in Residence.

Tickets have just gone on sale and madly, are already selling well so get a gaggle together quick for a Chrizzy treat and book soon!

#christmas #show #cabaret #dance #drag