Thursday, 12 June 2025

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 Here is the latest newsletter with details of what's coming up:

Rotating production images from Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President, Jeremy Nedd: From Rock to Rock, Alex Baczyński-Jenkins: Untitled (Holding Horizon) & Ásrún Magnúsdóttir: Listening Party

Stepping up


Next month sees the long-awaited London debut of Nature Theater of Oklahoma, one of the US’s most innovative and irreverent theatre companies, with their hilarious production No President.

We also kick off our summer festival Dance Your Way Home with a bevy of toe-tapping treats to get you raring to join us on the dance floor.


Curtain call

Six performers wearing pink leotards, black tutus and masks, stand in a line and perform ballet choreography.

Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President

WED 9 – FRI 11 JUL

Two rival security companies, made up of ex-ballet dancers and former actors, guard a mysterious theatre curtain.

But things soon spiral out of control in a darkly comic blend of ballet, silent film, slapstick, calisthenics, predatory animal behaviour and modern dance from one of the US’s most innovative and irreverent theatre companies.


Feel the beat

Group of people all wearing white hoodies moving in a blur through a large space with audience

Tianzhuo Chen: TRANCE

FRI 18 JUL

A 12-hour theatre-rave odyssey, featuring dance, music and visual art, from leading Chinese artist Tianzhuo Chen and his Asian Dope Boys collective.

Four dancers wearing all white tracksuit outfits in a large white room they are all moving

Jeremy Nedd: from rock to rock

WED 23 & THU 24 JUL

The Milly Rock, a viral dance inspired by the rapper 2 Milly, takes centre stage in the acclaimed choreographer’s London debut.

Two people wearing black on a black stage lit with red stage lighting moving and dancing

Alex Baczyński-Jenkins: Untitled (Holding Horizon)

WED 30 & THU 31 JUL

Queer embodiment and desire, collectivity and subjectivity are all explored in this durational dance built around the simple movement of the box step.

Group of young people dancing in a dark room with bunting and fairy lights, they are smiling and talking

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir: Listening Party

SAT 2 & SUN 3 AUG

Get ready to be moved as London teenagers dance to their favourite songs in this word-of-mouth hit by one of Iceland’s leading theatre makers.


A group of musicians on a raised platform, playing different instruments

Paraorchestra: The Virtuous Circle

SUN 29 JUN

Let your curiosity lead you among the orchestra as they perform Mozart’s Symphony No.40 on the move, combining with dancers to create an immersive experience.


Get your giggle on

Wanda Sykes wearing a white t shirt and black blazer, pointing up and smiling

Wanda Sykes: Please & Thank You Tour

FRI 27 JUN

Join the Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, actor and producer for a stand-up show packed with laughs – and a smattering of manners.

Illustration of Stewart Lee being attacked by a werewolf

Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf

SAT 5 – SUN 13 JUL

In this brand new show, Stewart Lee shares his stage with a tough-talking werewolf comedian from the dark forests of the subconscious, who hates humanity.


Meet us on the dance floor

Two people holding hands and dancing digitised in red against a pink background

Dance Your Way Home

WED 23 JUL – FRI 29 AUG

Inspired by Emma Warren’s book of the same name, our summer programme is an ode to the dance floors – from nightclubs to Irish dance halls, to street parties – that unite us across space and time. Find workshops, performances and free dance parties to join in with.


From our friends


Language: no broblem

FRI 13 & SAT 14 JUN | BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE

Weaving personal narrative with recordings of her family under occupation, artist Marah Haj Hussein combines storytelling, audio and visuals to reveal the layered forms of domination a language can exert on another.

Co-presented by Shubbak Festival and BAC.

ROTHKO

THU 2 – SUN 5 OCT | BARBICAN CENTRE

Trailblazing director Łukasz Twarkowski fuses theatre, tech and live cinema to create a monumentally spectacular production that explores art and authenticity in a fast-changing world.


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