Documentary meets dance in this thought provoking, timely and hopeful new duet performance.
PREPPERS: The Show is a new piece of Verbatim Documentary Dance Theatre, that asks: are we truly prepared? With real interviews from members of the UK survival and preparedness community, intercut and combined with compelling movement, PREPPERS: The Show is a unique and uplifting performance that investigates how we prepare for, respond during, and recover from emergency situations - revealing our resilience and humanity in times of crisis, and what we need in order to truly survive.
Are you prepared?
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Choreographed by Tim Casson in collaboration with the performers
Originally Created and Performed with Lucy Starkey & Mathew Winston
Additional Performers Emily Yong, Alice Shepperson, Tom O’Gorman & Sebastien Kapps
Original Music by Paul Rogerson
Supported by Crewe Lyceum, DanceEast, Pavilion Dance South West, 101 Outdoor Arts, Out There Arts, Metal Peterborough, Surf The Wave Surf Generator Seed Support, Hack Green Nuclear Bunker, The Real Survivalists, Ugly Duck and public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
current tour dates & events
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12th November 2022
3pm & 7pm
PREPPERS: The Show
The Wesley Centre with Harrogate Theatre
HARROGATE
previous tour dates & events
2022
12th & 13th February 2022
7:30pm
PREPPERS The Show
The Ballroom at Fenton Town Hall
STOKE-ON-TRENT
15th February 2022
5:00pm & 8:00pm
PREPPERS The Show
Ugly Duck
LONDON18th February 2022
7:30pm
PREPPERS The Show
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
NANTWICH19th February 2022
12:00pm & 2:30pm
PREPPERS The Show
The Core at Corby Cube
CORBY22nd February 2022
5:30pm
PREPPERS The Show
The Thornbury Centre
BRADFORD24th & 25th February 2022
7:30pm
PREPPERS The Show
Chapter Arts Centre
CARDIFF26th March 2022
6.30pm & 8pm
PREPPERS The Show
Spilsby Light Night
SPILSBY15th May 2022
1:15pm & 3:30pm
PREPPERS The Show
Peterborough Celebrates Festival
PETERBOROUGH28th June 2022
4:45pm & 6:00pm
PREPPERS The Show
The Festival on The Close
RUGBY
2021
PREPPERS Digital Chat - 27th May 2021 - 6:30pm
PREPPERS The Show - 2nd & 3rd June 2021 - Various Times @ Pavilion Dance South West, BOURNEMOUTH
PREPPERS The Show (excerpts) - 6th June 2021 - 11am-1pm @ Arts Around Villages, SOUTH KESTEVEN
PREPPERS The Show - 6th June 2021 - 5:15pm @ Metal, PETERBOROUGH
2022
Programming Information
PREPPERS: The Show is presented in the round, and has a flexible, self-sufficent technical setup; making the work ideal for touring to a range of theatre spaces, and for presentation in rural settings, off-site, and in unusual locations. The show can be presented outdoors and is COVID-Safe - adaptable to follow evolving government guidelines.
Alongside PREPPERS: The Show, we have also created PREPPERS: The Game; an interactive escape room style game for Amazon Alexa devices. The game sits alongside the performance as a companion piece, playfully continuing the conversation about survival and preparedness, and immersing you in the world of PREPPERS.
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“As a society, we don’t think about preparedness enough. It may seem a ‘doomy’ topic, but since starting the project I realise that preparing isn’t about preparing for the worst, it’s actually a hopeful activity, it’s ‘hope in practical form’.”
“A fascinating and unique theatrical experience that is timely, thought provoking, and hopeful in equal measure - seeing it might just save your life one day…”
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PREPPERS Concept Image. Performers: Matthew Winston & Lucy Starkey
