Stopgap Dance CompanyPresent
THE ENORMOUS ROOM
The Enormous Room from Stopgap Dance Company comes to Storyhouse in Chester this Autumn as part of DaDaFest International 2018.
Featuring David Toole, whose achievements and skills as a disabled performer have been widely influential, plus newcomer Hannah Sampson as a father and daughter living through their own, very different experiences of grief.
Dave’s wife Jackie has died, but he still sees her everywhere. She is lying in his bed, sitting at the kitchen table and laughing with their daughter Sam. Dave has withdrawn into the living room unable to let his memories go, but going is all that Sam can think about….
The Enormous Room comes to Storyhouse in Chester on Tuesday 6 November, the performance starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale now.
David Toole performs the role of Dave, adding to a distinguished career that includes a prominent solo in the 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony and the landmark 2004 film from DV8, The Cost Of Living. David has worked with Stopgap Dance Company for over a decade.
Sam is played by Hannah Sampson, a young dancer with Down’s syndrome who has received over 10 years of professional training with Stopgap Dance Company. The interactions between David and Hannah demonstrate their on-stage chemistry, which has been evident since initial rehearsals and workshops of this production.
David and Hannah are joined by non-disabled dancers Amy Butler (the rehearsal director of Chotto Desh by Akram Khan), and Elia Lopez in the role of Jackie as Sam’s mother and Dave’s wife respectively.
Lucy Bennett, Stopgap’s Artistic Director and choreographer for The Enormous Room, chose to have two performers play Jackie to illustrate the subjective nature of memory.
Cambodian wheelchair dancer Nadenh Poan plays Chock, a Puck-like presence who orchestrates the collision between this world and the next. Christian Brinklow plays the role of Tom, who offers his friend Sam a chance to escape sadness.
Tickets are on sale now priced at £16.50 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee). Concessions for schools and under 26s are available.
What the critics say…
“An absorbing encounter with grief and loss” – Bachtrack
“A wonderful exploration that comforts and
provokes long after the piece has ended” – Exeunt
“A work that can take dance into a new genre” – Disability Arts Online
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LISTING INFORMATION
THE ENORMOUS ROOM
Stopgap Dance Company
Tuesday 6 November 2018 at 7.30pm
STORYHOUSE
Hunter Street, Chester, CH1 2AR
Tickets: £16.50 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee)
Concessions available for schools and under 26s
HOW TO BOOK
Online: Visit www.storyhouse.com
By Phone: Call 01244 409 113
In person: Visit the Ticket Kiosks at Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester, CH1 2AR
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