CHOKE ME
DARK NEW CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEATRE ABOUT POLLUTION.
Sheffield’s own unique cult of nihilistic, political, anarcho-theatre makers – Doppelgangster – bring a very special performance work to the SHU Performance Lab stage for Off-the-Shelf Festival 2019. This spellbinding juggernaut features violent comic riffs, rapid-fire physical spectacles, an exceptional young ensemble, and a collection of new and appropriated texts ranging from raging panic to doom-laden rituals. CHOKE ME is a pioneering Pandora’s Box of a performance.
#pollution #poison #generationalneglect #climatecrisis #wecantbreathe #classdivide
#rebellion
#radical #activist #spectacle
WARNING
Yes it is.
FOR AUDIENCES
That breathe
COMPANY
lead artists
Tobias Manderson-Galvin + Dr Tom Payne
choreographer
Sarah April Lamb
composer/ sound design
Jules Pascoe
company
Doppelgangster Youth Company ’19
SEASONS
premiere
SHU Performance Lab,
Sheffield, Sep-Oct 2019
cancelled (covid)
Divadlo Inspirace,
Prague, May 2020
“A BRUTAL ASSAULT OF THE SENSES.”
“ACTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE AS AGENTS OF CHANGE THROUGH THEATRE-MAKING.”
EcoHustler
“GRABS POLITICS BY THE UNMENTIONABLES, IN A VICE-LIKE GRIP OF PERFORMANCE THAT IS BOTH INTENSELY INTELLECTUAL AND VIOLENTLY VISCERAL.”
Now Then
“A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE… IMMEDIATELY GRIPPING… DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION”
“WHAT DOPPLEGANGSTER HAVE ACHIEVED (WITH THE STUDENTS OF HALLAM) IS REMARKABLE”
BigStamp
“IT WAS RIVETING… A COMPELLING PIECE OF ABSTRACT THEATRE AND AN EFFECTIVE ATTACK ON OUR APATHY TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE.”
LastNightIDreamtOf
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