This dramatic retelling through dance, music and visual effects will bring together the visceral movement of choreographer Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy with a powerful score from renowned composer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, world-leading designer Es Devlin’s immense stage sculptures and the work of the acclaimed writer Sabrina Mahfouz– all directed by Danny Boyle.
Working with BAFTA-winning producer Tracey Seaward, this unique cross-art collaboration of world-leading artists, will showcase the breadth and ambition of Factory International’s artistic programme and invites audiences into a new realm of possibilities spanning real and imagined worlds.
Kenrick and Michael have previously collaborated with Tracey and Danny for the London's2012 Olympics opening ceremony. The Boy Blue co-founders are looking forward to working with Es, whose stage sculpture has stood out everywhere from Super blue Miami and the Serpentine to the Royal Opera House and Super Bowl. And poet playwright Sabrina whose work spans theatre (Noughts & Crosses), dance (Echoes and I Imagine), opera (I Am, I Say) and memoir (These Bodies of Water).
This is going to reconfigure your mind, body and spirit. After that, the rest is up to you.
Commissioned and produced by Factory International.
Based on the Warner Bros films written and directed by the Wachowskis.
Produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros Theatre Ventures.
Charity Number 1189800
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Boy Blue, Stage Door, Barbican Centre, London