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To Be Straight with You

DV8 Physical Theatre

‘Stirring, potent 80-minute piece’
Financial Times

‘Startlingly powerful…daring, dangerous evening’
Sunday Express
 
‘Powerful new piece … combines verbatim documentary with stunning movement and a rich mix of visual and video technique’
What’s On Stage
 
'DV8 and its artistic director, Lloyd Newson, have always been well ahead of the game. Now, just at a point when others are catching up, Newson reinvents the rules...Hard-hitting and passionate... you will not be able to resist this brave, life-affirming show.’
Guardian

Day Seats available

Lloyd Newson’s DV8 Physical Theatre has won 16 awards over the last three years for its stage and film works including a Prix Italia and the Rose D’Or.

The company’s latest work, To Be Straight with You, is a poetic but unflinching exploration of tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality. It incorporates dance, text, documentary, film and animated projections to create a unique piece of theatre.

‘Visionary and artistically magnificent… highly political: angry, powerful and emotional.’
Neues Deutschland

Suitable for 16+ years

Performances start promptly at 8pm.
Latecomers will only be admitted 10mins after performance begins. 

 

photo by Lisa Ffrench 

The TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU discover: background pack is now available to download. It includes a foreword by Lloyd Newson, an interview with DV8 dancer Ankur Bahl, an insider view behind the scenes from technician Adam Hooper, and the different stages of bringing To Be Straight With You to the stage. Click here to find out more. 

Cast credits:

: Ankur Bahl

: Dan Canham

: Seke Chimutengwende

: Ermira Goro

: Hannes Langolf

: Coral Messam

: Paradigmz

: Rafael Pardillo

: Ira Mandela Siobhan

Production credits:

Conceived and Directed: Lloyd Newson

Designer: Uri Omi

Lighting Designer: Beky Stoddart

Set Designers: Adam Hooper and John Avery

Video Artists: Kit Monkman and Tom Wexler (KMA)

To Be Straight with You finished on: 15 November 2008

To Be Straight With You. DV8 directed by Lloyd Newson

Lyttelton Theatre

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