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Theatre | Dance

March On 2024: Jungle Book reimagined

Akram Khan Company (UK)

6 – 9 Mar 2024

2hrs 10mins

(Intermission: 1 x 20mins)

Esplanade Theatre

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Synopsis

In a near future world, a family is torn apart as they escape their homeland ravaged by the impact of climate change. Arriving alone in a deserted modern city, and with wild animals claiming the streets as their own, the child soon discovers unlikely allies in this strange new jungle.

 

In Akram Khan’s new dance-theatre production based on the original story of Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved classic, Jungle Book, Akram and his team reinvent the journey of Mowgli through the eyes of a climate refugee.

 

Featuring an original score, ten international dancers and state-of-the-art animation and visuals, Jungle Book reimagined is a beautifully compelling and vital piece of storytelling about our intrinsic need to belong and bond with others, and placing the importance of connecting with and respecting our natural world at its heart.

 

Jungle Book reimagined brings together a stellar creative team, with script by Tariq Jordan, dramaturgy by Sharon Clark, an original score by Jocelyn Pook, sound design by Gareth Fry and lighting by Michael Hulls. Transforming the stage into a magical world and diving into the myths of today is Miriam Buether with visual stage design, with video design and animation by YeastCulture.

 

Director/Choreographer Akram Khan

 

Creative Associate/Coach Mavin Khoo
Writer Tariq Jordan
Dramaturgical Advisor Sharon Clark
Composer Jocelyn Pook
Sound Designer Gareth Fry
Lighting Designer Michael Hulls
Visual Stage Designer Miriam Buether
Art Direction and Director of Animation Adam Smith (YeastCulture)
Producer/Director of Video Design Nick Hillel (YeastCulture)
Rotoscope Artists/Animators Naaman Azhari, Natasza Cetner, Edson R Bazzarin

 

Rehearsal Directors Nicky Henshall, Andrew Pan, Angela Towler (Tour)

 

Dancers Maya Balam Meyong, Tom Davis-Dunn, Harry Theadora Foster, Filippo Franzese, Bianca Mikahil, Max Revell, Matthew Sandiford, Pui Yung Shum, Elpida Skourou, Holly Vallis, Jan Mikaela Villanueva, Luke Watson

 

Producing Director Farooq Chaudhry
Executive Director Isabel Tamen
Project Manager Mashitah Omar

 

Co-produced by Curve Leicester, Attiki Cultural Society – Greece, Birmingham Hippodrome, Edinburgh International Festival, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay Singapore, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance – Chicago, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts – New York, Maison de la Danse / Pôle européen de création – Lyon, National Arts Centre – Canada, New Vision Arts Festival – Hong Kong, Orsolina28, Pfalzbau Bühnen – Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, Romaeuropa Festival, Stanford Live / Stanford University, Teatros del Canal – Madrid, théâtre de Caen, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris.

 

The technical adaptation of Jungle Book reimagined is kindly supported by Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.

 

With the support of Garfield Weston Foundation, Genesis Foundation and Angela Bernstein CBE

 

Supported by Arts Council England

Recommended Age: 8 and above.
Admission Age:
6 and above.
Language: English
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