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On Tour 3 Oct 2023 – 25 Apr 2024

Death Trap

Is Aishwarya dead? Or did she just exit stage left?

A meta dance comedy, full of the turbulence of life and death. Darkly funny and packed with originality. Rambert and Ben Duke are masters of dance theatre where the dance is exceptional and the theatre delivers irresistible stories.

In Cerberus, enter a world where dance is literally a matter of life or death. This is a bittersweet musing on myth and mortality, complete with funeral couture. Goat is inspired by the music and spirit of Nina Simone, with a live on-stage band performing her iconic songs including  Feelings, Feeling Good and Ain’t Got No/I Got, Life.

Following their knock-out Peaky Blinders tour, this is your next chance to see Rambert’s brilliant and daring dancers in these two short pieces created for them by Ben Duke (of Lost Dog), known for story-telling that reveals the absurd, the savage and the funny.

Age rating 12+.
These pieces contain themes of death and partial nudity. Goat contains depictions of alcohol consumption.

★★★★★

A tragicomic knockout ...on a knife-edge of humour and desolate loss.

The Independent

Death Trap is a coproduction between Rambert and Théâtre de la Ville.

Death Trap is supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation. The production was made possible thanks to the support of members of the Rambert Commissioning Circle.

Meet the dancers
A group of six individuals in formal and avant-garde outfits are posed in a dynamic fashion against a grey background; some are standing, sitting, or mid-air.
A group of dancers perform energetically on stage with a band playing live music in the background. The stage is lit with warm, dim lighting.
A group of dancers in casual attire perform an expressive contemporary dance on a stage with warm lighting. A few musicians are visible in the background.
Two dancers perform a contemporary dance, one lifting the other in a dramatic pose against a dark, smoky background with pink and purple lighting. Other performers are visible in the background.
A group of six individuals in formal and avant-garde outfits are posed in a dynamic fashion against a grey background; some are standing, sitting, or mid-air.
A group of dancers perform energetically on stage with a band playing live music in the background. The stage is lit with warm, dim lighting.
A group of dancers in casual attire perform an expressive contemporary dance on a stage with warm lighting. A few musicians are visible in the background.
Two dancers perform a contemporary dance, one lifting the other in a dramatic pose against a dark, smoky background with pink and purple lighting. Other performers are visible in the background.

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