Our new Associate Show, ‘The Rescue’, comes to London!

Made in collaboration with students at Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Longstanding Gecko performer Chris Evans, working alongside students at NSCD, has created a brand-new devised production that delves into the characteristics of archetypal childhood trauma and explores what happens to these wounds as adults.

Employing Gecko’s trademark style, devising performer Chris Evans (The Overcoat, Missing, Institute, The Time of Your Life, The Wedding, Kin) blends emotionally driven movement, a sweeping original soundtrack and striking visual storytelling to deliver a spectacular production about heroes, monsters and the fight for survival.

The Rescue was developed originally with students on the BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre course at East 15 before taking it back to the drawing board and developing a reimagined version with students on the MA Interdisciplinary Dance Performance course at Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

• Credits

  Director: Chris Evans
  Producer: Paul Smethurst

  Performers:
  Lauren Armour, Naomi Berry, Alexandra Bierlaire, Linda Borella, James Shing-Mu Cheng, Francesca Costa, Magdalena Górnikiewicz, Samantha Markham, Taine McKinstray, Rebecca Pegg, Gian Singh Sanghera-Warren, Fernanda Sumray, Xintian Gloria Zhao

  Design: Andi Walker
  Lighting Design: Chris Yates
  Sound Design: Ronan Hayek
  Original Music: Michael Crean

  Photography by Malachy Luckie

The Rescue is coming to The Place in London on Saturday 29th of June, and this is your only chance to see the show at this stage of its development.

Tickets are on sale