• A lively festival atmosphere with crowds and outdoor activity.
• A joyful, movement-based performance combining dance, physical storytelling, and immersive sound.
• Themes of connection, community, togetherness, and collective action.
• A giant white parachute that audiences are invited to interact with throughout the performance.

• Performance duration: approximately 20 minutes.
• Audiences are free to come and go; stay for five minutes or enjoy the full performance.
• Suitable for all ages, especially families and intergenerational audiences.
• Audiences are welcome to sit, stand, move around freely, or simply relax and watch.
• You’re invited to hold, move with, sit on, or lie beneath the parachute as part of the experience or just enjoy from the sidelines.
• This is an outdoor event, so arriving early is recommended for the best viewing spot.
• The performance is playful, inclusive, relaxed, and participatory.
• The show is led by movement, music and sound rather than spoken dialogue. It includes a soundscape of recorded spoken English and brief greetings in other languages. There will be a transcript available.

The Fabric of Us is created by interdisciplinary artists Lizzie Klotz and Luca Rutherford, who work across dance, theatre, installation, public art, and community engagement.

Co-creators & performers: Lizzie Klotz and Luca Rutherford

Collaborator & performer: Benedicta Valentina Mamuini

Designer: Bethany Wells

Sound Designer: Jeremy Bradfield

For any questions or accessibility info about The Fabric of Us or any NOVUM programmed events or performances email: novum@newcastle.gov.uk