WILD - Motionhouse
Image credit - Dan Tucker
Friday 9th - Sunday 11th August 2024
The Quadrangle, Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QH
What is it to be wild?
Motionhouse presents its gravity-defying dance-circus production WILD, exploring humanity’s growing disconnect with the natural world and our impact on the environment.
Showcasing the powerful physicality distinctive to this trailblazing company, this daring show has been a major hit with audiences since its premiere in 2019.
WILD creates an urban forest in the everyday of the city. Celebrating nature and the environment, performers move through a forest of tall poles, which forms the striking set for WILD.
Watch the performers as they move animal-like through the dangerous world of the forest floor, taking refuge high in the canopy. In our modern lives, can the wild still shape human behaviour?
Suitable for all ages.
Free
Performances at 4.30pm and 7.15pm on Friday 9th August; 1pm and 5pm on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August.
Motionhouse is supported by Arts Council England
Commissioned by Gulbenkian & ART31 and Birmingham Hippodrome (as part of the Hippodrome Associate Artist programme). Supported by Without Walls with commissioning from Freedom Festival, Hat Fair, and Out There International Festival of Circus & Street Arts. With additional backing from the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Foyle Foundation, The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust, The Saintbury Trust and the City of London Corporation.
The venue and festival site are wheelchair and pushchair accessible.
Please note that outdoors some surfaces will be uneven, and some activity takes place on the grass.
There will be a break out / quiet space available.
Staff and Volunteers will be available to direct you.
WANT TO LERAN MORE ABOUT WILD?
Join us on Sunday 11th August at 11 am for an opportunity to engage with the performers behind the performance. Join the Motionhouse team for an insightful talk and Q&A session, where you can learn more about their inspiration, creative process, and the themes explored in "WILD."
The event is free but ticketed - more info and tickets here
This is a licensed venue and any under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
No drinks are permitted inside the Council Chamber.
The venue and festival site are wheelchair and pushchair accessible.
There will be a break out / quiet space available.