RUN RABBIT RUN
“Innovative and amusing - as ever!”
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Gruesome true crime documentaries are the inspiration for Levantes’ latest production Run Rabbit Run in which a family gathers to celebrate Mother’s 78th birthday. There is nothing ordinary about this party as family secrets are revealed, with off-kilter characters, dark humour and fabulously surreal design ingredients.
Run Rabbit Run is a contemporary circus theatre production with big costumes, big visuals and big ideas. The production uses aerial circus, contemporary dance, and theatre to tell a story and has no language, so is internationally accessible.
CREATIVE TEAM
Concept, Direction, Choreography: Eleni Edipidi
Performers: Eleni Edipidi, Paolo Pisarra, Jacqueline McCormick, Ivonne Kalter, Jamie Higgins, Ruby Gaskell
Associate Director: Nathan Johnston
Artistic Advisor: Gary Clarke
Costume Making: Abby Grewcock
Associate Artist: Gopan Iyadurai
Stage Manager: Penny Cunningham
Production: Max Juan-Balch and Emily Dickson (Anystage Creative)
Lighting and Sound Design: Max Juan-Balch
Rigging: Joe White & Jamie Higgings
OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL PARTICIPANTS
Run Rabbit Run has a 12 person cast; 6 of them are professional artists. With the other 6 performer positions, we want to expand our relationship with the public, and offer an opportunity for local women over the age of 50 to perform in the show.
We will collaborate with the local community to choreograph simple movement that they will perform in the show. They will play the roles of family members at the birthday party.
This model of giving local community member’s an opportunity to perform in our professional shows, is one we’ve honed over the last 4 years with various communities across Europe. We’ve found it to be an exciting way to include the audience more in our work, and to make the show more relevant to each community we perform it for.
This is a free opportunity and can be offered to local community groups, or via call out.
Local cast engagement for up to six performers: one hour’s briefing a week ahead; three hours rehearsal day before/day of Run Rabbit Run. For more information please contact eleni@levantesdancetheatre.org
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TESTIMONY FROM LOCAL PARTICIPANTS
“After several years during the pandemic of communicating through phones and laptops, it was an incredibly moving experience to be with a group of people, picking up movement cues and tuning into another human being at an embodied level.”
Alison Gilmour, Harrogate Theatre, September 2022
“The experience I had was very important for me. I felt part of something bigger than myself and it was very good. The cast were very friendly and very helpful so it was easy to become the character needed. In a sense you were a community within a community. Doing the rehearsal was a fantastic experience and then the actual performance was even better. Levantes Dance Theatre are excellent and give the people so much.”
Bess Miles-Duncan, Harrogate Theatre, September 2022
“As a mature woman of 50+ years, it can be harder to find these opportunities due to my not being in the median age for dance theatre. I loved that Levantes included more ‘senior’ members in the cast. It was a big boost to my self-esteem. Additionally, I feel the performance was a boost and boon to the community. From what I’ve seen of the local theatre programs over the years, there’s not been much contemporary dance featured, yet there are many dance schools in the area. I really appreciated being involved in a show that was less mainstream, and my teenage daughter really appreciated watching a show that was less mainstream. She raved about how much she enjoyed the show.”
Rebecca Colby, Harrogate Theatre, September 2022
SUPPORT
Funded by Arts Council England.
Awarded the Jerwood Circus Residency.
Supported by Jerwood Arts.
Supported by the National Centre for Circus Arts.
Supported by Harrogate Theatre.
Developed with the support of The centre de creation France, Proteus Creation Space, Sea Change Arts, Irish Aerial Creation Centre, The Albany and Kinitiras.
Thank you to: Charlee deBolla, Lynne Austin, Danny Ash, Jen Sullivan, Porl Cooper & Joli Vyann
Thank you to Community Cast participants:
Dacorum Dance, Harrogate Theatre: Alison Gilmour, Rebecca Colby, Bess Miles-Duncan
Poole (Lighthouse): Janice Webster, Renate Diallo, Dee Nested, Bizzi Smith
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
“Amazing filmic style, physicality, crime, colour and madness! Well done all!”
Elinor Randle, Artistic Director Tmesis Theatre
“Feast for the eyes and ears. Dark, bendy, twirling, moody music score and eyebrows.”
audience member, Harrogate Theatre
REVIEWS
https://alwaystimefortheatre.com/2022/09/12/review-run-rabbit-run-at-harrogate-theatre/#more-11997
PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED
9th September 2022 (PREVIEW) Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate
8th November 2022 (PREVIEW) Lighthouse, Poole