DanceEast, Jerwood DanceHouse
Foundry Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1DW
Have a look at some of the previous events and activities that have taken place at the DanceHouse.
The revolution cannot be televised. Shades of Blue is a work that beats to the tune of change through the means of a potent mix of dance, poetry, theatre and music where performance and protest clash, flirt and mould.
£12, £9 Concessions
Shades of Blue is part of two previews this April, alongside Warrior Queens. To take full advantage book both performances and receive a discount.
£17.50 Full Price and £14.50 Concession
Interrogating displacement, cultural hybridity and power, Warrior Queens delves into ancestry and lineage inspired by the legendary folk myth of ‘Hua Mulan’ and Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando'.
£12, £9 CONCESSIONS
WARRIOR QUEENS IS PART OF TWO PREVIEWS ALONGSIDE SHADES OF BLUE. TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE BOOK BOTH PERFORMANCES AND RECEIVE A DISCOUNT.
£17.50 FULL PRICE AND £14.50 CONCESSION
The U.Dance Regional Platforms provide youth groups from all over the Eastern Region with the opportunity to come together, celebrate youth dance and showcase their talent. You can expect energetic and diverse performances from local dance groups from across the Eastern Region.
The U.Dance Regional Platforms provide youth groups from all over the Eastern Region with the opportunity to come together, celebrate youth dance and showcase their talent. You can expect energetic and diverse performances from local dance groups from across the Eastern Region.
In this powerful dance theatre double bill, experience an emotionally-charged rollercoaster ride of extraordinary dancing, set to a spine-tingling score of original music and an iconic Louis Armstrong classic.
Hearing impaired dancer Cai Glover leads the company, directing the motions of five accompanying performers according to how the spirit moves him. With the addition of film projection, this piece reminds us of the exclusion experienced by those who hear differently.
Join us from Tuesday 5th to Friday 8th April as St Jo's once again takes to the stage, this is one musical you don't want to miss!
£20 adult
£15 (aged 16 and younger) when purchased with an adult ticket
Tickets on sale from 9am on Friday 10 December
Join us for an evening celebrating this year's MOVE | TALK | PRIDE project with a dance film screening and a post show discussion exploring the experiences LGBT*QIA+ and queer people in Suffolk.
Pay what you can
£0, £3, £5, £7
A unique evening of film, conversation and the premiere of Focus, a production created by Alethia Antonia, Edd Arnold (Russell Maliphant Dance Company dancers) and EncoreEast, the Ipswich-based company of mature dancers. Inspired by Maliphant’s production Silent Lines
Pay what you can | £3, £5, £7
Showcasing Vardimon’s uniquely theatrical choreographic and directorial style, Pinocchio will bring to life the famous marionette as he embarks on a fantastic journey to become a human boy.
Tickets from £12, concessions £9
A unique evening of film, conversation and the premiere of Focus, a production created by Alethia Antonia, Edd Arnold (Russell Maliphant Dance Company dancers) and EncoreEast, the Ipswich-based company of mature dancers. Inspired by Maliphant’s production Silent Lines
Join us back in the studio for live, in person classes!
This is an external class, hosted at the Jerwood DanceHouse.
Try your feet at the elegant Ballroom styles. From a slow Waltz to a sharp Tango. Transport yourself to the Brazilian carnival with a rhythmical Samba and a romantic Rumba. It is not necessary to book this course with a partner.
Mondays | 7.15 – 8.15pm
This course runs from w/c Monday 4 October – Saturday 18 December, breaking for Half Term w/c 25 October
Inspired by the Power of Stories Exhibition by Ipswich and Colchester Museums and the programme of work by Aspire Black Suffolk, the programme will specifically present and celebrate the work of Black artists. Join us outside Cult Café from 1:30pm or 3:30pm to experience an hour of powerful dance works by talented artists and companies
Outside Cult Café, Ipswich from 1.30pm and 3.30pm
Free
POLITICAL MOTHER UNPLUGGED will draw you into a world of raw emotion and intense sensations, driven by Shechter’s contagious tribal movement, a new landscape of digital, animated projections and the dancers’ extraordinary skill and honesty.
Tickets from £12, concessions £9
Gone, Gone Beyond is an immersive audio-visual spatial cinema work which breaks the rectangle, smashing the thin screen into tiny fragments, looking beyond the frame, climbing through to see what’s behind.
Thursday 28 October | 3.00pm, 5.00pm and 7.30pm
Friday 29 October | 3.00pm, 5.00pm and 7.30pm
Saturday 30 October | 3.00pm, 5.00pm and 7.30pm
Our friends at SPILL FESTIVAL will be on sale in September. Click here to head to their website.
A young searcher finds himself enticed by the murmurings that lie beyond closed doors. Peering through the keyhole our searcher soon finds himself swept into the whirlwind. A world of rehearsed speeches and practiced sincerity where artistic expression is forbidden by oppressive regimes around the world.
Available online until 25 June
Pay what you can | £3, £5, £7
Six strangers, weighed down by individual darkness, come to a coastal land. Seemingly abandoned, there is no one to help but themselves. Stuck between the remains of a broken community and the vast bleakness of the sea, they struggle with isolation, shame and failed support systems.
Available on demand all weekend, but you must still book. Don’t worry if you book after Friday 7.30pm, you’ll still be able to watch the performance!
EXPLORE THE WORLD BENEATH YOUR FEET
Look down. What are you standing on?
Explore the ground and all its wriggling inhabitants in this double bill of quirky dance films.
Sunny Days and Insect Hands - A digital double bill
Watch here from Friday 11 June 11.00am, available all weekend.
TRANSIT-20 was conceived by four dance artists from London and South Africa who have never danced together until now…(virtually).
Join us after the screening for a post show discussion!
Watch here from 7.30pm Friday 14 May, available all weekend.
Streamed live from the Jerwood DanceHouse, Jose Agudo will preview his latest work which draws upon his unique palette of Flamenco and contemporary dance to create a dramatic adaptation of Prosper Merimée’s classic novella.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN | £0, £3, £5, £7
An exciting mixed bill of hip hop works featuring choreography by Joseph Toonga, Kenrick ‘H2o’ Sandy, Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus, & Shawn Aimey.
Friday 16 April 2021 | 7.00pm
Livestream | £5
Show Recording | £3
Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-night-with-the-just-us-hip-hop-apprentice-co-tickets-147005851459
Simultaneously looking at the past, present and future, stories are connected through their location, forgotten incidents ricocheting through the space as generations of humans pass by trying to make sense of life, of death, of time.
Friday 9 April | 7.00pm
Available all weekend.
Free, stream online from our website
Join us for the online screening of Suites ténébreuses/The Monsters, a production in semidarkness from whose shadows emerge the monsters that inhabit our childhood imagination, the most disturbing of which continue to haunt us as we age.
Friday 26 February | 7.30pm
Available all weekend!
Free – stream online for free all weekend!
Join us for a heart warming, short interactive dance film and post show talk.
(Re)United Screening | 7.30pm, online via this page (available until Monday 15 March)
Post Show Discussion | 8.00pm online via zoom (please book in advance)
Screening is free and accessible to all via this webpage.
Post show discussion is free, but places must be booked in advance.
This class is by invite only. FaST (Fundamentals and Skills Training) classes are fun and energetic sessions to help you improve your dance technique.
Monday 18 January – Monday 29 March 2021, 5pm-6pm
Saturday 16 January – Saturday 27 March 2021, 11am-12pm
AN INTERACTIVE DANCE WINDOW INSTALLATION
Our doors may be closed throughout December, but there is something rather magical happening inside. Looking out on to Foundry Lane from the Jerwood DanceHouse, there will be an interactive dance window display where you take control.
Free
Created for Three and Four Quarters (2012) and If Play is Play… (2014) respectively, After the Interval and its sequel, Before the Interval, are Luca Silvestrini’s works for award-winning HeadSpaceDance curated as part of two programmes of new commissions and revivals.
Friday 6 November | 7pm – Sunday 15 November | 11.59pm 2020
Free
From one afternoon to the next over the summer solstice weekend 2019, one of 24 dancers, drawn from the eastern region and ranging in age from 10-70+ years, performed a short solo on the hour every hour. Watch this online screening for free - straight from our website.
Friday 23 October | 7.30pm
Available until Sunday 25 October, 11.59pm
Free – stream Circadian straight from this page!
During their final term of their first year, the University of Suffolk Level 5 BA (Hons) Dance Students worked remotely with Tim Casson to create an at home version of The Dance WE Made.
Premieres Thursday 17 September, 7.30pm
£0 – this performance is streamed to our website
Sleep. Eat. Danst. Rosas was created by the University of Suffolk Level 6 BA (Hons) Dance Students for their Creation & Performance module assessment during lockdown.
Premieres Friday 18 September
£0
As the only festival entirely dedicated to dance in Montreal, the Festival Quartiers Danses aims to make contemporary dance, in all its forms, accessible and available to all audiences.
Friday 11 – Sunday 20 September.
Find out more on Festival Quartiers Danses website.
Featuring performances choreographed by James Wilton Dance, Luca Silvestrini's Protein, Sarah Blanc, and Uchenna Dance, our Mixed Bill showcases performances from the DanceEast CAT 2019 End of Year Show.
Wednesday 29 July | 7.30pm
Free – just tune in on Facebook!
Choreographed by Jasmin Vardimon Company.
Set in an urban landscape, the students explore physicality and characters within a park, as well as presenting professional repertory in this highly physical work.
Friday 31 July | 7.30pm
Free – just tune in on Facebook!
Choreographed by Joseph Toonga.
Inspired by powerful female icons, this piece see’s the all-female cast intertwine grace with passion and ferocity.
Thursday 30 July | 7.30pm
Free – just tune in on Facebook!
Choreographed by Jess and Morgs.
This piece explored the interplay between film and dance on stage and on screen. The piece was created in collaboration with the dancers and through engaging with the technology to create a relationship between the two forms.
Tuesday 28 July | 7.30pm
Free – just tune in on Facebook!
Didy Veldman's Humanoove restaged by Mathieu Geffre
“The sacramental aspect of marriage is dying; marriage could even be seen as part of our throw-away culture. And yet we still seek out strong commitment in love and romanticise marriage. The piece explores different aspects of marriage, our fears, expectations, the meaning of ‘forever’ and the wedding party.” Didy Veldman, Artistic Director, Umanoove.
Monday 27 July | 7.30pm
Free – just tune in on Facebook!
It is ten years since LOL (lots of love) was made and we find ourselves in a unique moment in time where we mainly rely on digital connection and interaction. Stream the full performance of LOL (Lots of Love) as part of Protein 21 Remix Series which brings back historical works onto a digital stage to help us take some distance from the present and provide a social and individual perspective on society, interpersonal connections and the everyday.
From Thursday 25 June, 7.00pm until Sunday 28 June, midnight
STREAM ONLINE FROM THE DANCEEAST WEBSITE FOR FREE
Our 'Let's Talk About ...' sessions are live zoom discussions aimed at professionals within the art community who would like to have a chat and support one another as we move toward an uncertain future. It will be a safe, nourishing platform of exchange in which we chat about a variety of topics that feel relevant right now.
Our 'Let's Talk About ...' sessions are live zoom discussions aimed at professionals within the art community who would like to have a chat and support one another as we move toward an uncertain future. It will be a safe, nourishing platform of exchange in which we chat about a variety of topics that feel relevant right now.
With nods to sci-fi and B-movies, Little Shop of Horrors offers a lurid feast of fun as its technicolour characters grapple with a voracious carnivorous plant.
St Joseph’s College’s young cast devours the challenges and serves up a rich visual and musical treat.
£20 Full Price, £15 Concessions
Following last nine year’s success, the Anglo Chinese Cultural Exchange (ACCE) returns to perform another spectacular show in Dance East to celebrate the 10th annual Chinese New Year 2020.
Tickets £12 (Adult)
Tickets £6 (Under 12’s)
(All prices include booking fee )
*PREMIERE* While You Are Here is a performance where dance and theatre meet, written by Eve Leigh and an exciting collaboration between Choreographer Jonathan Goddard and Director Lily McLeish.
From £12, £9 concessions
*PREMIERE* Inspired by the extraordinary work and life of Austrian artist Egon Schiele, famous for his unflinching nudes and searing self-portraits, the piece scrutinises the eternal conundrum of the male artist and the female model.
From £12, £9 concessions
As we celebrate the tenth year of the Jerwood DanceHouse, we are delighted to present Richard Alston Dance Company’s fifth visit to Snape Maltings as part of the company's final tour – a significant moment for dance in the UK.
Friday 1 & Saturday 2 November
£30, £25, £20, £10
21 and under half price
*PREMIERE* Overflow is a compelling and timely exploration of the human condition in the era of big data, when personal information is used to predict our actions and human behaviour has become the most prized raw material of the economy.
From £15, £10 concessions
*PREMIERE* Ten Sorry Tales presents a collection of modern-day fables. From the child who sleeps for fifteen years, to the sinister sisters who prey on trespassers and the boy who brings butterflies back to life.
From £10, £7concessions, £30 family ticket
The Emma Dodd School of Performing Arts welcome you to celebrate their “Ten Year Anniversary” in a fun filled, action packed show suitable for all ages. Bringing the West End home in a Musical Theatre showstopper not to be missed!
£15 Full Price, £12.50 Concession
In partnership with Lowestoft Museum, Glass House Dance along with members of the local community will be unearthing stories from the exhibitions and share them through a dance performance.
Saturday 15 June, 11.00am & 1.30pm
Nicholas Everitt Park, Bridge Road, Lowestoft NR33
FREE
Entry onto the DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) is by audition. Auditions run each year in May and June.
10 – 16 years
Over 150 performers from the CTC Academy will take to the stage this June as they proudly present their 10-year showcase; a celebration of local young talent and musical theatre.
Ticket prices are £15.00 / £12.00 concessions (under 16 and disabled only)
The award winning Imagine Dance Company, present their annual showcase of their favourite toe-tapping, all singing and dancing, magical musicals, be prepared to be entertained!
Using the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam - with its intricate rhythmic footwork, expressive prowess, and geometric and dynamic movements - Seeta Patel takes on the challenge of reimagining Stravinsky's iconic Rite of Spring for an international cast of Bharatanatyam dancers.
Emma Hawley, of Ipswich School of Dancing is collaborating with Caryl Hudson in a celebration of dance. Creating a unique fusion of latin, ballroom and contemporary dance drama styles. The choreography is based on songs from musicals including Cabaret, Edward Scissorhands and The Greatest Showman. The performance will be a perfect family outing to begin the Christmas festivities!
We are excited to welcome local dance artist Holly Noble Dance to DanceEast for the first time with her new production SNOW, which will take you through the familiar tale of Snow White with some not so familiar twists and turns.
From £10, £7 concessions, £30 family ticket
Contagion dramatises the horrors of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which killed more people than the First World War itself. The performance is inspired by the nature and spread of the flu virus, the unseen enemy that mankind was battling within, while engaging in more conventional warfare in the world outside.
From £12, £9 Concessions
Created on the coast of Barcelona and inspired by its marine life, Jasmin Vardimon presents her new work Medusa. Celebrating 20 years of the Jasmin Vardimon Company, this piece examines the gendered historical significance of Medusa; the myth, the symbolism and the philosophical
idea of ‘reflection’.
From £12, £9 concessions
Imagined Touch is a sensorium created in collaboration with Deafblind artists Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens.
Wednesday 31 October – Friday 2 November
2.00 – 4.00pm
6.00 – 8.00pm
Saturday 3 November
12.00 – 4.00pm
Timed entry to the installation every 30 minutes
£5
The well-loved story The Little Prince is retold using Protein’s mix of humour, dance and music, encouraging us to look at the world through our hearts and reconnect with the child that’s in us all.
From £10, £7 concessions, £30 family ticket
We are excited to launch the season with a premiere from James Wilton Dance, The Storm; a whirlwind of lightning fast athleticism where acrobatics, break-dancing, martial arts and contact work fuse to form dance that will blow you away.
From £12, £9 Concessions
PhotoEast believes photography can bring positive change for individuals and communities. The theme for the 2018 PhotoEast Festival is ‘Belonging’ – the Waterfront will become a public gallery, presenting local life next to contemporary photography.
Saturday 26 – Sunday 27 May
Exhibit | 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday Performances | 11.00am, 2.00pm & 4.00pm
This is a free event
Guys and Dolls is a musical romantic comedy involving the unlikeliest of Manhattan pairings: a high-rolling gambler and a puritanical missionary, a showgirl dreaming of the straight-and-narrow and a crap game manager who is anything but.
Follow the yellow brick road on a magical journey from Kansas to the Emerald city, in a dazzling and high energy panto version of this beloved musical alongside Dorothy, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and rather a lot of Munchkins! Click your heels and join us in this Wizardly Wonderful treat; there's no place like theatre!
£12.50, £10.50 concessions
Following The Happiness Project, which launched her company at DanceEast in 2016, Dutch-born Didy Veldman’s new production is The Knot, an examination of the social and personal significance of marriage in contemporary Western society.
From £12, £9 concessions
PLEASE BE AWARE: Due to the theft of Stopgap’s van containing the entirety of their set, the scheduled performance on Friday 23 February has been postponed until Friday 20 April 7.30pm. Stopgap Dance Company present The Enormous Room, where the past is still present and memories collide with reality. Combining exquisite detail in movement with evocative text and design, the production takes the audience somewhere between this world and the next.
From £12, £9 concessions
BEAUTiFUL encompasses movement and text, exploring love and sexuality from the point of view of women; what is fantasised about, desired and permissible within the complex web of social structures, expectations and cultural history.
From £12, £9 concessions
A ‘feel good’ performance of one terms' work from dance clubs Year 7 - 10; Stardust and Diamond Dance Companies and Sixth Form Dance Academy. This is an opportunity for the students' choreography to be showcased as a result of many GCSE students running lower school clubs.
The Emma Dodd School of Performing Arts presents its Christmas Singalong spectacular. A sparkly and twinkly jingly show packed full of Christmas cheer, which promises to get you into the festive spirit.
Follow the cast as we dive into Pantoville to meet some of the most loved characters of the fairy tale world in the age-old battle of Good vs. Evil. Will our Prince get the Princess? Will our nameless protagonist ever get his Happy Ever After? Join us in this Fairytale Dream to find out!
£12 adult
£6 child
£9 concession
£26 family (2 adults + 2 children)
DanceEast and Roman River Music Festival present a beautiful afternoon of dance and live music in the spectacular location of St Martin's Church, Colchester. Cellist Matthew Sharp will be joined on stage by a group of dynamic dancers choreographed by Joseph Toonga.
3.00pm & 6.00pm
£18 unrestricted view
£12 restricted view
£6 under 30 years
National Dance Company Wales, the country's flagship company, will visit the Jerwood DanceHouse for the first time with a new triple bill. Full of character and stunning movement performed by technically beautiful dancers, these acclaimed works will ignite and inspire audiences of all ages.
We welcome Scotland's national contemporary dance company, Scottish Dance Theatre, to the Jerwood DanceHouse for the first time. The company commissions some of the most exciting choreographers and artists from all over the world to make bold and daring new works.
£17.50, £12 concessions
The Buildy-uppy Dance Show is the warm and humorous sequel to Tom Roden and Anna Williams' The Doodle Dance Show, performed here in 2015. It's an interactive theatrical adventure for all the family to enjoy together; a magical, musical ever-changing playground constructed and inhabited by its audience.
Joss Arnott Dance’s new contemporary programme takes you on a gripping journey through athletic and technically brilliant choreography that has established the company as one of the most exciting new voices in British dance.
£12
Two blokes in an office. One older, one younger, each body pushed to its limits. A cross between The Office and an Australian style cage-fight, this game of comical one-upmanship builds to a moment of impact where everything is suspended.
£15, £10 concessions
“The perfect festive treat for all the family, based on the much loved book”
See it here first! Preview performances of a new dance theatre production that will capture the imagination of children, families and people of all ages, based on Mary Norton’s much loved book The Borrowers, about tiny people who live under the floorboards.
Alexander Whitley takes on the breath-taking scale of space for his company’s new work. Working in partnership with scientists from STFC RAL Space at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 8 Minutes draws inspiration from the images and data of solar science research.
£17.50, £12 concessions
This platform will showcase DanceEast's performance groups alongside local community groups from the region and DanceEast's Centre for Advanced Training. Each group has been working on the theme of 'family' as a starting point for the creation of their work.
Copleston High School is proud to present a dance variety show, showcasing the work of GCSE and A Level Dance groups, dance companies Diamond and Stardust, as well as the dance clubs from Year 7 to 13 and the Sixth Form Dance Academy.
Each year the New Wolsey Theatre invites DanceEast to programme an evening of new dance as part of its annual PULSE Festival. This year DanceEast presents a fun and thought-provoking triple bill by some of the most exciting contemporary dance artists.
Thursday 8 June
See all three shows for £15
Join three world-class tap dancers as they improvise along with a live band. Energetic, creative and full of individuality, this infectious dance style transports you back to the 1930s when dancers would improvise, jam and battle on street corners.
James Cousins' latest work is inspired by one of Shakespeare's most headstrong and independent heroines, Rosalind. In this unique production, Cousins takes her passion and eloquence beyond words, to somewhere only movement can go.
From £12, £9 concessions, £6 school groups
Shobana Jeyasingh presents Material Men redux, performed by two dazzling dancers of Indian heritage, each choosing styles that couldn't be more different; classical Indian and hip hop.
From £12, £9 concessions, £6 school groups
Northern Ballet brings this classic children's story to life and is the perfect opportunity for your little ones to enjoy live ballet, music and theatre for the first time.
£10, £7 concessions, £30 Family Ticket
Inspired by the imagination of young people, Beastie is an innovative participatory experience for children aged 6-10 years as part of this year's SPILL Festival.
01473 295900 or online at spillfestival.com
Thursday 27 – Saturday 29 October at 9:30, 12:00 & 2.30pm each day
Buy one for £10, get one for £5
Part of PULSE Festival 2016, Brighton-based duo The Hiccup Project celebrate love and lust in all its messy and confusing forms in an honest, provocative and laugh-out-loud funny performance.
Thursday 2 June | 9.30pm
Starting from £8.50
£5 under 26
Gallery Players present The House of Bernarda Alba written by Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca in 1936, only a month before he was murdered by Fascists at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
£14.50
Multi-award winning international company Aracaladanza returns to the UK to delight audiences with their new dance theatre production Vuelos (Flights), made especially for families.
£10, £7 concessions
£30 Family Ticket
£5 School Groups
The Landseer Players are excited to bring their Genie-us of a pantomime to the Jerwood DanceHouse. This magical family show will be sure to entertain you whatever your age.
Thursday 18 February | 2.00pm
Friday 19 February | 7.30pm
Saturday 20 February | 2.30pm & 7.30pm
£10, £8.50 concessions
Arthur Pita returns to Ipswich with this touching tale, based on the classic Christmas story, of an impoverished young street girl's hopes and dreams, beautifully told through dance, song and original live music.
£7, £5 CONCESSIONS, £20 FAMILY TICKET
Chotto Desh, meaning 'small homeland', draws on Akram Khan's unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a young man's dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh.
CHRISTMAS SHOWS | £10, £7 CONCESSIONS, £30 FAMILY TICKET
Grab a pen and kick off your shoes for this playful, interactive story-show by Anna Williams and Tom Roden that will get the whole family drawing and moving, doodling and imagining.
£7, £5 CONCESSIONS, £20 FAMILY TICKET
Chotto Desh, meaning 'small homeland', draws on Khan's unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a young man's dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh. Catch the world premiere this October and watch it again in December when its returns as our Christmas show.
WORLD PREMIERE | £12 – £15, £9 concessions
Critically acclaimed Joss Arnott Dance presents a triple bill that will take you on a gripping journey of power, precision and heart-pounding choreography with Dame Evelyn Glennie who will be performing live onstage.
£12 – £15, £9 concessions
This performance platform, designed specifically for schools, colleges, private dance schools, community groups and choreographers from across the region and beyond, provides the opportunity for people to showcase their skills in dance.
This is a dance show for joy, for simple pleasures, for saying 'no' to people who want to tell us what should or should not make us happy; and to endless promises of happiness alluding to a world just out of reach.
Varmints tells the poignant tale of one small creature’s struggle to preserve a world in danger of being lost forever. Every day the city grows larger and the noise grows louder, until there is so much noise that no-one can hear themselves think.