★★★★★ “Fascinating, infectious and innovative, I highly recommend a visit to Stopgap at the earliest opportunity.” – Bachtrack
Lived Fiction is the manifestation of Stopgap’s twenty-year history, a timely intervention that can shape the future of contemporary dance.
The sensual choreography of Lived Fiction is rendered anew with evocative audio description, exquisite projection art and captioning. The internationally revered company invites you to experience dance from multiple perspectives and share in a future that is rich with the enterprise, potential, and power of diversity.
Expect masterful performances from Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent, and non-disabled creatives in a dance work that is deep with compassion for the human condition.
“With the use of video, spoken word, and movement, this ensemble is energetic, celebratory and joyful. I’d watch it over and over again.” – Lost in Theatre Land
ACCESS
TOUCH TOUR
This performance offers a pre-show touch tour, available at 6.30pm. If you would like to join the touch tour, please book your space when booking your performance ticket.
What is a touch tour?
Touch tours give audiences a different sensory experience of a set and show prior to a performance. This may include audio description and touching parts of the set, props and costume. People that might like to attend, for example, could be visually impaired, neurodivergent, or someone that would like the chance to feel comfortable in the space before the performance starts.
RELAXED PERFORMANCE
This performance is a relaxed performance. This means:
- the theatre won’t be completely dark during the performance
- you can make noise in the theatre
- you can enter and leave when you want to
- people will be around to help you
- there will be a quiet space to use.
There will also be an Access Table in the foyer where you can go to get more information about the performance and is the meeting place for the Touch Tour.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The performance is approximately 90 minutes, including an interval.
This performance features integrated Audio Description and is Captioned.
The performance will be followed by a post-show talk with the performers. This will be BSL interpreted.
There will be a BSL interpreter for the pre-show announcements, the post-show talk and access guide. Please contact our Box Office team on info@danceeast.co.uk to discuss the best seats to access this.
To find out more about what to expect, you can download a visual story here, or watch the video below where Access Artist and Audio Describer Lily shares more information on what to expect when you come to this performance.
Lived Fiction was initially developed as part of the research project “DANCING: Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through European Union Law: Exploring New Paths” funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 864182).
Supported by Arts Council England, DanceEast, Dance Ireland, Leche Trust, The Point – Eastleigh, and University of Surrey.
STOPGAP MASTERCLASS
Stopgap Dance Company are leading a creative, high energy, inclusive masterclass exploring movement ideas and tasks from Lived Fiction on Saturday 16 November. Find out more and book here.
If you would like to familiarise yourself with the building before your visit, you can download our Visual Story here or take a Virtual Tour here.
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