Award-winning physical theatre company come to Storyhouse for the first time!
Running from Last event: Saturday 19 February 2022 at 7.30pm
£10 - £25.30 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee for non-members)Group and school discounts available, contact groups@storyhouse.com50% for Young Storyhouse Members
Members get 10% off tickets at Storyhouse. Moonlight Flicks and Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre. £4 month, no commitment, priority booking, no fees, instant access, two tickets per member.
Gecko Theatre are an award-winning internationally touring physical theatre company. A Gecko show is visual, visceral, ambitious theatre crafted to inspire, move and entertain.
Combining movement, imagery and provocative narratives in the company’s trademark style, Gecko’s seventh touring production brings the concepts of weddings and union into question with an emotionally charged and spectacular performance.
★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Attitude ★★★★ British Theatre Guide ★★★★ Official Theatre ★★★★ Reviews Hub
Live streams
This show will also be live streamed from the Storyhouse stage on Saturday 19 February at 7.30pm. The live stream will be followed by a recorded BSL-interpreted post-show discussion.
Book the live stream to watch at home here.
Schools & Education To support the return to cultural education, Gecko are offering six free workshops to local state schools that book to see the show. These are offered on a first-come-first serve basis and you will be provided with a link to book once a booking for the show is confirmed. Further workshops or workshops for private schools will receive a 10% discount when booked in conjunction with the show. To book, please email groups@storyhouse.com
Following the performance on Wed 16 and Thu 17 Feb, Gecko will host a free 30 minute post-show discussion to give you the opportunity to share your thoughts and questions with the devising performers.
Access For each of their current touring shows including this one, Gecko have created a Sound World document to enable D/deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audience members to understand the soundscape of each show and how it feeds into the other elements of their performances. You can download/view that document here. Please read the information in advance of attending the show.
Show photography by Rocio Chacon.
Certificate:
14+
Duration
Approx 80 mins
Time details
No interval
Gallery
Reviews
There’s a terrific ensemble at work in a show that bursts with the joy of union
The Guardian
Heart pounding drama... get ready to be blown away
The Reviews Hub
A visual feast
Theatre Bubble
Spellbinding music, mesmerising dance moves and narratives in languages from all over the world, make it a truly entertaining and thought-provoking experience
Mancunian Matters
Offers its own remarkable, mesmerising take on the world we live in, full of horror and hope, fortitude and fear, love and lamentation and is an amazing achievement
Attitude
Bravery and physical distinctiveness has always distinguished Gecko’s work
The Guardian, Lyn Gardner
This company have the extraordinary capability to pierce the heart of a subject and essentially remind us what it is to be human.
The Reviews Hub
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