PULP is the latest production from the multiple-award winning Underground Dance Theatre. It’s at The Rosebank Theatre now and Galloway Theatre from 20 July.
You are in for a treat with the chance to catch the latest genre-bending production from multiple award Underground Dance Theatre. Winner of the kykNET Fiesta Blue Couch Award for producing the most ground-breaking work of 2015, the company is known for its innovative style blending contemporary dance, South African Dance Theatre and physical theatre.
An intoxicating marriage of Film Noir meets Dance Theatre, PULP is the most intimate work yet from these leaders in local dance.
PULP is created and performed by Steven van Wyk, (Fleur du Cap nominee, Best Actor in a Musical in Singin’ in the Rain), Thalia Laric (Nicola Elliott’s Run! and numerous productions with First Physical Theatre) and Cilna Katzke (Sean Bovim’s Tango Nights; iKapa’s Stadium and various productions with Cape Town City Ballet). Costumes are by Hilette Stapelberg (Handspring Puppet Company; Arende; Fleur du Cap winner for The Tradgecy of Richard III) and Voice Work is with Richard Wright (Black Sails).
“Anyone interested in South Africa’s next generation of dance leaders should be watching Underground Dance Theatre closely as they approach creating their original stamp on SA dance” Sarah Roberson (The Critter)
The production begins in a hazy dream, a silent movie where bodies hide secrets. Mysterious beauty, dark comedy, and seat-shifting tension all co-exist within a work that follows the peculiar logic of dream. Like the iconic film noir private detective navigating a morally ambiguous, labyrinthine city populated by femme fatales, mobsters and suspicious housewives, so must the audience navigate the world that is presented to them in PULP, searching for clues, gathering evidence, and perhaps preparing an alibi as they deal with their own demons.
“This is our most intriguing work yet,” says co-creator Steven van Wyk. “It also references jazz dance, musicals and is a pastiche of film noir history. PULP is a world that’s dark, delicious, dangerous and very exciting – come share the journey with us.”
WHERE & WHEN: PULP will be performed at
The Rosebank Theatre Wednesday to Sundays from Thursday 7 to Saturday 16 July at 8pm with matinees at 3pm on Sunday 10 and Saturday 16 July.
TICKETS: for The Rosebank Theatre cost R100 can be booked at Webtickets:
The Galloway Theatre from 20 to 23 July at 8pm.
TICKETS: cost R90- R120 and can be booked here
INFO: Underground Dance Theatre Website Youtube Facebook Twitter @UDTheatre
