Gary Clarke Company | COAL
Winner of UK Theatre Award Achievement in Dance & Critics’ Circle National Dance Award Tue 18 – Wed 19 May 2027Fees and charges: Please note all orders are subject to a non-refundable £2.50 booking fee. Free events are excluded.
Originally created to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1984/85 British Miners’ Strike and described as ’emotional dynamite’ Gary Clarke Company revives their multi-award-winning production COAL – a riveting dance theatre show which takes a nostalgic look at the hard-hitting realities of life in the coalfields. COAL brings together Clarke’s striking choreography performed by seven professional dancers, a local cast of women and a live brass band, in an ever-relevant story about community, solidarity and survival.
Originally Produced by: Gary Clarke and Annabel Dunbar & Co-commissioned by: DanceXchange; Cast; The Place; Dance City; Dance4 with Nottingham Playhouse; The Civic Barnsley; Yorkshire Dance.
Gary Clarke Company is supported using public funding through Arts Council England and core funding from John Ellerman Foundation.
Reviews
OUTSTANDING4 ratingThe Times
One of the most powerful, moving pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen on the miners’ strikeOrgreave Truth and Justice Campaign
Production Photography (Joe Armitage)
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