The new dance production will embark on a UK tour 19th September until the 21st February.
Joss Arnott Dance has announced further details and tour dates for its upcoming world premiere of its new production Meet the Hatter, inspired by the character from Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland.
Created to celebrate the company’s 15th anniversary, the show will tour the UK this autumn and winter to the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds (19 Sept), Mansfield Palace Theatre (1 & 2 Oct), Barnsley Civic (29 & 30 Oct), Lincoln Arts Centre (31 Oct & 1 Nov), Bradford Arts Centre (12 & 13 Dec), Darlington Hippodrome (11 Feb), Z-arts, Manchester (13 & 15 Feb), and the Heywood Civic Theatre, Rochdale (20 & 21 Feb).
Offering a retelling of the story of the Mad Hatter, the show combines dance, storytelling, original music, digital projection, lighting and animation.
Faced with an empty tea party and a deep sense of isolation, the Hatter uses the power of his imagination to escape by creating his own magical version of Wonderland, shown through breathtaking and immersive multimedia.
Choreographed by Artistic Director Joss Arnott, in collaboration with the dancers Meet the Hatter features an award-winning creative team including Dramaturg Sue Buckmaster, Theatre-Rites, Composer Oleta Haffner, Multimedia Artist Urban Projections, Lighting Designer Josh Tomalin, Movement Consultant Miguel Altunaga and Animation Artist Alexandros Savvides.
Sharing the solo performance role of the Hatter is Dominic Coffey and Robbie Ordoña. Dominic has previously worked with choreographers and companies including Rhiannon Faith, Gary Clarke, Joss Arnott and Cahoots NI. Robbie’s performance credits include Message in a Bottle by ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, Breathless Puppets by Akram Khan Company and has appeared in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – The Movie, and Netflix’s Dance 100.
Artistic Director and Choreographer, Joss Arnott said:“I am thrilled to announce our latest and most ambitious production to date, “Meet the Hatter” as we celebrate 15 years of Joss Arnott Dance. We’re delighted to be working on this exciting new production and collaborating with an award-winning team of artists to bring this new, spectacular story of the Hatter to life. Our thanks go out to Arts Council England, along with our funders and partners for supporting our vision. We can’t wait to share this magical show with audiences across the UK later this year!”.
For further information visit: https://jossarnottdance.com/