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Motionhouse presents

BLOCK

An awe-inspiring look at life in the city

Ten years on…BLOCK is back.

Motionhouse presents a new, super-charged reimagining of this iconic show. With its daring physicality, split-second timing and gravity defying dance-circus, BLOCK will once again leave audiences on the edge of their seats.

BLOCK is about life in the city - its contradictions and challenges. Twenty oversized blocks, resembling giant Jenga pieces, form an ever-changing environment as the story of BLOCK unfolds, with split-second timing and thrilling feats.

Created and directed by Kevin Finnan. Original concept, design and production by Ali Williams. Originally produced and developed in collaboration with NoFit State.

★★★★ "A technically tremendously complicated piece of work...it’s thrilling."
The Guardian

Credits

Created and directed by
Kevin Finnan

Original concept, design and production

Ali Williams

Originally produced and developed in collaboration with NoFit State

Performers
Llewlyn Brown, Simeon Corder, Dylan Davies, Alex Macnab, Blair Moore, Sophie O’Leary and Georgia Wallace

Performers in BLOCK trailer
Andrew Davies, Amer Kabbani Fernandez, Africa Llorens Valls, Daniel Massarella, Alasdair Stewart, Naomi Tadevossian, Lee Tinnion


Commissioned by

Without Walls, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Out There International Festival of Circus & Street Arts. Co-production Archaos, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque Méditerranée and Le Citron Jaune, Centre National des Arts de la Rue.

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