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How I create… with choreographer Crazy Smooth
The dancer and choreographer Crazy Smooth. A Black man wearing a collarless denim shirt and a dark blue beanie hat. He is pictured in an urban alleyway.
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How I create… with choreographer Crazy Smooth

The dancer and choreographer answers questions about his creative process.

5 things to know about Brokentalkers
Two actors stand on stage one in a brown suit holding a shot gun as the second stands behind looking into the distance
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5 things to know about Brokentalkers

Discover Brokentalkers, an internationally renowned theatre company from Dublin, with a track record of unusual yet powerful performances.

Playlist: South Asian Sounds 2024
Kaushiki Chakraborty wearing a red sari sitting in front of a microphone. The word ‘Playlist’ is placed over the top of the image in yellow type.
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Playlist: South Asian Sounds 2024

Listen to a playlist of music by artists who appeared at the Southbank Centre as part of our 2024 South Asian Sounds series.

The Faggots and Their Friends... ‘provocation goes hand in hand with reclamation’
Philip Venables and Ted Huffman stand together outside, leaning against a brick wall which has been painted red and has the remnants of graffiti on it. Philip is a white bald man wearing a leather jacket, Ted has short brown hair and wears a denim shirt
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The Faggots and Their Friends... ‘provocation goes hand in hand with reclamation’

Creators Philip Venables and Ted Huffman discuss their theatre show The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, based on Larry Mitchell’s book.

The Endz: from the streets to the stage, via a car park
A main performer at the centre of the image with the other performers focused out behind him.
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The Endz: from the streets to the stage, via a car park

A performance piece from Multi-Story Orchestra that started out as a Peckham school project and brings together spoken word, rap and an orchestra.

Conor Mitchell on Abomination: A DUP Opera
Conor Mitchell conducting the Belfast Ensemble
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Conor Mitchell on Abomination: A DUP Opera

The composer and theatre-maker, introduces his work Abomination: A DUP Opera in this 2023 interview.

Natalia Osipova on The Mother and dancing for herself
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Natalia Osipova on The Mother and dancing for herself

The Royal Ballet’s principal dancer discusses her career, and her performance in Arthur Pita’s The Mother at the Southbank Centre, in this 2019 interview.

Deborah Colker on Dog Without Feathers and returning to London
Dog Without Feathers performed on stage
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Deborah Colker on Dog Without Feathers and returning to London

The award-winning Brazilian writer, theatre director, dancer and choreographer speaks about her performance piece Dog Without Feathers in this 2019 interview.

Rosie Kay: 6 things... every dancer should do before a show
Dancers perform in MK ULTRA by Rosie Kay Dance Company
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Rosie Kay: 6 things... every dancer should do before a show

The choreographer behind 5 Soldiers, MK ULTRA and the live 2018 Commonwealth Games handover, shares her essential pre-show tips for dancers.

Fat Blokes, fatness and overcoming self-doubt with Scottee
A group of five shirtless individuals embraces each other in close a together pose against a white brick painted wall
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Fat Blokes, fatness and overcoming self-doubt with Scottee

Artist and writer Scottee talks about his show Fat Blokes and rebelling against our attitudes to fatness in this 2018 interview.