Gandini Juggling (UK)
Smashed
Linbury Studio Theatre at the
Royal Opera House
Wed 18 > Sat 21 Jan
7.45pm
After-show Discussion: Thu 19 Jan
Runs 55 mins / no interval
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£11.50/£13.50/£16.50/
£7 standing/£8.50 students
Tel: 020 7304 4000'The Gandinis are world leaders in pushing the fine art of juggling to new creative levels’. National Theatre/Watch This Space
Smashed is a sensational mix of skill and theatricality inspired by the work of seminal German dance-theatre maker, Pina Bausch. Nine extraordinary performers, eighty apples and crockery galore combine in a series of nostalgic filmic scenes, hinting at conflict and tense relationships, lost love and the quaintness of afternoon tea. A darkly humorous journey with a cathartic finale you will long remember.
Smashed was originally commissioned by the National Theatre as a short, outdoor performance piece for its Watch This Space festival in July 2010, This new, full-length version receives its premiere at the Mime Festival.
Performers: Sean Gandini, Kati Ylä-Hokkala, Sakari Männistö, Owen Reynolds, Iñaki Sastre, Niels Siedel, Malte Steinmetz, Jon Udry, Cecilia Zucchetti
Age guidance 7+
Co-production: National Theatre/Watch This Space, London; La Brèche, Cherbourg
