The Forest

There is a place at the very heart of the forest.  A place where things are not quite what they seem.  People become animals, birds become music, day becomes night-time, leaves become light.  It’s full of adventure. It’s always changing.  It’s The Forest. By Fevered Sleep.

Fevered Sleep, the creators of Brilliant and And the Rain Falls Down combine dance, music, sound and light to excite your imagination and tickle your senses in a surprising and enchanting performance for everyone 5 and over.

 

Suitable for children aged 5+

 

'Enchanting & imaginative'

Financial Times

 

Back in the UK after a sell-out run at Sydney Opera House, The Forest is an intelligent piece of contemporary dance theatre that combines skilful performance and inventive choreography with a specially commissioned soundscape, all taking place within an exquisite set, full of real trees.

 

 

'Exquisite…It’s like a dream of a night in a forest. There’s a grace to this show that captivated and moved me.'

The Times

An associate company at the Young Vic, Fevered Sleep have an international reputation for devising bold and experimental work that is both playful and profound.

 

Why not have a look at Fevered Sleep's blog itstheforest.com to find out more and explore the ideas, words and sounds behind the show.

 

 

     

 

Photography (above) by Manuel Vason and Matthew Andrews. 

 

Fevered Sleep’s work is produced in association with Fuel.
The Forest was originally commissioned by Lyric, Hammersmith.

 

Family Ticket

Enjoy The Forest with the whole family for just £30. Simply add 4 tickets to your basket (must include at least 2 children) to take advantage of the offer.

 

Relaxed Performance

Thursday 16 February at 2pm

This means the performance will also be suitable for people with

- Autism/Asperger’s
- Other learning disabilities
- Young children that do not fit into the age guidance restrictions

For more information, please call our Box Office on 020 8692 4446.

 

 

What's it all about?

 

To help us describe the show, we asked Fevered Sleep 'what's it all about?'. Here's what they said:

The Forest: a dance piece….for children? Yes! The Forest is a dance, and it’s an installation, and a spectacle, and a piece of moving art, and it’s funny, and a bit scary, and lovely, and strange, completely bewildering, and at times just plain silly.

When we made The Forest we talked and played with lots of children; we took them to forests and watched what they liked to do, what interested them, what they wanted to explore.  We asked children what they would want to see in a performance about forests, and what they would not. They told us about wolves and bears and the light through the trees, They told us about paths and witches and things falling from the trees. They told us that in their forest, back home, where they were born there are colourful birds and snakes and dangerous things. They said it should get dark and owls should hoot and we could definitely use our torches and build a fire and sleep in the forest at night.

Then we took what we know about forests; about all the myths and legends and characters, and the animals and the getting lost and finding your way, and the running around wildly and kicking up leaves and the climbing and swinging from trees, and we made ‘The Forest’.

It’s a little bit of everything we know about forests.

 

Thanks Fevered Sleep!

 

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