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Following the world premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 201 Dance Company are pleased to announce the UK tour of the critically acclaimed SAD BOOK will visit theatres in Spring 2025.
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Adapted from Michael Rosen’s award-winning book, Sad Book is a visually inventive, moving story of navigating complex emotions in the midst of everyday life.
In this personal story of loss, a father explores the disconnection between what we feel, what we show, and different ways we deal with sadness.
Sad Book makes the deeply personal, universal, retelling the story through dance, physical theatre, animation and stunning original music.
Directed and Choreographed by Andrea Walker, Sad Book is the third production from 201 Dance Company, renowned for presenting emotional, evocative pieces with cinematic production design.
SELECTED TOUR DATES - INCLUDING HACKNEY EMPIRE - WILL FEATURE LIVE, IN PERSON NARRATION FROM MICHAEL ROSEN.
UK TOUR DATES AND TICKETS
THE OLD MARKET
BRIGHTON
NORWICH PLAYHOUSE
NORWICH
THE MILL ARTS CENTRE
BANBURY
HACKNEY EMPIRE
LONDON
Tues 11th and Wed 12th March 2025, 19:30
Tickets from £18
Post-show Q&A with members of the company plus special guests on both nights
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Fri 14th, 19:30 and Sat 15th March 2025, 19:30
Tickets from £17.50
Post-show Q&A with Michael Rosen and members of the company after the Saturday evening performance
Fri 28th March 2025, 19:30
Sat 29th March 2025, 14:30 and 19:30
Tickets from £17.50
Post-show in conversation event with Peter Lovatt, Andrea Walker and members of the cast on Fri 28th March
Wed 2nd April 2025, 19:30
Tickets £12-£22
Featuring live narration by Michael Rosen
Photos by Josh Brady
PERFORMING CAST
2022 -Ongoing
creatives and crew
Directed and Choreographed by: Andrea Walker
Associate Director: Patrick Collier
Music by:
Richard Evans
Angela Pollock
Barney Morse Brown
Simon ‘Palmskin’ Richmond
Production and Lighting Design by: Louisa Smurthwaite
Projection Design for Really Creative Media by:
Jack Fox
Louise Rhoades-Brown
Animators:
Liu Bofan
Harriet Bruce
Louise Rhoades-Brown
Assistant Choreographer: Michaela Cisarikova
Production Management: Pete Rickards for eStage
Lighting Programmer: Steve Heywood
Set Build by: Ox Events
Stage Manager: Hannah Swindell
Research and Development Performers:
Alan Coveney, Michaela Cisarikova, Yasmin Cogan de Abreu, Megan Ingram, Thomas Page, Sam Reeves, Zara Richards, Tamae Yoneda
Rehearsal Director: Michaela Cisarikova
Produced by:
Natalie Allison
Patrick Collier (development stage)
Pip Sayers (development stage)
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A 201 DANCE COMPANY PRODUCTION
© 2022-2025
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SAD BOOK IS SUPPORTED BY
