Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget Principal Casting
Casting is subject to change.

No Man’s Land
Tuesday 8 Sept         Begoña Cao and Junor Souza 
                                Erina Takahashi and James Forbat 
                                Crystal Costa and Max Westwell

Wednesday 9 Sept    Alina Cojocaru and James Forbat 
                                Shiori Kase and Laurent Liotardo 
                                Alison McWhinney and Fabian Reimair 

Thurs 10 Sept (mat)   Begoña Cao and Junor Souza
                                Shiori Kase and Laurent Liotardo 
                                Angela Wood and Fabian Reimair
 
Thursday 10 Sept      Tamara Rojo and Junor Souza 
                                Erina Takahashi and James Forbat
                                Crystal Costa and Max Westwell

Friday 11 Sept           Alina Cojocaru and James Forbat 
                                Crystal Costa and Max Westwell 
                                Alison McWhinney and Fabian Reimair
 
Sat 12 Sept (mat)      Tamara Rojo and Junor Souza 
                                Shiori Kase and Laurent Liotardo 
                                Alison McWhinney and Fabian Reimair
 
Saturday 12 Sept      Alina Cojocaru and James Forbat 
                               Crystal Costa and Max Westwell
                               Erina Takahashi and Fabian Reimair 

Second Breath
 
Tuesday 8 Sept        Alina Cojocaru and Junor Souza 

Wednesday 9 Sept    Alina Cojocaru and Junor Souza
 
Thurs 10 Sept (mat)   Tamarin Stott and Joshua McSherry-Gray
 
Thursday 10 Sept      Alina Cojocaru and Junor Souza 

Friday 11 Sept          Alina Cojocaru and Junor Souza
 
Sat 12 Sept (mat)     Tamarin Stott and Joshua McSherry-Gray 

Saturday 12 Sept     Alina Cojocaru and Junor Souza 

Dust 

Tuesday 8 Sept       Tamara Rojo, James Streeter, Fabian Reimair 

Wednesday 9 Sept   Erina Takahashi, Fernando Bufalá, Fabian Reimair 

Thurs 10 Sept (mat)  Tamara Rojo, James Streeter, Fabian Reimair 

Thursday 10 Sept     Erina Takahashi, Fernando Bufalá, Fabian Reimair 

Friday 11 Sept          Tamara Rojo, James Streeter, Fabian Reimair 

Sat 12 Sept (mat)      Erina Takahashi, James Streeter, Fabian Reimair 

Saturday 12 Sept      Tamara Rojo, James Streeter, Fabian Reimair 

After moving audiences and astounding critics at its premiere in London in 2014, this groundbreaking dance evening returns with performances in London, Manchester and Milton Keynes.

A poignant reflection on World War I, Lest We Forget features three works expressing the experiences of those who fought the war, and those who stayed behind.

Drawing on superb design and evocative scores, Liam Scarlett, Russell Maliphant and Akram Khan, three of the most sought-after choreographers working today, have created dance works full of unforgettable and haunting images. 

Liam Scarlett’s No Man’s Land evokes the entwined destinies of the women working in munition factories at home and the men fighting in the trenches, through emotional pas de deux set to a score by Liszt.

Twenty dancers tilt and sway in semi-darkness, rising and falling, in Second Breath, a “devastatingly effective” (Daily Telegraph) piece by Russell Maliphant set to recordings of survivors and live orchestra.

With “dancing full of pain and power” (Independent), a pounding soundtrack and atmospheric lighting, Akram Khan’s Dust grabs you from the start and does not let go. It won the Best Modern Choreography prize at the 2014 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards.

★★★★★ 
"Amazing" 
Sunday Express