This Autumn, Shoreditch Town Hall presents a terrific trio of new productions that encourage conversations around embodiment, mental health and intergenerational change.
Might you be interested in sharing a news article around these incredible shows, and the unique perspective that they offer for how we navigate tensions of contemporary life?
– Anatomy of Survival (11th – 12th September)
Explores a seemingly ordinary encounter of a woman having a meltdown in a coffee shop and spirals it into a multi-sensory investigation of perception and panic.
From award-winning playwright Vivienne Franzmann (The Snow Queen, Bristol Old Vic; Bodies, The Royal Court), choreographer Frauke Requardt (Mothers, 2017; Future Cargo, 2021), and co-produced by The Place, this darkly comic show fuses dance, music and science, to dissect the ancient workings of our nervous systems as they struggle to keep up with contemporary life.
– LANDSCAPE (24th – 25th October)
Presents a fiercely personal piece around vulnerability and desire, created and performed by Cypriot artist Elena Antoniou.
In collaboration with Dance Umbrella who are returning to Shoreditch Town after last partnering in 2018, this one-woman show invites audiences to witness self-objectification as defiance, balancing trauma and eroticism in a performance that confronts the notion of looking and being looked at.
Having worked with international institutions including the Marina Abramović Institute and Onassis Stegi, Antoniou brings her acclaimed choreographic skills to Shoreditch Town Hall with this intimate and bold work.
– Black Sheep (24th October – 1st November),
Black Sheep will be returning to Shoreditch Town Hall with a rich family drama that showcases the hidden pressures shaping rural Britain is set to take place in the Council Chamber. Following three generations of the Carter family, this poignant new play tackles succession, sustainability and the often-overlooked crisis of mental health in farming communities.
Developed in collaboration with twelve Norfolk farmers and with support from the National Theatre Generate Programme, Black Sheep offers a rare, female-led portrait of a sector at breaking point. As farmers navigate food insecurity, climate change and political uncertainty, this deeply moving six-hander gives voice to the people behind farming land and what they stand to lose.
Dates: Thursday 11th September – Saturday 1st November 2025
Venue: Shoreditch Town Hall
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