Last Dance Saloon
Two people of a certain age, with tangled pasts, find each other at a dance retreat in Buenos Aires. A spark is lit and their passion smolders – this was meant to be. But one has work and family ties in South America; the other in North Devon. They settle into the frustrations of a long-distance relationship fuelled by regular tango sessions in Argentina, that include unexpected flights of the imagination. And then one of them weighs the ecological consequences.
A multi story mix of stories ancient and modern, music, song and tango.
"A tour de force that provokes, entertains and dazzles."
"Sensitive, funny, moving, poignantly relevant and viscerally relatable."
"I just loved it! It felt like you expressed lots of different threads about what it is to be alive and human at this time of my life, in this age. And you wove those threads into something that for me, expressed a beautiful freedom of the dance of the heart. Thank you both for creating something that could do that... it's very special."
Our next performance is at Swimbridge Jubilee Hall on Monday 11th December at 8pm. Running time 75 mins.
Tickets £8, £6 concessions. Only 40 available. Please book through Julie Whitton: julie@theyews.org.uk or 01271 830311
Drinks and refreshments available both before and after the show - even a mince pie or two!
technical details:
- get-in two hours
- performance 75 minutes - no interval
- get-out 45 minutes
- performance area preferably in the round with ideally a performance area six metres in diameter
- lighting in theatres a warm cover. In community venues we need access to a 13 amp socket for the lighting rig and sound system that we carry
- sound self-operated from on stage
- ancillary work we're more than happy to lead post-show discussions and we offer a menu of complementary workshops
production shots by Paul Treweeke