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BULLYACHE
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Dance (Pitch)
ABOUT THE SHOW
A Good Man is Hard to Find is a new choreographic project inspired by the financial crisis of 2008, the Cremation of Care ceremonies staged at Bohemia Grove (covered by both Jon Ronson and Alex Jones), and the post war depression of 1920. Documentation of these events show the lives of 1000s dependent on the absurd existence of just a few; juxtaposed with the sterile environments of those responsible.
The show underscores the ironies and emotional destruction of this contrast. Think ‘office party at the end of the world’, think Atē. The power in the hands of these people is on a mythological scale, like ancient gods, but when investigated they are nothing more than deluded feeble bodies. As Flannery O’Connor wrote in her 1953 short story, after which the show is named, “They would've been a good person if it had been somebody there to shoot them every minute of their life.”
This show is co-commissioned by Venice Biennale, Unlimited and Sadlers Wells Theatre. Produced by Metal & Water.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
BULLYACHE is artist duo by Courtney Garratt and Jacob Samuel who choreograph, direct, and compose original works. Think “live music videos crossed with avant-garde dance theatre – and utterly steeped in young queer British culture” (Guardian).
Together they founded the multidisciplinary project BULLYACHE in 2020 to create works that are an exploration of the emotional and visual overload of contemporary life, through the lens of queer and working-class identity. BULLYACHE have toured internationally and are resident artists at the Barbican, Studio Wayne McGregor, Britten Pears and the University of Birmingham.
