Miet Warlop
INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE
20 - 23 Jan 2027
Michael Zandl
FOOD
20 - 23 Jan 2027MimeLondon -
supporting contemporary visual theatre
Gecko
KIN
Sadler's Wells East. Wed 20 > Sat 23 January 2027
Drawing on the lived experiences of Gecko’s Artistic Director Amit Lahav and international ensemble, Ķīn asks what we carry with us, what we leave behind and the cost of becoming someone new.
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Wed - Sat 7.30pm
Thu & Sat matinees 2:30pm
Runs 80 mins/no interval
Age guidance: 14+
Presented by Sadler's Wells
Supported by MimeLondon
“Kin is an enchanting sensory assault that leaves you weeping for the state of the world and with a hunger to make change” 5 stars
“Unconventional and thrilling… will live long in the memory” 4 stars
“Extraordinary to witness” 4 stars
Ķīn is a Gecko production
Commissioned by the National Theatre
Supported by HOME Manchester, Lighthouse Poole & London International Mime Festival
Gecko is supported by Arts Council England, Ipswich Borough Council
Photos: Mark Sepple, Richard Haughton
A note from Gecko on the use of spoken language:
"Within the performance, our performers do use language, but our intention is that this should communicate emotion, and is supported by body language and facial expression. Breath is also used as a way of portraying emotion to support the narrative, and to allow the performers to connect to one another.
Unlike a more traditional play, language is not the main method of storytelling. Our performers come from all over the world and the speak different languages in the show, including Cantonese, Nahuatl, Norwegian, Malayalam Mandarin, Polish and Spanish. Often words are muttered or sentences are left incomplete. As a result of this, no audience member understands all the language and the words spoken are less important than the emotion conveyed. We don’t caption the show or have BSL interpretation through the show as this would translate all language into a single language and so create a different experience.”