Gorilla Circus combines theatre, circus, dance and roller-skating on a giant treadmill to explore the UK's colonial past.
Gorilla Circus bring RPM to Warwick Arts Centre on Thursday 29 October, with two performances that afternoon and evening. It's a show that mixes theatre, circus, dance and roller-skating, all built around a giant treadmill that runs throughout.
The treadmill isn't just a prop; it's the engine of the whole thing. The company uses it to carry the audience from the Windrush generation through to modern-day Britain, tracing the links between current issues and the UK's colonial past. Along the way, they weave together news clips from the period, acrobatics and street dance, and they frame it all around one question: 'Has the UK ever truly confronted its colonial past?'
It's an energetic show, and the company describes it as being built to educate and provoke thought and discussion. The combination of circus and dance keeps it moving, while the news clips ground it in the actual history they're talking about. It's the kind of thing that works as much as a conversation starter after you've left as it does as a performance while you're there.
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RPM is staged at Warwick Arts Centre, on the University of Warwick campus (CV4 7FD). The theatre there has been bringing stage work to life since it opened in 1974 and has become a local favourite for national and international productions, with cutting-edge technology alongside the intimate Studio and Helen Martin Studio for smaller, more experimental performances and emerging talent. There are two shows on the day: a matinee at 15:00 and an evening performance at 19:00, each running for one hour with no interval.
