Sound the trumpet, Bang the drum, We’re not moving, Let them come!
AMICI celebrated their 35th Anniversary on the main stage of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre with a new full company show.
The residents of 35 Amici Drive, on the Candy Estate, are under threat of eviction from their homes due to a, so called, “regeneration” project engineered by the bureaucratic and seemingly uncaring Streathlee Green Borough Council, their local MP and property developers Eastlawn Incorporated.
Will they overcome in their struggle to stay or will they face the wrecking ball?
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Wolfgang Stange
DIRECTOR
Michael Vale
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION
Nao Masuda
LIVE MUSIC
Nao Masuda and Jenny Adejayan
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER
Colm Gallagher
COSTUME DESIGN
Tina Bicat
LIGHTING DESIGN
Phil Supple
SET DESIGN
Michael Vale
DEVISED, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
AMICI Dance Theatre Company
ADDITIONAL SCRIPT
Michael Vale and Chrissie Kugele
PRODUCED BY TURTLE KEY ARTS
"This is an ambitious spectacle. There are rarely fewer than 40 people on stage, and dances and production numbers are delivered with terrific brio, if not always precision. But it works. What some might see as disabilities, Stange sees as traits to be harnessed and used. He’s a showman, wholly unsentimental, with an exceptional gift for drawing truthful performances from his cast. He’s also one of British theatre’s great unsung heroes. Few artists make a real difference. Stange has." Luke Jennings - The Observer
Amici would like to thank everyone who very generously donated to the Save Our Show campaign, your support helped make 35 Amici Drive possible.
Amici gratefully acknowledge the support of Arts Council England, The City of London Corporation’s charity – City Bridge Trust, Cockayne - Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, Royal Victoria Hall Foundation, The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham - Adult Learning & Skills Service, Hammersmith United Charities, The Ashley Family Foundation and RBS.
