AMICI Dance Theatre Company produced by Turtle Key Arts Presents Our Time. A powerful new production created in honour of founder Wolfgang Stange
AMICI Dance Theatre Company proudly announces Our Time, a deeply personal full-company production marking the company’s 45th anniversary — and honouring the life and legacy of its visionary founder and artistic director, Wolfgang Stange, who sadly passed away in December 2024.
Our Time is a celebration of love, resilience, and transformation, telling the story of two men whose enduring relationship spans five turbulent decades. The piece journeys through history - from the Cold War and the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the legalisation of same-sex marriage and today’s conflicts marked by displacement and division - reflecting the evolving attitudes toward love, identity, and difference.
Wolfgang began creating Our Time in the final year of his life. It was to be his most personal work, inspired by his extraordinary relationship with his lifelong partner, the celebrated artist George Beven. The production now stands as both a powerful tribute to their love story and a heartfelt continuation of Wolfgang’s artistic vision - brought to life by the Amici ensemble, a company that has always championed inclusion, collaboration, and the boundless creative potential of every human being.
Directed by Michael Vale (Macbeth, RSC; Bent, National Theatre), choreographed by AMICI’s Interim Artistic Director Elaine Thomas, with costume design by Tina Bicat (Critics’ Circle Award for Punchdrunk’s Faust) and lighting design by Phil Supple (Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London), Our Time also features original live music by long-time AMICI collaborator Nao Masuda (Music in Motion, London Jazz Festival, Analema Group).
This vibrant production weaves together AMICI’s signature blend of dance, live music and circus to create an experience full of colour, intimacy, heartbreak and hope.
As AMICI Dance Theatre Company steps into its next chapter, Our Time is both a celebration of all that has come before and a promise to carry forward Wolfgang Stange’s extraordinary legacy of inclusion and artistic courage.
