Cockroaches and a lesbian seagull from Thick & Tight

Audiences can expect a line-up that includes two moths, some post-apocalyptic cockroaches, a blade of grass, the dust in Quentin Crisp’s room, a lamenting songbird, a human tyrant and a lesbian seagull when Lowry associate artists Thick & Tight return to the Salford venue (June 10-11) with their latest dance-theatre production, Natural Behaviour.

Thick & Tight blends dance, satire, impersonation and poetry to create work intended to be outrageous, beautiful, hilarious and profound. Natural Behaviour is described as "a provocative collection of performed portraits of human and non-human life forms that blur the lines between a variety show and a biology essay sprung to life."

Thick & Tight’s co-directors, Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry, are joined by dance artists Annie Edwards (Candoco); Azara Meghie (Ray Young, Talawa); Luigi Nardone (BalletBoyz, Holly Blakey) and Jahmarley Bachelor (Punchdrunk and Corali Dance Company).

For over a decade, the company has performed at leading UK venues, including the Royal Opera House, Barbican and Sadler’s Wells, as well as at LGBTQIA+ nights and in community spaces. The most recent production, Tits & Teeth (2024), won an OFFIE award and played to sold-out audiences at the Lowry and the London International Mime Festival.

Antonia Beck, who is senior producer for artist development at the Lowry, said: We’re incredibly proud of our long-standing relationship with Thick & Tight. The work is inventive, boundary-pushing and rich with personal and political insight - exactly the kind of bold and joyful performance we want to champion.

"Natural Behaviour is a brilliant example of what can happen when artists are supported over time to take creative risks and produce ambitious, career-defining work."

More info and tickets here