New Work

When: Thu 20 - Sat 22 Jun, 7.30pm, plus 2pm Sat 22 Jun

Venue: Colyer-Fergusson Hall

Tickets: £16 (Concessions available)

Uk Premiere Associate Artist

Gulbenkian Arts Centre is excited to present a new work by Associate Artist Julia Cheng.

Cheng is a dancer and one of the UK’s leading choreographers, combining contemporary dance with street dance and martial arts to create a unique movement language. She has performed in venues such as Sadler's Wells, Royal Opera House, and the Southbank Centre, and has received critical acclaim for her innovative works, most recently Cabaret (2021) which stared Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley, and Warrior Queens (2022) at Sadler’s Wells.

This new piece is being developed in 2023 and will premiere at Gulbenkian Arts Centre in June 2024.

Uk Premiere Associate Artists

All he has to do is jump off the train, hand a perfectly innocent briefcase to a man called Jones, and get back to his family in time for tea. Easy Peasy.

But the journey doesn’t stop here, neither do the stories.

I’ll probably have to help, which is fine, because I have a waterproof coat, a beer and some Babybels. I am ready for anything.

Except perhaps the truth.

Part social realism, part science fiction with a healthy dose of mischief and a dash of dystopia, Please right back is a eulogy to the power of the imagination, storytelling and make believe.

Using 1927’s multi-award-winning hybrid theatrical practice of synchronising performance and music with stunning projected handcrafted stop-frame animation Please Right Back is a show for audiences aged 8-108+.