201 Dance Company - Sad Book

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

Inspired by Michael Rosen's award-winning novel, this compelling adaptation of Sad Book is a visually inventive, moving story of navigating complex emotions in the midst of everyday life. In this personal story of loss, a father explores the disconnection between what we feel, what we show, and different ways we deal with sadness. Sad Book makes the deeply personal, universal, retelling the story through dance, physical theatre, animation and stunning original music.

Creatives/Company

Director(s): Andrea Walker, Patrick Collier (associate director)
Choreographer(s): Andrea Walker, Michaela Cisarikova (assistant)
Producer: Natalie Allison
Music(s): Richard Evans, Angela Pollock, Barney Morse Brown, Simon 'Palmskin' Richmond
Lighting: Louisa Smurthwaite
Design(s): Jack Fox (projection for Really Creative Media), Louise Rhoades-Brown (projection for Really Creative Media)
Other(s): Liu Bofan (animator), Harriet Bruce (animator), Louise Rhoades-Brown (animator)