Hanna Tuulikki - Deer Dancer

Step into the world of Deer Dancer. See the theatre; hear the drum beat. Observe a quintet of womxn performers take it in turns to play five hybrid characters. In the space between wild-deer-ness and performed male-ness, see them gesture, lip-sync, dance and sing, undressing and redressing into costumes for another round of tragicomedy.

Hanna Tuulikki's Deer Dancer is a complex cross-artform study into our multifaceted relationship with deer. Beginning with mimesis, specifically representations within dance, the work examines how the imitation of deer behaviour constructs ideas of ‘wilderness’ as the site for the cultivation of heroic hetero-masculinities and how hunting mythologies shape and impact real, often vulnerable ecologies. 

Exploring the interconnections between the crisis of ecology and the crisis of masculinity, Deer Dancer is an explicit contemporary life-crisis ritual for a damaged planet. 

Recommended for ages 14+

ACCESS
Highly Visual - No/Little Text 

Audience notes

Features low-light conditions, prolonged darkness and stylised depictions of weapons and death.

There is an optional Open House from 6.30pm–7.30pm. During this time, you are invited to come and go as you please and witness the performers transforming into their characters.

The performance begins at 7.30pm. From this point onwards, we ask that audience members remain seated where possible. The performance will end at approximately 9pm.

Below: watch extracts from a livestream performance