Death Trap: Rambert’s next brilliant evening of dance comes to His Majesty’s Aberdeen

Rambert returns to Aberdeen’s His Majesty’s Theatre on Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27 with Death Trap, a brilliant evening of dance devised by Ben Duke (of Lost Dog).

Bringing together Goat (2017) and Cerberus (2022), Death Trap continues Rambert’s focus on storytelling and characters, and features awe-inspiring performances by Rambert’s diverse company of dancers, with live music by an on-stage band. Death Trap is infused with Ben Duke’s irresistible, stylish and accessible sense of dance theatre, is darkly funny, and packed with originality.

In Cerberus, we enter a world where dance is literally a matter of life or death. An ingenious adaptation of the Greek tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, it is a bittersweet musing on myth and mortality, complete with funeral couture. Goat is inspired by the spirit of Nina Simone, with iconic songs including Feelings, Feeling Good and Ain’t Got No / I Got, Life.

Both pieces are recreated for this tour by Ben Duke and Rambert dancers Adél Bálint, Angélique Blasco, Simone Damberg Würtz, Max Day, Conor Kerrigan, Joseph Kudra, Naya Lovell, Musa Motha, Aishwarya Raut, Antonello Sangirardi, Alex Soulliere, Dylan Tedaldi, Jonathan Wade, Archie White and Seren Williams.

Helen Shute, CEO/Executive Producer of Rambert said: “We’re thrilled to be taking Rambert back on the road, and this new evening in collaboration with Ben Duke is a great opportunity to connect with new and returning audiences across the country and beyond.”

Ben Torrie, Director of Programming and Creative Projects at Aberdeen Performing Arts, said: “Great storytelling is at the heart of this incredible piece of work, with the music of Nina Simone as a backdrop, it is a stunning production and not to be missed by dance fans. We can’t wait to welcome back our friends from Rambert to Aberdeen.” Of this collaboration with Rambert, Ben Duke said: ”I first worked with Rambert in 2017 and while I, and the company, have changed a lot since then, I feel like this history gives me a sense of partnership. The work I make is always inspired by and made with the performers and it is a privilege to find myself in a room with these exceptional artists. Their diversity of background means that they bring such a richness of experience into the space, and it is their talent and generosity that really make this work."

Tickets are on sale now, available from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com, phone (01224) 641122 or visit the box office at His Majesty’s Theatre or the Music Hall.

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