To Be Straight With You

For over two decades, a British theater troupe has toured the world, breaking down barriers between dance, theatre, and politics.

DV8 Physical Theatre was formed in 1986 by an independent collective of dancers who say they had become disillusioned with the direction of most dance companies. Their performances attemt to communicate ideas and feelings clearly and without pretention. They’ve produced 15 highly acclaimed dance and theater pieces, as well as five award-winning films for television.

They’re bringing their latest performance to Dartmouth College this weekend. It’s called To Be Straight With You, and it takes an unflinching look at religion, sexuality, and tolerance in contemporary life. It makes use of audio culled from hundreds of hours of audio interviews with people directly affected by these issues. Today on Word of Mouth, we talk with DV8’s artistic director, Lloyd Newson.

To Be Straight With You will have its North American premiere at Dartmouth’s Moore Theater this Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Click here for more info.

(Photo courtesy of DV8 Physical Theatre)