THICK & TIGHT
I work with Thick & Tight to develop their national and International profile and touring and to broker new relationships for future commissions, residencies and collaborations.
Led by Eleanor Perry and Danny Hay Gordon, Thick & Tight is an award-winning queer dance theatre company based in the UK who create a mix of dance, mime, theatre & drag, taking influences from a wide range from historical, political, literary and artistic subjects.
Thick & Tight enjoyed sell-out successes at London International Mime Festival, Barbican and Sadler's Wells. Associate Company of The Lowry and The Albany. Of equal importance is the company's focus on presenting work in socially engaged contexts such as LGBTQ+ venues and family festivals.
Winner of the Offies 2024 Cabaret Category for Tits & Teeth – A retrospective of an Outstanding Career at Shoreditch Town Hall. The Offies celebrate the best of creativity of productions presented at Off West End theatres.
“There is nobody else quite like them… smart, continually surprising and a great, mischievous night out…. a perfect example of Thick & Tight’s expansive and embracing queer aesthetic.” ★★★★ The Times
Thick & Tight has a modular programme of short pieces. You can see their whole repertoire here.
New 2025 repertoire: Natural Behaviour
After last year’s award-winning tour of Tits & Teeth, Thick & Tight present a brand new variety show Natural Behaviour, a collection of performed portraits of human and non-human life forms.
Outrageous, beautiful, hilarious and profound, Natural Behaviour is a queer look at what it means to be natural or unnatural within ecology and society.
Thick & Tight’s distinctive mix of extraordinary dance, satire, impersonation, drag and writing will bring to life a tyrannical leopard, post-apocalyptic cockroaches, two moths in moonlight, a lamenting songbird and a lesbian seagull… and that’s just for starters!
Upcoming dates:
3rd - 7th June Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK
10th & 11th June Lowry, Salford, UK
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Co-commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, The Lowry, Royal Ballet & Opera, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Corali Dance Company and Duckie.
Supported by Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance, One Legged Dog, Britten Pears Arts and BalletBoyz. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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Coming soon
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For more information, check availability, please contact eckhard@eckhardthiemann.com.
Other Thick & Tight projects in 2025
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To mark the 10th anniversary of ZfinMalta, Malta’s national dance company, Thick & Tight was commissioned to choreograph DECADE, a new choreographic work that celebrates Malta and its identity. Through dance, music, and the voices of local people, the piece encapsulates the Maltese spirit, both where it has come from and where it is headed.
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Following a highly successful tour in 2024, Ballet Central returns in 2025 with a brand-new company of dancers and a revitalising programme of classical ballet and contemporary dance, including work by Thick & Tight.
