A brand new solo dance work from KAGE co-founder Gerard Van Dyck will tackle questions of privilege, creativity and the place of the artist in the contemporary world. Performed by the veteran dancer and theatre-maker at the fortyfivedownstairs gallery and performance space, PICNIC is described as "a surreal physical poem" and "part nightmare, part time capsule, part gift".
The world premiere show runs from August 18–30 ahead of a national tour in 2016. Van Dyck's collaborators include writer, producer and arts curator Marieke Hardy and composer Alisdair Macindoe. Together, the trio will offer up an original treatise on our country's frequently rocky relationship with the arts and creative industries in general — fields which according to Van Dyck are too often dismissed as not being worthwhile. Expect a work that's political, intimate and more than a little absurd.