Thumb – Phillip Adams BalletLab

Overview

"I’m preoccupied of late with the possibilities of shrinking," Phillip Adams says of his latest work. Thumb is a cross-disciplinary performance piece that stretches the limits of dance, theatre and visual art. Though this artistic director has achieved significant success at home and abroad over the past 25 years, his company are calling this Adams’ first solo work.

Drawing on classic shrink-themed cinema like Fantastic Voyage, as well as strong elements of participatory theatre (with part of the performance offering optional hypnosis) Thumb interrogates its audience's psychology of scale by toying with space and perspective. These genre-bending ambitions, together with the opportunity to see Adams in action, makes Thumb a promising piece not just for fans of contemporary dance but lovers of art of all shapes – and sizes.